Are Birmingham about to go top...and NOT LOOK BACK?
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Birmingham and Wrexham are neck and neck at the top of League 1. Could the upcoming three game week see Blues take top spot never to be seen again OR could it be trickier than it appears on the surface?
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It's a cliché, but...one game at a time.
I've been a bluenose for 60 years, we can't take anything for granted at St Andrews...other than disappointment. lol
It's very weird being favourites and I have no desire to underestimate and belittle League One teams by assuming we will cake walk it to promotion.
KRO!
I was going to write almost exactly the same thing. We are so good at pulling defeat from the jaws of victory.
My thoughts exactly if you've supported blues for over 50 years as I have then you'll remember all of the times you've effed it up , we won the cup and got relegated from the prem ,how blues was that , we got taken over by a so called multi millionaire from china who turned out to be a total crook ending up doing jail time ,how blues of him . We finally get great owners and what do they do ? Sack a decent manager Employ Rooney end up relegated ,again only at blues! So I'm crossing everything that this time it works
Birmingham fan. I don't want to get over-confident but... we do look really good this season 💙
Peterborough tomorrow will be a big test. If we play them off the park I can't see anybody getting close to us.
I saw the L1 champions last Saturday, imperious, a joy to watch
Birmingham doesn't belong in league one.
We have to take it game by game, don’t get complacent and hopefully we’ll be ok 🤞🤞
We Blues fans are not arrogant enough to assume we will dominate the league. We will enjoy the ride!
Yep, we're gonna stay humble and prove all the haters later on.
We are Birmingham KRO
We will win the league though KRO
@@gcon1875maybe even dominate it
Please bluenoses 💙 be humble
KRO
Huddersfield definitely stumbled and Birmingham already beat Wrexham in a convincing manner.
When the fixtures were released I looked at this run of Wigan, Wrexham, Rotherham, Peterborough, Huddersfield, Charlton, Lincoln & Bolton as about as tough as League One could offer, and I thought early days it's going to be really tough with such a high squad turnover. It might still be - we're only 3 games into it - but we're looking to have gone up a gear in the last 2 games. Wigan and the games before that our quality was just showing out without looking mightily impressive, but Wrexham and Rotherham we stepped it up a gear and I think there's more yet to come. Whether that'll be enough to see every opponent off, I doubt it, and we will drop points, but if we can pick up 6/7 points from the next 3 that'd be absolutely fantastic.
It's easy to say "well he's got the best side in the division comfortably..!" but a lot of credit has to go to Chris Davies for how quickly he's got us going. Dropping points was always going to come earlier rather than later, and so to start with such a bang is absolutely fantastic. We will go on at least 1 poor run this year, but we can set ourselves up really nicely if we can stay around the top 2 in the next month.
Promotion still the expectation - how it's achieved and where we finish is all just a bonus.
Been supporting the blues for over 50 years we are not getting above our selves some of us are still looking for banana skins ! We can’t believe what is happening at times ? I for one don’t like people being over confident! So let’s take a look at Christmas but my fingers are well crossed KRO 💙
We all expected a slow start with a new team and manager . The start has gone better than we hoped and I still don't think we're firing on 100% yet although we easily beat Wrexham and Rotherham.
Sure we might give it large about being the Champions etc on a Saturday afternoon but us Blues wouldn't dare be so sure and confident. I was listening to Noel Gallagher not that long ago and he said that even when City are 2-0 up against the minnows of the ECL, he still thinks they need another goal 😂 That is what we are like now (though not comparing us to City). We won't relax until it's done and dusted 😂😂😂
Wolves hold the league one record with 103 points & Reading hold the EFL record with 106 points. Personally I can see both records being smashed by my club this season.
tell that to Leicester last season
Highly doubt Birmingham lose grip on this league once they go clear at the top. They’ve got a player to replace another player at every position. Man City of League One 🤝
We're birmingham city we fear no one .our second team is second best best in the league. No problem. KRO
No such thing as a dead cert.
Blues are good, playing well and getting results. But the league is tough and no Birmingham fan assumes promotion is guaranteed.
KRO
@@garya1714 definitely KRO
As a Lifelong Birmingham fan I'm just enjoying the ride and wave of positivity. Do I hope we'll go top this week and just run away towards record breaking scenarios, of course.
AS a 60 year Birmingham fan, iyou never take anything for granted, I hope with things such as the Wrexham game on TV that Birmingham in someway can help shine a light on league 1. So far i would say all the comments from other teams fans have been very fair and positive which is great for the league and the sport. Love your commentary Benjamin
@@ngaugefouroaksstreetstatio6932 100% agree 👍
Blues are 2 games into the 5 I thought we'd struggle a bit in. So far we've played well in the first 2, looking forward to the next 3 with a bit more optimism. If we end up with 12/13 points out the 15 I'll be happy.
