Anyone minded to sit on the fence should now need no convincing that Neil Lennon is not going to succeed at BWFC.
He began sensibly enough with the five man midfield I've argued for.And we began brightly with Vela prominent in midfield and several strong passing moves.
Bizarrely he had opted for Clough to play alone upfront when Woolery had done well at Wolves.
But we were on top for 15 minutes or so. Then they asserted themselves more and took a grip.
They scored a simple counter attack. Poor ball by Feeney ,Derik upfield Moxey came across and missed,Holding was beaten at the near post. 0-1.
We lost heart but had a great stroke of fortune:injury to Dervite who had begun poorly. Derik moved inside and never looked back. But oddly he took our best midfielder Vela to right back and brought Danns on rather than Wilson.
That said Danns galvanised us briefly. Mark Davies missed a good near post chance, Holding planted a header over the bar and an almighty melee led to nothing. Then Danns fired high and wide. They were one up from one attack
In the second half we began brightly and had a couple of promising attacks. Rowett reacted and brought two subs on. This killed us off in midfield.
With the crowd baying for change Neil did nothing. Woolery remained on the bench. At 83 minutes he removed Spearing our best player and put Dobbie and Silva on. Even then he put Silva on the right and moved the seemingly unsubbable Feeney to the left.
Birmingham had no attacks whatever apart from forcing Rachubka to one decent save but won at a canter as we threw in the towel. Disgraceful!
Rachubka 6 Derik 7 Holding 6 Moxey 4 Vela 6 Spearing 7 Pratley 4 Davies 4 Clough 4 Feeney 2 Lennon 2 Danns 5