Thoughts On The Blues with Simon Brew | An independent Birmingham City podcast

After a week with two troubling away defeats, BCFC headed back to St Andrews (at Knighthead Park) for what looked like a more straightforward home game against Charlton Athletic. Chris Davies and his Blues have been brilliant at home of late, and this had three EFL Championship points written all over it. Until, er, it didn't.

Recorded in the glamour of Halesowen, Simon Brew looks back on a day that Blues made a lot more difficult for themselves. And picks out one or two choice bits from the Birmingham City match football programme.

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That went well. On a Tuesday night in December, Birmingham City went to QPR for a testing game at Loftus Road. Blues, with terrible away form, had a chance to turn things around. To make a statement. To put pressure on the teams in the EFL Championship play-off places.

Spoiler: #BCFC did nothing of the sort. Instead, Chris Davies sent out a slightly changed team, that came back with their tails between their legs. In this episode of Thoughts On The Blues, Simon has thoughts on why. And a suggestion going forward for this pesky away form...

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Southampton vs Birmingham City in the EFL Championship. The Blues bringing with them their already legendary away form this season, a terrific striker who does everything but score goals, and a fresh sense of optimism that's left #bcfc in the play offs conversation. What could possibly go wrong?

Buckle up! Simon - simon.brew on Insta, btw - is back for a chat about a baffling but also entirely understandable 3-1 defeat. Where people such as Kyogo, Demarai Gray, Adam Armstrong and James Beadle are very much in the conversation.

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Torrential rain. The Sky Sports cameras. A tough home game for Birmingham City against Watford in the EFL Championship. St Andrew's (at Knighthead Park, obviously). No Tomoki Iwata. Chris Davies and BCFC looking for another strong home performance. And a club shop that won't throw in an AA battery.

In the latest Thoughts On The Blues, a very soggy Simon considers Demarai Gray, Tommy Doyle, Jay Stansfield and Paik Seung-ho. And also, he takes a look at the league table and gets a bit of a nose bleed...

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Well, this local derby went a little bit better than the last one. Birmingham City took on West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns, with Chris Davies on the up, and Ryan Mason on the down.

It was a lively evening, with WBA looking up for it, BCFC looking a bit sluggish. But! This is New Blues! And in a tight Championship match, memorably for a referee trying to get his headphones to work, it turned out to be the Day Of The Duck.

In the latest Thoughts On The Blues, Simon has a few thoughts. Please subscribe and like if you don't mind. Simon's on Instagram at simon.brew too. KRO...

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Birmingham City returned from the international break to play another team with manager troubles. This time, the EFL Championship fixture at home to Norwich City, on the week that the Powerhouse Stadium (at Knighthead Park) and its assorted chimneys were revealed.

In this Thoughts On The Blues, Simon chats about four more goals, expectation levels around cups of hot chocolate, Tommy Doyle, missing Panini football stickers and the moment a shed was brought back onto the Blues turf...

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In the midst of the international break, this slightly different episode of Thoughts On The Blues reflects on going to St Andrews for the first time. Who took you? What do you remember? What happened in your first game?

This one's dedicated to my dad, who passed at the end of last week. He took me to see Birmingham City vs Notts County, back when the First Division was the Premier League. Some reflections on that, and trying to remember just why Mark Dennis was sent off...

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After two 4-0 wins in a week, Birmingham City ended up at promotion-chasing Middlesbrough in the latest EFL Championship game. Boro had just lost their manager - Rob Edwards - to relegation-chasing Wolves, and Blues were on the up. Still, it looked like a tricky away game, and got even trickier when Paik Seung-ho was injured within two minutes.

Still: lots to chew on here, in the latest episode of Thoughts On The Blues, the last before the third international break of the season. After this, the football keeps on coming - but are BCFC ready for it?

Recorded in Halesowen, here's Simon Brew - @simon.brew on insta - with the latest episode...

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For the second time in a matter of days, Birmingham City recorded a 4-0 home victory. This time, BCFC were home to Millwall, who promised a much sterner test than Portsmouth at the weekend. Millwall, arriving at St Andrew's unbeaten away from home, and sitting in the play off places.

Also for the second time in a matter of days, Chris Davies picked a team that rose to the occasion. Paik Seung-Ho, Demarai Gray, Alex Cochrane and Jay Stansfield did the damage to the scoresheet, but there was a whole lot more to chat about too. Good job, as here's Simon with the latest Thoughts On The Blues...

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Well, crikey. Birmingham City 4 Portsmouth 0. We've been searching high and low for this Blues team for months, and on a balmy day at St Andrews (at, obviously, Knighthead Park), everything seemed to click. A Jay Stansfield missed penalty could have been the bit where things went wrong, but instead, BCFC went on the rampage.

In this Thoughts On The Blues, Simon talks just what happened, Marvin Ducksh coming in to save our season, the hot water taps working, and wonders why some fans can't simply be quiet for one single minute...

Oh, one note: I record this in one go, and appreciate afterwards that I misidentified a player or two. But, in my defence, I was happy.

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