Willum a tempting option for Blues moving forward

WITH the Championship entering overdrive and Birmingham City facing four matches in 12 days, things can change quickly in football's most unpredictable competition.

- By BRIAN DICK

Willum Willumsson slots home against Mansfield in April - could the Icelander be the answer for Blues up front?

Indeed, unlike last season when Blues spent months and months suffocating their opposition en route to the League One title and a record-breaking 111 points, this campaign has already been a rollercoaster.

A promising August was followed by a troubling September and October, which gave way to a thrilling November and now, a December that is already half over but the narrative remains TBC.

Predictably, the main barometer of Blues' prospects comes with their goal return, with 14 of their 30 Championship goals, nearly half, coming last month as Portsmouth, Millwall and Norwich were all battered at St Andrew's.

It escaped no one that the team proliferated when Marvin Ducksch finally attained fitness and was partnered with Jay Stansfield in a 9-10 combination that brought balance and potency to Chris Davies' team.

Between them, Ducksch and Stansfield combined for seven goal involvements as the former provided a focal point for the team to build off, while the latter busied himself, with and without the ball, in a slightly deeper position. Both contributed goals and assists.