SO....

[Kano]

You say that as if Birmingham just happened to be in the final as if by accident. Anyway, you can talk about intangibles like motivation or bottle until your blue in the face, but if the squad is as good as you believe it to be, statistically we've been unlucky.


Personally, I think the players have just been a little bit shit. We saw just how big a difference dropping vermealen had to our shit defence, and all those moaning about how wenger can't so counter attacking footy or defend set pieces have suspiciously shut the fuck up over the last few months... Individual's matter more than the manager imo, and we just haven't had the quality, nor the luck to fluke cups like liverpool or spurs have in the last few years... (unless you want to tell me kenny or twichy are better managers than AW?)

yes, birmingham beat the might rochdale, mk dons, brentford, villa and west ham en route. so luck exists in the draw and that's where it ends. when you see a pattern over years of failing, then those intangibles offer a clarity that all the stats in the world can cheat you out of. and statistically unlucky? what does that even mean, misfortune through accountancy?

and liverpool and spurs have had the quality to win cups, when we've been the better team? they were clearly switched on at the right time to win the games. that comes from the manager. what happened at the end of that game was clear to see and a reflection of the poor defending and lack of communication that had cost us so many times before and since then, until seemingly last season.

we're all very happy with this signing but it doesn't rewrite history.