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farlieonfootie's corporate bad boy Ed is back, and isn't going gentle into that good night:
BLACKPOOL GAMBLES AWAY THE POINT
Blackpool’s loss to Birmingham City on Tuesday hurts, especially due to the fact that Birmingham scored in the last minutes of the game after enduring a barrage of shots and play in their end including a stellar run and shot off the post by Charlie Adam. That said, it could have been far worse, as the number of chances Birmingham had inside the six yard box of Blackpool was outright frightening.
Birmingham attacked the advancing outside backs of Blackpool on every counter by pushing the ball up the flanks with their fastest player, striker Cameron Jerome. Tactically, this was an appropriate response to Ian Holloway’s aggressive style of pushing his outside backs forward and wide, because while both Eardley and Crainey are creative in their passes, neither – especially Earley – have EPL speed.
The only flaw in Birmingham’s strategy was Jerome. While he was able to burst past Eardley at will, he was completely incompetent in front of the goal. Birmingham’s inability to score goals this year is now clear to me. It appears that Jerome’s problem is in his head; regardless, he won’t be playing up top for long after efforts like that.
