The Birmingham Courier
Squad21 Aug 2028
Conor Bradley keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Birmingham may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market21 Aug 2028
Birmingham turn down Zamalek for Jhon Solís
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Real improvement from Jhon Solís at Birmingham
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Jhon Solís is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Market21 Aug 2028
Eyes on Paik Seung-Ho again
The phone has started ringing about Paik Seung-Ho again, and this time the name on the line is Pescara. Birmingham are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Demarai Gray in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Birmingham this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Conor Bradley has improved at 25, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 4 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Match19 Aug 2028
Birmingham leaking at the back
5 matches, two or more conceded in every one of them. Sides that create as much as this can live with it for a while. Nobody lives with it forever.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Graduation day at Birmingham
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market21 Aug 2028
Birmingham promote Anthony Cunningham from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Anthony Cunningham has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Benjamin Wright joins the Birmingham first team
- Boardroom Birmingham board go back on their word
- Match Birmingham share the spoils with Watford