Andy Hinchcliffe offers frank assessment on the current situation at Birmingham City

Sky Sports pundit Andy Hinchcliffe has revealed that he believes that Birmingham City shouldn’t be in the position that they are currently in with the players that they have at their disposal and has insisted that the club are facing a big summer.

The Blues have only managed to pick up eight points from their last 10 league games and were hammered 6-1 by Blackpool earlier this week.

Goals from CJ Hamilton, Jerry Yates, Kenny Dougall and Callum Connolly as well as a brace from Jake Beesley sealed all three points for the Seasiders at Bloomfield Road.

Birmingham head coach Lee Bowyer admitted in the aftermath of this fixture that is was the worst day that he has experienced in football.

With the pressure continuing to build on Bowyer, a report from Football Insider earlier this month suggested that he is fighting for his job at St Andrew’s.

Whereas a decision has yet to be made by the club’s hierarchy regarding Bowyer’s future, the Blues boss recently suggested that he will move on if he is asked to do so.

Ahead of Birmingham’s meeting with Millwall this weekend, Hinchcliffe has offered a frank assessment on the current situation at the club.

Speaking on the latest episode of the Sky Sports EFL Podcast about the Blues, Hinchcliffe said: “I felt they would be a team that would be comfortably top-half of the Championship.

“You look at some of the names in that Birmingham side, you’ve got [Marc] Roberts and [Kristian] Pedersen, Troy Deeney, Lyle Taylor, Ryan Woods, [Ivan] Sunjic, Onel Hernandez, this is not a terrible team by any means.

“So, again, I’m sure Lee went into the dressing room after the Blackpool game and said the responsibility is yours, they can’t always turn around and say it’s Lee Bowyer’s fault, it’s the