Saint Curtis

I thought the first half was superb, we could have been a couple of goals up at half time, a couple of negatives from my point of view - Full backs, we are not going to compete with many teams if we continue to play midfielders in this position, they were caught out many times which was in my opinion birmingham's only way through. I believe Surman would offer a lot more than Holmes does down the left if we could find a decent left back. We lacked experience on the bench today, why can't euell or skacel be sat on the bench if they are still on the books? Surely it would be better to have them there than no options at all. Overall I thought Gillett and svensson were excellent, i'm very tempted to go to derby on the first half performance alone.

I believe closing the itchen corner will have a negative affect on the atmosphere, players respond to atmosphere so it is important, not just for the fans but for the team. Why couldn't they move the family enclosure to the chapel end and close that corner, it's half empty anyway.

I think it will cost more money than they save by closing the corners especially the itchen north, surely the money they make from the bar/food should be enough to break even anyway. I took my wife today, she loved the atmosphere in the itchen north corner which added to the whole day even if the game was poor, now we are faced with losing and very little banter with the away fans. The attendance would have been better if the itchen corner had been opened, although there were plenty of spare seats its not just the football people enjoy it's the atmosphere to and I think that is what sfc need to realise.