Birmingham City vs Sheffield United

English League Cup Round 1 - Wednesday 13th August 2025 - 20:00 - St Andrews
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Referee: Gavin Ward
Assistants: Hugh Gilroy and Emily Carney
Fourth Official: Dean Whitestone

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[Davalon]

Brum have put out a decent side for this round but it's been a baptism of fire for a couple of younger lads.

 

[Silky Sabella]

Cannon can do one, head down not interested unless it’s right to him. Can’t run, can’t head it, can’t hold it up, not strong enough, can’t pass it - if we could get 500k I’d genuinely take it. Ukaki for as poor as he’s been embarrassed cannon with his effort

Which manager signed Cannon? Say no more !

 

[Crabstick]

xG 0.03 Selles Ball

 

[RetfordBlade96]

lol, that would have been so undeserved

 

[ATL Recs]

Have we even had a shot on goal??

2 now

 

[MK4BLADE]

You'd have to say judging on the first 3 halves of football this season we could be struggling for even midtable this season.

Even in pre season the results maybe masked the performances. Burton should have had 4 in the 1st half against us.

We are so so open and don't have a spine in the team.

 

[Millhousesblade1889]

Ukaki needs a loan somewhere. He’s nowhere near ready for top end championship football. The worrying thing is he’s only back up on the right

 

[dexter101]

If we can somehow keep this up, I think has the making of a 2-1 win that we don't deserve

There are bits of this that still give me hope

 

[Sharp_as_a_Blade]

Never been a fan of Robinson but there's no way we can sanction a move before we get in at the very least 2 competent cbs, Sas and RND should be nowhere near the squad

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Ukaki isn't fast enough to be this small.

 

[BangorBlade]

The hopes for One in pre season is slowly diminishing

 

[Terry Starlight]

Brum fans so cringe. Put out a strong team and score via an absolute gift and they're cheering like they're prime Barcelona in the UCL final. Soumare has looked impressive so far, would be nice to see how we plays alongside Hamer in the second half.

 

[Sydney Blade]

Cochrane been to premiership school. Never touched him.

And in a parallel universe, solid Davies save leads to quality cannon effort.

 

[dn5 shaun]

Marsh and One should be out on loan in L1. It's pathetic that we seem to be relying them to be first team/first team subs this season.

When one first came i thought this last is going to be a gooden, unfortunately he's gone backwards.

 

[HarryHaslam]

Somehow we are still in this, manager makes some subs and tweaks the formation we could still get something from this.

 

[Railway Blade]

Soumare has looked ok, Ukaki has shown glimpses, Robbo has defended ok but is very rash. Rest have done nothing much at all. Oh and Davies moves like he's wearing diving boots not football boots

 

[MartBlade]

First half positives…
A). Soumare looks ideal for CDM
B). That’s it

 

[HarryHaslam]

When one first came i thought this last is going to be a gooden, unfortunately he's gone backwards.

We need to play him in his proper position or we are going to halt all his progress. He’s a CF not a left winger, his agent needs to be trying to get him out on loan sharpish as a CF.

 

[Northernsoulblade]

Selles needs to play his strongest team possible 2nd half see what we are capable of

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

So, it's Birmingham City 1 Dirty Northern Barstewards 0 at half time. Not sure about this Sausages guy but it's fast, it’s furious and we're still in it.

 

[SouthportBlade]

Marsh isnt ready for this level yet, weak on the ball, needs a loan

Unsurprising. Our youth team always get rose tinted specs.

Marsh
Curtis
Sasnauskas
One
Et al.

Nowhere near the levels of championship football at this moment in time. Some may get there, most unlikely to. We’ve been blessed in recent years with Peck, Blaster, Brooks, Seriki and this sadly creates expectation.

Not saying this as reactionary to today, there’s a gulf from looking handy in academy football and pre season to looking competent in Championship football.

 

[PrestwichBlade]

I mean, when you look at the respective line ups there, I'm going to say I'm kinda ok with that first half. Obviously it's not pretty, but we've hung in there and it's giving some of the fringe players a run

 

[Dieforthreepoints]

After the first 10 mins, I DEFINITELY thought I'd be more annoyed than I am right now.. It just feels like a team that has never met each other, I still feel like given 2 more CB's and we could be on to another great season, and with the midfield and strikers playing up a bit, I can't help but think it's because they can't rely on the back 4

 

[Sharp_as_a_Blade]

Should get Hamer on for Marsh to work on a partnership with Soumare, and i'd like to see either Barry or Brooks on for Cannon, give One a shot up front, can't do any worse

 

[harrry1990s]

This isn’t the best, is it?
I know I’m very biased but this TV team don’t like us.

 

[Kev Gee]

Brum should be out of sight by now.
No protection for the back 4 at all.

Selles is probably thinking what the fuck have I let myself in for here?

He needs body's in.

 

[coolasanidiot]

O Hare Robinson & Soumare did OK

The rest lets be honest a total pile of shit.

Anybody not seeing alarm bells are not football savvy..

 

[AnstonBlade1]

This isn’t the best, is it?
I know I’m very biased but this TV team don’t like us.

Nobody likes us these days do they, down to Wilder?

 

[JayGreen17]

Second string, terrible mistake, to be expected, but it still glaringly obvious how short we are, losing the loans and the players we’ve sold and not replaced is only going to end up in us sliding down the table…..

Think Norwich…. We’re a carbon copy of what’s happened to them after they yo-yo’d between the champ and the prem…

If COH won’t invest in quality and experience, they might as well watch their investment be poured down the drain.

 

[Rufus Smalls]

We’ve not been great, granted, but is anyone else fed up with the Sky Brum wankfest.