Nigel Pearson said in his post-match press conference, following the 3-0 away defeat to Birmingham City “It was awful – there is no defence for that performance today. It’s not acceptable. There’s no defence for us to give three points away in that fashion.” Awful doesn’t come close to describing what I witnessed.
It was 340 days ago, on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, since we witnessed the same shambolic, gutless display at the same ground against the same opponents with the same result. We all knew what to expect from the Blues and yet couldn’t combat it. We were devoid of any passion, devoid of leaders, devoid of any player taking responsibility, too many hiding and just not winning their personal battles.
This was a performance so out of character from what we have witnessed for much of this season. Where was the team that put in an excellent away performance at Carrow Road in that narrow 3-2 reverse to Norwich City? With other results going for us, we could have gone second in the league that night and less than a month later we are 18th. These two performances were chalk and cheese.
