Argentine forward Luis Vasquez needs to show more, according to Craig Courtney
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Birmingham can establish themselves in the Championship promotion race if they can quickly rediscover their momentum, Blues podcaster Craig Courtney says.
Blues saw a three-match winning streak, and a five-game unbeaten run ended by a meek 1-0 defeat at Cardiff on Saturday but remain seventh in the table, just three points outside the automatic promotion places ahead of Saturday's trip to Lincoln (12:30 GMT).
Speaking onBBC Radio WM's football phone-in on Wednesday, Courtney of the Tilton Talk podcast said: "Saturday was a little bit of a glitch. We've just got to bounce back from what was a poor performance.
"Nobody is running away with [the league]. Every team seems capable of beating each other on the day. It's arguably the hardest league in the world.
"I think it could be us. It's all about momentum. Last season Coventry didn't have the strongest squad, they had momentum and camaraderie.
"It's not about having the highest-paid players; it's about a team that can be resilient, scrape a 1-0 and, when they need to, have a horrible game that everybody thinks was rubbish but you get three points out of it."
Courtney reckons boss Chris Davies would have given his players "a rocket" after Saturday's performance, adding: "Davies is not afraid to tell people when the team hasn't turned up.
"Some fans think he might be a little bit on the soft side, but I wouldn't have fancied being in the dressing room after a performance like that.
"We did miss August Priske; he's not the out-and-out goalscorer that we'd like, but he is a nuisance player and drags defenders all over the place, creating space and opportunities for other players.
"Luis Vasquez, for me, has got to show us what he's worth; at the moment we haven't seen that as fans. We've got to see that little bit more.
"Do we perhaps put Patrick Roberts in that Jay Stansfield role and perhaps put Stanno up front to try and create the nuisance?"
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