We must stick together and make every effort to maintain our optimistic attitude. Moving forward, we must ensure that we are correcting our mistakes and offer no excuses.
Ruddy declared that the game against Watford on Saturday was a “must win.” After just one win in their previous 12 games, the Hornets fired Valerien Ismael over the weekend and installed Tom Cleverley as their acting head coach. On Tuesday, Cleverley visited St Andrew’s to keep an eye on the Blues.
This season, the Blues have struggled in part because they haven’t been able to retain clean sheets. Compared to 14 shutouts in the Championship last season, Ruddy has only managed seven this season. The Blues’ decline on that front is surely partly due to instability on the touchline and in defense.
As Ruddy put it: “Different
John Ruddy believes that Birmingham City “are carrying a few too many” and wants to abandon tactics and concepts in order to gain points and stay in the league.
Tuesday night at St Andrew’s, Riley McGree’s thunderbolt gave Middlesbrough all three points and put Blues further down in the Championship relegation zone. With four losses in their last five games, the Blues are ranked 21st on the rankings.
“We have quality, fight, and effort in the squad, so it’s unfortunate,” Ruddy remarked. However, in trying times, everyone must rise to the occasion and be counted, and I believe that right now we’re perhaps carrying a bit too many throughout the games.
