Blues v Stoke City - Teams and Match Thread (37 replies)

First home match since the sad passing of Robert Hopkins so i'm sure there will be some emotional fans at St Andrews. I never directly asked him the question, but judging on what i witnessed from him at several way games at Stoke, i'm pretty certain he didn't hold them, or their fans, in very high regard.
Actually, Hoppy's last goal in Blues' colours was at home to Stoke City
Black armbands being worn and members of his family releasing balloons in his memory from the car park at 2.00pm

BLUES: One change from Tuesday. Ibrahim Osman makes his debut. August Priske on the bench... as is Jhon Solis




STOKE: there for the taking - missing about 200 first team players (well, 11 actually - so they have their excuses lined up already)



Today's tossers
Whistle Happy Tosser : James Bell
Flag Happy Tossers : Bhupinder Singh Gill and Ian Cooper
Along for the ride (spare part Tosser) : Martin Woods

Also. Incredibly poignant day