Birmingham boss Chris Davies on a championship trip to Wrexham – “I detach myself from the media threw” | Football news

It was a solid return, although not very spectacular, at the Birmingham City championship.

In normal circumstances, any promoted team who found himself comfortably in the middle of the table after eight games of a new season would be delighted.

But Chris Davies knows that it is his work to balance realism with the expectation.

“We have contributed very well,” said the Blues boss in Sky Sports. “The first step was to prove that we could earn points because we have nothing to do with anything. We are a promoted team of the league 1. The last time the club was in the championship, it finished 22nd and I think it had lost more games in five years than any other team in England.

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“It is a difficult league full of ambitious and full clubs. But we have shown that we can compete, win victories, score late goals and keep sheets clean. Now, we need consistency. The championship is perhaps the most difficult league in the world because the gap between the teams is so small. You could throw coverage more than 15.

“I was wondering if we would dominate the ball, if we would be solid on the defensive, if we would face the counterattacks. What I saw is that we have kept our almost identical style. At this level, the teams can hurt you more with the quality in the last third, but otherwise our football has remained intact and encouraging.”

Marking goals was the problem. Just seven so far in their eight league games. Even when they scored two against Sheffield on Wednesday evening, it resulted in a Davies draw as “soft -love” in the wild – because they claimed a last -minute draw, but it was made against a team that they should have really beat.

And this late goal was one of the four to have come in the 90th minute of a match or later. Davies knows that this is a problem that must be solved.

“Our underlying figures in terms of what we create in relation to what we give are strong,” he says. “I think we were the best team in most of our games. But not to take risks occurs, and this is a case of training and confidence work so that when these moments arrive in the games, we take them.

“Sometimes players can be stretched, especially with the noise around the club. It is a question of finding calm in these moments of being clinical. What matters to me is to generate chances. If you continue to do it and you do not give much, then over time, you will gain more than you lose. Some of the objectives that we have marked recently.”

Speaking of the “noise” that has surrounded Birmingham lately, their next match could be the most noisy in the lot. They visit Wrexham on Friday evening, with all Hollywood glitter and glamor which always feel slightly surreal to be associated with the world of EFL.

The first League One meeting of last season between the two attracted Tom Brady, an owner in part in Birmingham, with David Beckham in a trailer.

Davies, however, remains focused on work at hand. He will make sure that his players do the same.

“I detach myself from the media threw around the games,” he said. “I have no interest in knowing who is in the stadium. This has no impact on our work.

“I only see the opposition that we are trying to beat. Last season, we finished first, they finished second. They were a very good team of One League One and we had difficult matches against them. Phil Parkinson did an exceptional job to get them three promotions in a row.

“We know that it will be a challenge, especially outside, but if we play our game, we think we can get the result we want.

“I encourage players to put watersides and focus on what is important, what is football. Everything else is noise and distraction. Players will see social media and external speeches, but I remind them to focus on the field.”

The work requires three points, which Birmingham has managed to do only once in their last five championship games.

“It would be a great opportunity to get one of the best results we have had since I have been here,” he said. “This is a big challenge, but something we will do as best you can do. Firing the international break with a positive result is always better because you have to wait a long time for the next match.

“Whatever happens, we are in a strong position to start. We have to take the opportunity.”