Birmingham City show the fines won’t stop them as Emil Hansson gets a boost

Birmingham City show the fines won’t stop them as Emil Hansson gets a boost.

Birmingham City talking points after the emphatic win over Shrewsbury Town in the Bristol Street Motors Trophy

Birmingham City cruised to a 4-0 victory over Shrewsbury Town in their second Bristol Street Motors Trophy group stage match on Tuesday.

A double from Scott Wright, Tomoki Iwata’s third goal in seven matches and Emil Hansson’s first in England sealed a comfortable win

and put Blues on course to progress. Anything other than a defeat in the final group game against Fulham under-21s in three weeks’

time will see Blues through due to their superior goal difference

They now have 10 days without a fixture before they travel to Lincoln City for their next League One match. The fourth-placed Imps

promise to pose a stern test for top-of-the-table Blues.

Here are our talking points from Tuesday night’s win at Shrewsbury…

Wright is alright

With two goals and one assist in the opening forty-five minutes, Scottish winger Wright was outstanding. After the interval, he hardly

let up. Wright has been a reliable goal threat off the bench, and he executed his goals against Shrewsbury brilliantly, with the

exception of the match against Charlton, when none of the Blues attackers were effective.

In addition, he assisted Iwata in a flowing offensive play for which Dion Sanderson should get some of the credit for seeing and

delivering the ball that split the defenders and released Wright.

Blues up for the fight

Not only did Wright’s goal contributions win over the Blues supporters, though. Halfway through the second half, Wright overran the

ball in midfield, but he responded wonderfully to get it back.. Taylor Perry, a midfielder for Shrewsbury, tackled Wright from behind,

and the Blues player protested.

There was some pushing and shoving before Jamie O’Connor, the referee, began to issue the yellow cards. In a carbon duplicate of the

Wrexham incident that resulted in a £2,500 fine for the club, every single Blues player rushed to Wright’s aid.

Wright commented: “I thought it was a poor tackle but that’s part and parcel of the game, isn’t it? Credit to the team spirit we’ve got.”

The togetherness of this Blues side is one of its strengths, so don’t be surprised to see more fines incurred. They will keep backing each

other on the field.

Significant moment for Hansson

Emil Hansson’s tenure with the Blues hasn’t gotten off to the start he would have liked. It’s possible that the Swede’s extremely fruitful

tenure at Heracles, where he contributed 46 league goals over the previous two seasons, created unreasonable expectations.

His lone assist of his Blues career came against Peterborough United, and at halftime, Chris Davies’s axe arrived with little delay.

Hansson is hoping that his first goal at St Andrew’s, which came just seconds after he took the pitch at Croud Meadow, will serve as a

springboard for his career.

“He has been adding a lot to our attacking game without receiving the numbers, assists, and goals in return,” Davies stated. It’s his

first goal and he just received an assist, so it will give him confidence to kick.

More tickets please

When the attendance was displayed on the scoreboard during the second half, it was an odd moment. 3,148 of the 4,847 individuals

Shrewsbury counted inside the stadium were Blues supporters.

To be fair to the regulars of the Bristol Street Motors Trophy, the competition is ill-regarded and poorly attended because Premier

League clubs enter their under-21 teams. Blues supporters, on the other hand, will currently watch Davies’ team whenever possible.

When Shrewsbury and Blues play in League One on November 23, Shrewsbury could be well-advised to give Blues more than their fair

share of the tickets. You can be sure Blues would sell out if they maintained their performance from yesterday night and had their

customary away finish at The Croud Meadow.

The difficulty of moving season ticket holders might be too big an obstacle for Shrewsbury to overcome, but it would certainly make financial sense.

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