Birmingham boss Lee Clark wants his side to 'do a Leicester City'
Birmingham manager Lee Clark has told his side to use Leicester City as an example of what is required to come through trying times.
Bouyant City travel to St Andrew's on Saturday to face a Blues side that has been decimated by injuries and is in desperate need of a positive home result after successive defeats on home soil to Barnsley and Huddersfield.
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Birmingham manager Lee Clark
Clark admits his side is facing a tough challenge on and off the pitch, with owner Carson Yeung's trial on money laundering charges about to start and the future ownership of the club in question.
However, Clark said Nigel Pearson's City are a shining example of a side that has battled through similar difficult times.
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After City started with three defeats from their opening five games, questions were being asked of Pearson and his players, but a magnificent run of five consecutive victories has seen them climb to second in the Championship.
"It has been a tough one," Clark told the Birmingham Mail.
"We have just got to battle through it, there is still a long time left in the season.
"There are lots of examples in the division, even after these first 10 games.
"Take our next opponent, Leicester City. In the early part of the season there were questions being asked and they have responded with five wins on the spin.
"They look a different team to the one I saw playing a few weeks ago, to the one that I watched on the DVD footage against Bristol City.
"They look a high-energy, powerful team who are just playing so naturally, not even thinking about things, passing the ball well. They look a positive group of players. We just need to get on a similar sort of run to give us the confidence to show everybody what we are about."
The Blues have a lengthy injury list but could be boosted by the availability of former City defender Curtis Davies and left-back David Murphy ahead of Saturday's clash.
But they will be without giant centre-forward Nikola Zigic, who is suspended after his red card against Huddersfield.
Comments
by Poley123
Friday, October 19 2012, 12:30AM
“err.. make that "site"”
by Poley123
Friday, October 19 2012, 12:28AM
“Hi Burton - Yorkie's cryptic comment relates to a not-so-fondly missed old contributor to the side called Fred who had an obsession with Banjos whenever he mentioned Stevie Howard...
Good luck to the boys on Saturday - Will be following 'em at 12:30am Sunday morning down in Oz... Can we dare to dream of six wins in a row?”
by Burton_Fox
Thursday, October 18 2012, 10:05PM
“Yorkiefox
Sorry - don't get it?”
by yorkiefox
Thursday, October 18 2012, 6:45PM
“Burton
Please do not refer to banjos, it brings back too many painful memories on this site!!!!!”
by yorkiefox
Thursday, October 18 2012, 6:42PM
“Got my ticket for my first away match of the season this Saturday.
It will be interesting to see us away, and how we cope with the expectation of a win. If we can set up a run of wins away from home it will add to our confidence and I get the feeling from the home matches that I have seen that this bunch of players all seem to have the desire to develop as a team and will not develop the arrogance that more established players might fall into with several victories in a row.
NP said at the start of the season that he was building a team of players who were young and with the appetite for success.
Isn't it refreshing to see an LCFC team running and trying for 90 minutes with no on pitch histrionics, arguments etc. and enjoying eachother's skills on and off the ball.
Can't wait for the kick off.”
by californiafox
Thursday, October 18 2012, 5:24PM
“I always get nervous when we (fans) are over-optimistic... Good luck to the boys on Saturday; work hard as always, because we have no divine right to points!”
by lcfctilidie
Thursday, October 18 2012, 4:00PM
“We just need to stick to our game play. Hit them hard and fast. Attack and play like we are home.
They will not be able to cope with our attack. Stay solid at the back. Whitbread could show us what he has got.
I think it could be another good day for Knockers!”
by City_C10
Thursday, October 18 2012, 12:53PM
“Good luck to him!”
by LCFC_Dave15
Thursday, October 18 2012, 11:34AM
“I remember seeing highlights of Birmingham v Barnsley, Barnsley thrashed them 5-0, hopefully we could do the same. This game would be a good opportunity for Marshall to get back on form and I would like to see Kingy back on the score sheet.”
by Burton_Fox
Thursday, October 18 2012, 11:02AM
“Ash1967
To be honest, I'd prefer if Zigic he was playing - he is absolutely shocking for Birmingham. I work just outside the City with a load of bluenoses and they hate Zigic with a passion. He's on £50k per week and couldn't hit a cows backside with a banjo.
But to be honest, I don't really care who they put out against us - we should be way too good for them on current form.”