Birmingham City Spoke: He Is Another Person In My Squad That I Must Also Praise Him For His “Excellent” Display, For Now He Is…

Birmingham City Spoke: He Is Another Person In My Squad That I Must Also Praise Him For His “Excellent” Display, For Now He Is…

‘Showed his quality’ – Birmingham City man hailed by Chris Davies after Exeter City win

Birmingham City boss Chris Davies has hailed Jay Stansfield’s ‘quality’ after their win at Exeter City.

Birmingham City won 2-0 against Gary Caldwell’s side and the attacker got on the scoresheet. Meanwhile, Tomoki Iwata also found the net.

It was an emotional return to St James Park for Stansfield as his father, Adam, played for the Devon club before he passed away at the age of 31.

Davies hailed the player afterwards and said, as per a report by BirminghamLive: “I don’t think there’s many people in the world that probably know exactly how Jay feels right now or felt on that pitch. So, credit to him, he didn’t let it affect him at all in terms of he’s very focused, he gave a really diligent performance, showed his quality and scored a goal, he’s a goal scorer. I’m sure his family would be very proud of him.

“I didn’t have any worries about him taking it in the moment because I know with Jay he takes everything in his stride really well, to be honest. I spoke to him leading into the game about everything and he was in good mindset and really looking forward to it.

“When that penalty gets given, you can see his eyes light up because he sees there’s another goal for him.”

Birmingham City attacker hailed

Birmingham City signed Stansfield to bolster their attacking options in the last window

Eyebrows were raised when they managed to lure him back to the Midlands following his loan last season.

The 22-year-old has since scored nine goals in 13 games in all competitions in this campaign.

Stansfield rose up through the academy ranks at Exeter City before linking up with Fulham as a youngster.

He went on to play 10 times for the Cottagers as a teenager and chipped in with two goals.

The forward returned to Exeter City on loan to get some experience under his belt before linking up with Birmingham City last term.

Stansfield scored 13 goals in 47 outings for the Blues as they were relegated from the Championship.

What now?

Birmingham City will be pleased to have returned to winning ways against Exeter City.

They lost 3-2 against Shrewsbury Town last Saturday and have now bounced back from that loss.

The Blues are back in action this weekend with an away trip to Blackpool in the second round of the FA Cup.