Watched a bit of Bright and his pace and physicality are the obvious strengths. Suspect he and Laird will share duties as both tend to miss a few games and the RB position is very demanding in Davies' system.
I'm also curious about the Japanese pair,Davies likes the application of East Asian players but Yokoyama was quickly shipped out by Davies despite his attacking talent and Fujimoto seems similarly weak defensively. As for Kyogo, feels like a Wagner statement signing. Don't know what happened at Rennes but the manager that signed him left and his replacement didn't fancy the striker. The Championship isn't the Scottish Prem or the J League but he's scored in old firm games and the champions league so fingers crossed he thrives. Both also have persistent injury issues apparently.
Are Blues setting up to play a bit more on the counter, particularly away from home? We've signed a lot of pace...
Thank you for your thoughts, and yes that last bit is intriguing me at the moment. Certainly, thinking about Ipswich's season in the Championship, they adapted very impressively to the difference in how their games played out and thrived in quick transition attacks. B'ham's style in L1 was even more possession/territory-heavy than ITFC's.
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Watched a bit of Bright and his pace and physicality are the obvious strengths. Suspect he and Laird will share duties as both tend to miss a few games and the RB position is very demanding in Davies' system.
I'm also curious about the Japanese pair,Davies likes the application of East Asian players but Yokoyama was quickly shipped out by Davies despite his attacking talent and Fujimoto seems similarly weak defensively. As for Kyogo, feels like a Wagner statement signing. Don't know what happened at Rennes but the manager that signed him left and his replacement didn't fancy the striker. The Championship isn't the Scottish Prem or the J League but he's scored in old firm games and the champions league so fingers crossed he thrives. Both also have persistent injury issues apparently.
Are Blues setting up to play a bit more on the counter, particularly away from home? We've signed a lot of pace...
Thank you for your thoughts, and yes that last bit is intriguing me at the moment. Certainly, thinking about Ipswich's season in the Championship, they adapted very impressively to the difference in how their games played out and thrived in quick transition attacks. B'ham's style in L1 was even more possession/territory-heavy than ITFC's.
Chris Davies did not work with Kyogo at Celtic, he left with Rogers to join Leicester in '19 and Kyogo joined in '21.
Thank you for this. I had it (mistakenly) in my head that CD had worked under Ange at Celtic. Apologies and thanks for the correction.