17/3/2008 English Premier League - Birmingham vs Newcastle

Birmingham looks to pile on the pressure for Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan in this live online commentary and radio broadcast English Premier League clash between Birmingham and Newcastle and in the process put some daylight between themselves and the relegation threatened pack. What would happen if Birmingham were to win this game, as expected, is that Newcastle will then find themselves staring at a real possibility of playing their football in the League Championship next season, if they have not already woken up to that possibility. On current form, Birmingham has gotten better results and performances compared to Newcastle and Kevin Keegan appears to be out of his depth in his second managerial spell at Tyneside. The additional burden of being saddled with a bunch of under performing or just plain bad players have also not helped his cause but his lack of understanding or acceptance of modern soccer strategy has led to him trapping himself in a corner. It would be hard to imagine that Newcastle owner Mike Ashley will tolerate more of this sorry state of affairs at the club and already rumours of him abandoning Newcastle have surfaced.

Birmingham have no such problems and the whole club, manager and team are all concentrating on one goal this season and that is to avoid relegation, continuing with another three valuable points from this live online commentary and live TV English Premier League soccer match between Birmingham and Newcastle. Most of the media focus has been on Martin Taylor's horrible tackle on Eduardo which have put the Croatian striker out of action for close to a year, which might incidentally take some heat and pressure off the other players while they try to score some vital points in order to move away from the chasing pack. This live online commentary and live TV match between Birmingham and Newcastle could rightly be called a relegation six pointer as with a win, Birmingham can leapfrog over Newcastle and move nearer the mid table position, while Newcastle could get some breathing space if they win it instead. However, with Birmingham at home and Newcastle absolutely dreadful away, all signs point to the Tyneside club being asked the questions tonight and perhaps another step towards the beginning of the end for both club and manager.