EPL 2/2/2008 - Birmingham vs Derby

After sinking to a low of losing to a previously rubbish Sunderland, Birmingham now has to pick themselves up from that defeat and rise to the occasion in this live commentary and play by play soccer match in the English Premier League against bottom club Derby and hope they do not suffer the ignominy of a consecutive defeat to a fellow relegation rival and the worst club in the division. But they are facing Derby who got back some measure of pride after losing to Preston in the FA Cup by getting a deserved draw against Manchester City at home and they might even have won if they had better more established striker. But that was at home and now they travel to Birmingham who does have a formidable home record against the rest of the English Premier League other than the top teams, and if Alex McLeish wanted to cement his position as a rising soccer manager, this would be the time to do so, otherwise he would only be known as someone who could do well with Scottish teams and nowhere else.


I previously mentioned that Derby might be a better team now with Robbie Savage and several other more established and experienced players except for the lack of pace and Paul Jewell can be already an inspirational coach but it would take time and they might have to return to the Championship to grow as a team as Jewell slowly forms his own team. But they still have to put up a fight to try to stay in the English Premier League but they can only realistically hope for good results at home and in this live commentary and radio broadcast soccer match against Birmingham, they cannot hope for too much perhaps maybe just to score a goal to lift their spirits and belief that they can do some damage at this level which is at the very minimum to score some goals, even though Birmingham are a tough side to break down and will not give too many goals away in any game.


You cannot expect anything other than a home win for Birmingham in this live commentary and TV telecast game in the English Premier League simply because they are facing Derby and anyone who loses to Derby do not deserve to stay in the top tier at this moment in time until Derby prove themselves to be world beaters which is a long way yet. However, you also cannot expect too many goals in this game as Birmingham quite honestly do not score or even create many and even when they do score, they sneak back into their defensive shell which is a sure sign of a club desperate to avoid relegation and short of confidence. Unfortunately it seems like Alex McLeish's appointment has not done much but the guy has ability so give him some time although hopefully he does not take too much time and face a defeat against Derby in this live commentary and radio broadcast soccer game in the English Premier League.