Hi Ben from across the pond Yes is the answer to your question! I am not as arrogant as people are making my fellow Bluenoses to be ... I watched the Wrexham game against Vancouver pre season in Canada and Wrexham were very good and played Vancouver off their park! We looked so Fantastic against Wrexham I was lost for words how to describe that performance which was a Brilliant Dominance over Wrexham! As you have put most eloquently Who in this league can match us? With an average of 68% possession in matches is Top in ALL LEAGUES!
The boys are just getting started. They're just going to get better and better. We're absolutely loving it! Great your all over Ben. Keep up the good work mate. KRO
It would be more impressive if they were doing it in the Championship. Birmingham fans should enjoy and get behind the team and hope that they can build a positive culture that will bring success in the Championship
*I believe we will hit at least 10 games unbeaten before we get our first loss*
The football we are playing is the best I've ever seen us play. I'm absolutely amazed at the squad we have assembled when players like Alfie May, Marc Leonard and Lyndon Dykes are on the bench. Last year we had kids coming off the bench. The ground is back to full capacity and absolutely rocking. What the owners have done in such a small time is amazing. It has been a very tough 13 years of watching us live a hand to mouth existence. All those protests to get rid of the hated previous owners has finally come to fruition. Over a hundred million of debts cleared, the ground rebuilt with a 60000 stadium in the wings, massive sponsorship deals and a team to be proud of. The positivity around the place instead of the doom and gloom is simply wonderful. I know there are supporters of other teams who are jealous of us now but I wouldn't wish the shit we've been through to befall any other club (not even the Villa). Before the takeover the women's team was reportededly on minimum wage and Craig Gardner was buying footballs for training with his own money. They were also planning on closing our academy which has provided the world with Jude Bellingham. Also half the ground was closed because the owners hadn't maintained them and didn't have the money to repair it. I don't think there would have been a Birmingham City if we'd have got relegated under them. Scary thoughts indeed.
So far I haven't seen any other team in league 1 which can in all honesty live with us. Reading, Wycombe and Orient gave us good games though it was early season before the players had bedded in and were getting used to the style of football. I think we'll actually get better the more the team plays together. Still it's a long season and nobody is counting any chickens yet. We know every other team will raise their game versus us. What will be will be. Hopefully we can do an Ipswich. KRO.
If we navigate this week I think we won't look back. Think we will struggle against Charlton away but think we will win our home games. Can see 7 points from them three. Peterborough will depend on if we are savvy to the counter attack. From what I've seen so far of blues we are slowly starting to hit our stride.
As a Blues fan,-l don,t ever want to sound arrogant,-but if we play to our capacity,l really can,t see us not getting promoted this season,-we should win this league,-we just need to stay focused,and Chris Davies won,t let standards slip,--good video KRO,
B Ham is too deep to screw it up. They’ll walk the league easily. Derby fan.
Its all ifs and buts,but with Birminghams squad and firepower theh will win the league.
This is Birmingham City ! If we had Messi in his prime with Ronaldo up front we would still be negative ! It comes from numerous false dawns however , with these owners it’s looking good they will not settle for anything less than premier league . Clever people , spent money this year to build a squad good enough to get us into the championship and also with one or two additions get us into the premier league . What they have done at St Andrews is fantastic , in 5 or 6 years a new ground costing over a billion plus revenue has more than doubled in 12 months ! They see us doing a Man City and up to yet no one is arguing with them !! KRO
I’m not kind of person to rub it in people’s faces but at the same time I see nothing wrong with having confidence. Everything is pointing towards us comfortably winning the league so I’ll go with that until I see otherwise. KRO 🔵⚪️
Birmingham has only just started to click, and their best is yet to come, I sense. Moreover, the depth of quality Chris Davis has sat on the bench means they can play at a much higher intensity well into stoppage time.
As a life long Bluenose this talk makes me nervous "que sera, sera",
Im seriously doubting we wont win every game. The football is amazing this season and were only gonna get better. Strange place to be as a blues fan with this feeling but im loving it.
Feel confident we will go up as champions
❤ BIRMINGHAM CITY TO GO TOP OF THE LEAGUE TO THE END OF THE SEASON NO WORRIES 👍 😊 💯% NO ITS 😊 👍 💙 AND 2025 26 SEASON BLUES WILL WIN THE LEAGUE TO THE PREMIER HAPPY TIMES FOR THE ROYAL BLUES 😀 💙 ...
It has never been easy in all the long years I have supported Blues.
