Paupers v princes
Andy Munro enjoys his Friday night at St Andrews. It would be no exaggeration to say that this was one of the most enthralling encounters I’ve seen down at St Andrews in over fifty years of supporting...
View ArticleNo giants killed by Gills
Andy Munro watches Blues abvoid a banana skin, and other cliches. Games start to have more significance as the cup competitions progress so there was a reasonable crowd crammed into the Kop. The only...
View ArticleBlue heaven
Andy Munro watches Blues win again. Next to a total eclipse of the moon, the prospect of over 4,000 Brummies choosing Milton Keynes as their chosen destination must be the rarest of sights. However,...
View ArticleRobins put to flight
Andy Munro reports on another successful Saturday at St Andrews. It’s getting to the stage when there is a worry that complacency will set in; at the very least among the supporters, if not the...
View ArticleA step too far
Andy Munro watches Blues finally lose. Well, the wheels came off the Gary Rowett bandwagon, as we knew they would at some stage, but it was hopefully a wagon that needs a minor repair rather than a...
View ArticleBlues grab point in warm-up
Andy Munro watches as Blues get an impressive draw at Ipswich. If the stuff of ley lines and hoodoos are real then Blues were due for a heavy defeat at one of their least productive grounds. Gary...
View ArticleVilla ‘triumph’
Andy Munro gives a Blue version of the Second City derby. Villa at their own place with only enough Blues fans allowed in to form a small acapella choir; it was always going to be difficult. The other...
View ArticleBlues dusted by Millers
Andy Munro witnesses Blues at home to Rotherham. I think, as Blues fans, we all need a reality check and this match will have served nicely. One moment we’re thinking about the play-offs and league Cup...
View ArticleBack in the groove
Blues returned to winning ways, watched by Andy Munro. You’re only as good as your last game and suddenly things are looking up again. In fact that play off light is still flickering even if a win at...
View ArticleAnother Championship pocket picked
Andy Munro on Blues’ win at Elland Road. Seventh heaven…at least! Dizzy heights….Everest scale. Yes, Gsry Rowett continues to work miracles by turning Small Heath water into wine of the finest vintage....
View ArticleRangers bushwacked
Andy Munro sees Blues reinforce their promotion credentials. Well, they came swaggering up from Shepherds Bush into Small Heath but the moneyed Cockney wideboys left with their tales distinctly between...
View ArticleBlues too fast for Trotters
Andy Munro suffers from vertigo watching Blues. This is nose bleed territory for most Bluenoses…probably enough to bail out the Blood Transfusion Service. Even more bizarre is the Resurrection of...
View ArticleTo Hull and back
Andy Munro watches Blues lose on Humberside. I suppose that it had to happen and perhaps the best way to cope with this comprehensive reverse is to recognise that even Manchester City and the Arsenal...
View ArticleThrown to the Wolves
Andy Munro watches Blues lose a local derby. Well, the reality check continues as we lost fairly comprehensively and placidly to a very ordinary Wolves side who, at times, looked there for the taking....
View ArticleNot a pointless affair
Andy Munro on Blues’ draw with Blackburn. Gary Rowett saw this as a confidence building match and this was a sound objective after two morale busting defeats on the bounce. Consequently, the side was...
View ArticleStranger than fiction
Andy Munro on a five star Blues performance. The day before the Fulham match, my daughter e mailed me a picture of an hallucinogenic mushroom found growing in her garden at her place in France. Maybe...
View ArticleSeagulls do what seagulls always do
Andy Munro on Blues’ visit to Brighton. Our record down at the Amex is not the best and with an injury-ravaged squad (at least in ratio to our first choice players) the signs weren’t good. It meant...
View ArticleAnother blue day
Andy Munro watches Blues lose to Huddersfield. Now, let’s get things straight – I’m glad that Gary Roweet hasn’t moved to those that are considerably richer than us. However, at the same time, it’s got...
View ArticleBlues not out of their depth at Deepdale.
Andy Munro reports on Blues from a damp Preston. Not many teams will leave Middlesbrough with a point that could have easily been three, and I suppose nobody could blame Gary Rowett for trying to keep...
View ArticleClipping the Bluebirds wings
Andy Munro on Blues’ return to home form. We all know nobody likes us but we don’t care so when we, for once, get the rub of the green through a patently unjust penalty, a storm of media vitriol is...
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