The Birmingham Courier
Market20 Sep 2032
Roko Domjanić is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Birmingham is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The dugout20 Sep 2032
Kyliane Lentin 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.
Transfer targets20 Sep 2032
No deal for James Crole at that price
Birmingham offered $520.0K; Watford said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Squad20 Sep 2032
A row about effort at Birmingham
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Herbie James was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad20 Sep 2032
Tempers go at Birmingham
Đorđe Ranković was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match18 Sep 2032
Birmingham find a way past Rotherham United
Rotherham United made Birmingham work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings20 Sep 2032
Ninety minutes of Jack Rudoni at his very best
Marked 8.21. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Birmingham.
Squad20 Sep 2032
Home is on Beny Moukila MPele's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Birmingham are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad20 Sep 2032
Mark Murphy signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mark Murphy and Birmingham agree another 3 years.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Market Birmingham and Mpho Padime are talking past each other
- The dugout Manuel Kissanga dropped after a run of poor form