Mark Venus declares his support for Birmingham City and provides specifics about Jay Stansfield.
most recent Birmingham City newsMark Venus on the Hull City draw and the absence of Jay Stansfield from the starting lineup are highlighted live.
5 MAR 2024, 22:34
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Birmingham City’s temporary manager, Mark Venus
Birmingham City’s interim manager, Mark Venus, praised the contribution of his seasoned replacements as they came together to secure a draw away against Hull City, a result Birmingham City must now build on.
Before the hour had passed, interim Blues manager Venus made four substitutions; Lukas Jutkiewicz’s appearance in the 80th minute dealt the game-winning blow.
Jutkiewicz scored with a header after Alex Pritchard, a fellow replacement, sent in a deft cross from the right side.
Blues moved up to 19th place in the Championship table with the point.
We need all of our seasoned players because we are traveling to another challenging location on Saturday. As soon as Lukas and Alex took the field tonight, you could see the difference they made. Everyone must be present with us. A large work lies ahead of us.
One of the most noticeable absences from the Blues’ starting lineup versus Hull was top scorer Jay Stansfield. Along with Paik Seung-ho and Koji Miyoshi, the 21-year-old was given a break and is expected to rejoin the club at Millwall.
Venus continued, “If you count Saturday, we have five games in 16 days.
These players are putting in a lot of physical effort, thus we must support them during it. I’m glad they showed up and had an effect.
“If anyone attended the Saturday game,
