Can Curbishley turn it around for West Ham against Birmingham City?
Birmingham have been a part of two high-scoring games (9 goals from 2 Birmingham City games) and if that is any indication, this game should have goals as well. Forssell has made a bright start for Birmingham City and against a suspect West Ham defence he’d be odds on to score again, and so are City overall. The only thing that counts against Brum is that they have a tendency to concede goals when they should be shutting them out, and if West Ham are persistent enough they will definitely get goals.
Keeping in mind that West Ham looked pale in their season opener and rolled over for Manchester City, you’d either expect a vicious response or some more of the same. With Curbishley at the helm it’s hard to imagine the former and when you factor in last season AND the fact that this is an away game, things don’t look so good for West Ham.
This could quite easily be a 6-pointer for the two sides considering that they are both likely to finish in the same half of the table. West Ham do have a reputation for rising to the occasion on tough matches – but I doubt that West Ham’s assembled crew of experienced, seasoned professionals will either view this as a big enough test or if they’ll gel together in time to produce the kind of performance their talents predict and the fans expect.
Don’t think that Ashton will have a *big* impact on the game (I’ll be happy if he does) considering that he needs plenty of games to get back in his groove.
Soccerlens Prediction: Birmingham City to win.
What do you guys think? Comments are welcome.
Topics: Birmingham City, West Ham
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August 17th, 2007 @ 12:56Is Soccerlens run by yids , because all i ever hear on this site is anti-westham comments!!! Westham will win on Sat and win in style Birmingham have not added any quality to there squad in the summer and are still and a fizzy pop league side. Ashton hat-trick , westham to win 4-0 !!!!
August 17th, 2007 @ 12:58Daggerz
As much as I hate to defend this site, as a WHU fan I think this match summary is quite accurate.
But pretty much everything else on here is anti-WHU so never mind, as you were.
August 17th, 2007 @ 13:41Lol daggerz fizzy pop team, you should be one as you didnt deserve to stay up from a player that should of been on your side. IF you actually look at the players we have signed we are at a reasonable premiership standared.
August 17th, 2007 @ 16:32wot do u mean blues did not strengthen in the summer, the addition of Kapo alone was a masterstroke and u will see that for yourselves on Satday, throw an in-form forsell into the mix and a dodgy hammers defence i see a blues cruise 2-0 cheers easy !!
August 17th, 2007 @ 20:18No.
August 17th, 2007 @ 22:17