Blues 'confident at home'

Birmingham City are concerned about their away form, exemplified by a 2-1 defeat midweek by the Super Hoops, but are very confident at home and are therefore looking forward to the visit of 'out of form' Charlton as a chance to collect three points: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cd0kk7rrd02o

Jonathan Grade noted in a tweet this week that in a departure from recent matches Charlton have not sold out the away end at St. Andrews.  However, attendances often fall away in the run up to Christmas.  We missed the famous 7-6 victory over Huddersfield as were shopping in Woolwich!

CAS Trust seem to think we could get something out of the fixture, although they have no idea how Jones will set up his side: https://www.castrust.org/2025/12/beating-the-blues-before-christmas/

William of Ockam the medieval monk invented the idea of 'Occam's Razor' that, in the interests of parsimony, one should look for the simplest explanation of any phenomenon.   Echoing the famous scene in the film The Graduate I give you one word: injuries.  (In a squad lacking depth).

Nathan Jones has just commented to Richard Cawley on the Onel Hernandez's injury: “We’ll have to see...but it is weeks rather than days. It is unfortunate but with the situation we are in we’ve had to gamble in the free agent market and sometimes that is difficult because the Championship is relentless. To come from doing nothing to Championship football, that does put a strain on your body.”