Davies should drop Birmingham star who accomplished 1 move

Birmingham Metropolis prolonged their unbeaten run within the Championship with a 0-0 draw in opposition to West Bromwich Albion at St. Andrew’s on Tuesday evening.

The Blues will be happy with that run of type, significantly after they’d did not win any of their seven league matches earlier than the beginning of it, however they are going to be bitterly disillusioned that they didn’t come away with all three factors in opposition to the Baggies.

January signing August Priske thought that he had scored his first purpose for the membership within the ninety fifth minute with an unbelievable header from a nook, just for it to be disallowed.

As irritating because it was for Birmingham, it was an excellent name by the officers as a result of Demarai Grey was offside and interfering with play when Priske despatched his header in the direction of the again of the online.

While Max O’Leary could not have saved the header with out Grey’s interference, the Blues winger gave the officers a choice to make together with his involvement.

Birmingham’s worst performers in opposition to West Brom

Regardless of conserving a clear sheet on the evening, Birmingham goalkeeper James Beadle might not be too happy together with his efficiency when he appears again on it.

The Brighton & Hove Albion loanee solely had one easy save, which had an xG worth of 0.01, to make, which meant that the majority of his work was in possession, and he struggled with that.

Beadle’s mid-to-long vary passing was not ok and he gave the ball again to West Brom far too many occasions on account of that, significantly together with his passes into the opposition’s half.

The England U21 worldwide was not the one poor performer on the evening, although, as Marvin Ducksch additionally struggled on the high finish of the pitch.

Birmingham’s German frontman did not make a optimistic affect within the quantity ten place, as he missed one ‘huge probability’, accomplished 61% of his passes, misplaced 100% of his duels, and failed with 100% of his tried dribbles.

Regardless of his underwhelming show, by which he didn’t appear to have the mobility to play the position successfully, there was a fair worse performer than Ducksch and Beadle.

The Birmingham flop who have to be dropped

Jay Stansfield needs to be ruthlessly dropped from the beginning line-up by Davies as a result of he put in a poor efficiency that made Beadle and Ducksch’s effort look good by comparability.

In fact, the headline is that the previous Fulham man didn’t get on the scoresheet or present an help for his crew in what turned out to be a goalless affair, which implies that he was unable to be a difference-maker.

The English ahead has solely scored one purpose, which got here in opposition to Leicester on the weekend, in his final 15 appearances for the Blues, and he has scored 9 objectives in 30 video games within the Championship thus far this time period.

It was not simply the truth that he failed to attain that made his efficiency in opposition to the Baggies a poor one, although, as a result of it was his all-round sport that left far an excessive amount of to be desired.

While Ducksch accomplished 14 passes and tried to hyperlink up together with his teammates to get entangled within the match, Stansfield got here off the pitch after 58 minutes with one move accomplished to his identify, making certainly one of his 4 tried passes.

The 23-year-old centre-forward additionally misplaced 100% of his duels on the bottom and within the air, because the Baggies defenders discovered it far too straightforward to get the higher of him in bodily battles.

He was even worse than Beadle, who nonetheless saved a clear sheet and was strong outdoors of his lengthy vary passes, and Ducksch, who provided extra to the crew generally play.

Stansfield’s failure to offer the aspect with a focus damage his personal sport as a result of he couldn’t carry his teammates into the match, which meant that they may not create the probabilities that he wanted to attain.

Birmingham spent north of £15m to signal the younger ahead from Fulham, in a daring transfer, after their relegation to League One, however he isn’t taking part in like a participant who has the potential to make it within the Premier League, the place physicality will likely be much more necessary.

One purpose in his final 15 matches and a duel success charge of simply 23% within the Championship doesn’t paint a reasonably image of how Stansfield’s season goes, and that’s the reason Davies ought to take him out of the firing line for a run of matches.

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