Birmingham Match Player Ratings

[Magic No. 8]

When Chris O'Grady - and he's not the only one because Hume, Fryatt and Porter are the same - plays with the sort of support he'd get in most other teams he'll be a perfectly good striker.

If not I'll be quite happy to change my opinion but so far, apart from against Macclesfield, that simply hasn't happened and all our front men are suffering as a result.

I've been mocked by a few for saying how important attacking midfielders and attacking full-backs are to a team intent on scoring goals but in playing without them we have not played well more than two or three times in 12 months.

If that's not clear enough evidence I don't know what is.

I hope you are right, but so far it isn't too promising.