Red card highlights big Blues defensive problem

BIRMINGHAM City suffered their first league defeat at St Andrew's since April 2024 in a chaotic game with Hull City on Saturday.

- By ALEX DICKEN

The Tigers tamed Blues in front of their own supporters with goals from Jack Robinson (own goal), Regan Slater and Joe Gelhardt. Jay Stansfield twice replied for Blues.

Blues were reduced to 10 men in the 59th minute when Robinson had his yellow card upgraded to a red in the space of 10 seconds. Here are our talking points after Chris Davies tasted defeat in the league for the first time at St Andrew's...

Robinson in the red

It hasn't been the start to his St Andrew's career that Jack Robinson would have wanted. Two rash red cards in four games has well and truly put him in the bad books of support ers. Throw in an own goal and you can say it's been a downright disaster.

Not only did Robinson's 'lack of discipline' - as Davies politely put it in his post-match press conference - cost Blues against Hull, the subsequent four-game ban presents another problem.

Surely now is the time to revert to the partnership between Christoph Klarer and Phil Neumann which didn’t serve Blues badly in their first five league games.

Have Blues weakened themselves at centre-back?