Great video mate as always 👏🏼 we're not an arrogant fan base we've been through it, but alot of stuff is mainly banter part and parcel of football 💙 i hope we do ok though 🙏🏼
Mate us barnsley fans know what a arrogant fan base is . I'm mentioning no names but it certainly not yours .
I'm a Liverpool fan since the mid 90's, who keeps an eye on the lower leagues to spot talent. I'm looking forward to Wrexham hosting Birmingham at the Racecourse. Wrexham always do better at home.
25th January Wrexham vs Birmingham
Watch out for Blackpool. Started poorly and then got Bruce in and now they’re looking a tough outfit. Birmingham will win the league however there are many banana skins in this league and our manager is well aware of this. 3-1 Blues vs Peterborough. Charlton away is probably the hardest fixture for us, however wrexham have two potential upsets with orient and stevenage.
Benjamin, always a good watch, im not sure we will cruise the league but we will give teams a game and we havent had that in years so im enjoying the ride, but on a cautious side to it also, i know blues of old lol, we have a habit of shooting ourselves in the foot, KRO Bluenoses
It's funny that. After the international break, we had the following run ahead of us: Wrexham, Rotherham, Peterborough, Huddersfield and Charlton. And I said to a friend that IF we are top after this run, there is a good chance we will not relinquish the position until the end of the season.
At this present time birmingham look head & shoulders above the rest. We just have to keep our heads level & give every team we play massive respect… apart from Wrexham who somehow think they have the god given right for automatic promotion and as seen with my own eyes extremely sore looooosers especially that jumped up half Irish captain of there,s who still remains the most disliked person in football… still he is 34 now and plays like he,s 45 slow,unfit & predictable 🐀
Do not underestimate the resurgent Blackpool. Deserved away wins against Charlton & Huddersfield, who were both top 4 when we went to them.
Great post as always, having followed Blues since 1970 and have never, ever seen optimism and brilliant play like this. For all that we’ve enjoyed a great start but no more than that. Keep humble and keep picking up points, still some very dangerous teams around us KRO
Brum 1-3 Posh please.
I'm too long in the tooth with Blues to expect anything from them but the signs are looking better each match. It ain't over till its over, mathematically. Until then, confident but waiting for disaster 😅 KRO ✊💙
Birmingham have got a top 6 championship squad and are the biggest club outside the prem alongside Leeds and Sunderland and will do an Ipswich
Birmingham will win the league by a canter. I can see them losing just five games or less. On the other hand, the battle for second spot could be quite tight.
I'm Blues fan and I'm fully expecting us to lose as some point! But as long as we go up regardless of our position it will have been a successful season. I don't care about by how many points or goals just get up. 🤞🏻
Winning the Division with 100+ points is not for everyone. Can't remember the last team to achieve that extraordinary feat.
The wins against the teams lower down the league is what wins promotion. I expect birmingham to go up but not as easy as many fans think .
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As a Wrexham fan, although it’s way to early to make a prediction,
One of my scenarios is Blues take top spot and hold it for a 100+ points win, this scenario I think may suck 2-4 teams into their slipstream for a second place scrap with another big points finish.
The only positive I feel about a loss to Brum, it almost feels inevitable and not like a psychological crushing blow
Or Maybe Wrexham won't be in the mix at all.
@@JustMyFish I never said they would be
This Birmingham squad has been built with the intention of a Championship promotion push next season. I predict we’ll win L1 with ease and push for top six in the Championship next. The owners have ambition, strategy and money to establish us as a Prem team within next 3-4 years.
Difficult to say, especially now the weather is closing in.
Hopefully we’ll carry on as we’ve started. Peterborough will be tough tomorrow mind.
As a Barnsley fan, we aren't firing on all cylinders yet so the fact we are up there in 3rd spot with only the one defeat is promising. We have seem glimpses of quality going forward but still look shaky at the back and may need to address that in the transfer window. Hopefully we continue to improve and secure a top 2 finish. Birmingham will be very hard to compete with due to spending literally bottom end premier league transfer money in League 1. Probably will lead to buying the league which I'm not sure as a fan of the game takes the gloss off any promotion. Be interesting to review come January where teams are.
I bet you did not say they that about Jack walker at the time with Blackburn buying the Prem league title or Wrexham buying there way into this division and the previous one to that, total nonsense total envy crack on don't get to distraught.
We replaced 17 players with 17 others.
Allsop, Peacock Farell free, May, Leonard, Iwata, Wright, Dykes, Yokoyama under £1m, Cochrane £1m, Hansson £2m, Klarer £2.5m, Willumson £3m, Stansfield £10m+, Sampsted (loan), Gardner Hickman (loan), Davies (loan). We released a lot of players out of contract including Hogan, Gardner and Marc Roberts and sold Koji Miyoshi, Jordan James, Alex Pritchard, Sriki Dembele and Junhino Bacuna for roughly £12m. So it's a lot money reinvested on better players.
