Game 17: Birmingham City 2 v QPR 0 (28.10.22)

its good to see eustace do well, he gave us a lot of loyalty last year when he turned down the swansea job to stay here as our assistant. my guess is he was 'promised' the managers job here after warburton but we obviously went in a different direction.

i always thought he had something good about him as a manager though and that he'd be a very good manager one day.
i still think birmingham have a good squad on paper but that you have a lot of has beens and bad eggs in the team. you were signing everyone up a few years back and its pretty difficult to think of many who actually worked out. i think you'll be a very good side in a few years once you get rid of the mercenaries and bring in some players who want to be there.

as for jude, i remember him playing against us at loftus road a few years ago. think he was only 4 at the time or something lol but what a player. the ONLY thing he lacked at 16 years old was his physique as i remember us muscling him off the ball - but that was only when we actually managed to get near him as he had such great vision and awareness that he rarely put himself in that prediciment.

as for why we're doing well. we've been building a side for a few years, mainly from free transfers but also picking up diamonds in the rough from random places. we've had a clear playstyle in mind since warburton so we've signed players to suit that. plus we have chair and willock who're arguebly among the top 5 best players in the league. we've been lucky to hold onto the core of our team too but our manager has completely taken us to the next level.
lots of people referred to him as the brains behind gerrard and its easy to see why, he looks so tactically sound and our players are played to their strengths all of the time. we play a lot like rangers when they won the league tbh.
i don't doubt for a second that beale will go onto much bigger and better things one day, he's far far too good for us and this league.