There’s been little to reward those who work up early to watch Birmingham City’s early match against West Bromwich Albion. At injury time approached, ESPN commentator Steve McManamon apologized to the viewers, calling the match “terrible” as deriding the pace of the game, saying “you have to be quicker, get your passes out.” Even company man Ian Darke called it one of the worst halves of the season.
Birmingham City Vs. West Brom: Conservative Managers Make For Boring First Half At St. Andrews
The League Cup champions and their guest go into halftime as they started, 0-0, a scoreline that will please a Baggies side that came out 4-5-1 against the notoriously conservative Blues. With Martin Jiranek, Barry Ferguson and Craig Gardner out for the hosts, you would think the opportunity for three points would entice Roy Hodgson. Instead, the veteran manager has played to type and seems content to play for one.
At some point, we’re likely to see Nikola Zigic, with neither Obafemi Martins nor Cameron Jerome having any success against a well-organized Brom defense. Sebastian Larsson could also be brought on. For West Brom, we are likely to see Carlos Vela come in and try to steal another match, but if the Arsenall loanee can’t replicate his heroics, Roy Hodgson will be content to try to put us back to sleep.
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