@go-andu1 you've not won a thing yet. Wait till you do till making comparisons . Coyr
Absolutely class again! Thanks for putting this on!
Think we just need to take it one step at a time. I know what I want us to this season, and I think we have the squad, setup and manager to do it. But don't want to get carried away. Will say promotion is absolutely required, but we have to have the mentality that we need to be champions come May.
ManC lost to Norwich in 2019 so even a top team can trip on banana peel… But honestly I don’t see much of a contest for this L1 season. The 2nd place however…it’s going to be very exciting
I'll let you know after Charlton away Benjamin. Think you're right in that if we're top after that whos going to stop us?
Totally agree, if we are top after the next 3 games then you might as well give us the title 😁
If Birmingham dont go up I would be worried as the amount of money spent is huge
I ain't thinking too far ahead with blues, taking it one game at a time but you make loads of good points Ben
Definately a tough week fixture wise if we come through these unbeaten I think we will be top and could potentially pull away
Another sellout against Peterboro on Sat considering everyone wants to beat us i would have thought the clubs would have sold out at there grounds also they are certainly missing a treat.
Yes Birmingham have spent well but how many times have we seen this with Sunderland,derby, Portsmouth,Bolton, Peterborough,Ipswich,and more they come down and it's walk the league FC but they don't ok it may happen but Wrexham and other clubs could make it exiting and it's only September the league never won this early gunna be good fun to watch but if Birmingham come threw this top yes it be difficult to catch them but injuries in winter you never no I prefer to be surprised but agree there is a huge chance they do walk it but we will see
Think the thing is we've spent a lot more money than those clubs and seemingly spent it really well. Lots of quality in that side, our backups are of very good quality too. Against Rotherham we were missing Bielik (Captain), Laird, Sanderson, Harris, Buchanan.. May had an illness too so didn't start, yet it looked very comfortable still. Injuries will plague every team, we should be one of the least impacted by them because of the sheer quality in depth we have.
It's not an exaggeration to say this squad is miles better than what we had last season. And that squad shouldn't have really got relegated, they went down due to poor management not a lack of individual quality.
It'll be tough, football is football and we'll hit a poor run or two and the test will be how we bounce back from that. If we pass that test when it comes, we'll win the league I've no doubt about it.
@@MatthewDavis-yc4zo agree the squad is powerful and you can see that game in game out yes the real test will be When a poor run hits if it hits im just looking forward to watching it unfold as i feel league one is competitive and unpredictable Bolton lose 5-1 then beat us 5-1 madness wasn't having a go at Birmingham was just a opinion
We’ve got a great squad so even with injuries we’ve got players that can step in that are more than good enough to win games
@CharlieReadingfan agree mate some of the teams at the bottom can unexpectedly play like Liverpool. Its a crazy league
We have such strong in depth squad that the 2nd 11 could make the playoffs. Another 1 of those fans that think we are in for a shock???
Simple equation for me:
In these 3 games if Birmingham get:
9 points- it's over 100 points and basically just give them the title now.
6/7 points- will win but it was be closer.
5 points or less- Birmingham are not favourites.
We've already beat Charlton this season
I hope so because they shouldnt have gone down.
Birmingham will piss this league
where has the BCFC / league1
coverage been? beating Wrexham i thought there may have been something following that, especially with the increase in level since.
This channel is mainly focused on the Championship with as many dips into the bottom of the Premier League and the top of League 1 as time permits. I’ll also be doing the League 1 predictions every week on Matt SB’s channel…and trying to do all my parent duties too with my 3 year old 👍
I’m not going to say yes or no. We have a lot of games to go!
1 game at a time, I’m enjoying it atm though!
Blues embarrassed Wrexham
Did Ipswich go up with 100 points?
No, 98 points they got. Plymouth won the title with 101
As a Blues fan, if they beat Peterborough and Huddersfield I’ll feel confident saying they’re home free. Only thing that scares me is if some larger club poaches our players or manager
Reckon January window will be stressful for us.
Most of the players are new. We’d only sell for a good profit.
The manager on the other hand…..
If they do, Its a disgrace. If they don't, its a disgrace.
Cry about it.
@@bcfcbennjy99 I'm in a higher division. I'm not crying.
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@@marshtopia529 Strange? I have never heard of your team
@@marshtopia529 Sorry? Can't hear you from all your crying
If they are not top by now, they will not finish top , dream on.😢
What? Are you a bot??