Ethan Laird

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Marked for Ethan Laird

59 Edition

The Birmingham Courier

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match11 Sep 2027

Nowhere to hide for Birmingham

0‑3 against Everton, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Chris Wood 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.

Squad13 Sep 2027

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.

Market13 Sep 2027

Ethan Laird raises the bar for Birmingham

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Birmingham heard it as anything else.

Squad13 Sep 2027

The manager makes an example of Jhon Solís

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings13 Sep 2027

Carlos Vicente runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Boardroom13 Sep 2027

Doors closed at Birmingham

The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.

Market13 Sep 2027

The Carlos Vicente talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Birmingham know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Juanjo Nieto knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Birmingham, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

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56 Edition

The Birmingham Courier

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market23 Aug 2027

Business is business: Bright Osayi-Samuel goes

Derby County paid $5.1M and Birmingham took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Market23 Aug 2027

Kyle Bartley hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Birmingham can pretend not to have heard.

Market23 Aug 2027

Birmingham turn down Burnley for Taylor Gardner-Hickman

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad23 Aug 2027

Carlos Vicente signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Carlos Vicente commits to Birmingham for another 5 years.

Boardroom23 Aug 2027

A new deal for Michael Russell

The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.

Squad23 Aug 2027

Tempers go at Birmingham

Chris Wood 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.

Match21 Aug 2027

August Priske’s goal not enough for Birmingham

August Priske scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Newcastle United, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad23 Aug 2027

Birmingham count the cost of losing Julien Lopez

14 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Squad23 Aug 2027

The manager makes an example of Ethan Laird

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

50 Edition

The Birmingham Courier

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Jul 2027

Tempers go at Birmingham

Demarai Gray 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.

Squad12 Jul 2027

The manager makes an example of Ethan Laird

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad12 Jul 2027

Jhon Solís knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Jhon Solís trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief