Right performance, wrong result

They say a one goal lead is dangerous, but for the Sky Blues it would appear that at least a seven goal cushion is required if one wishes to avoid the infamous "squeaky bum time".

I would've been extremely downbeat following the full time whistle were it not for the fantastic game that I'd witnessed.

I personally tend to find that the enjoyment of watching a match is generally outweighed by the tremendous stress that City enjoy dishing out to their supporters.

However, for one reason or another, that was not the case today.

Right from the off, the signs were promising.

Although Westwood wonder-saves tend to suggest that we'll spend the majority of the game under the cosh, we retaliated to Birmingham's early efforts with some cheeky attempts of our own.

King's goal was well deserved, and I feel that he put in one of the best attacking performances I've seen in a very long time.

I lost count of the number of times he picked the ball out of the air with consummate ease, holding and distributing perfectly on almost every occasion, much like he did against QPR last week.

Carl Baker and Martin Cranie also impressed, and it's a shame that the result detracts from their plaudits to a certain degree.

I'm not sure whether it's my constant desire to possess a pleasant disposition that's making me see today as a positive step on our way to getting out of this grim lull in form, and I look forward to seeing the reaction of other members of the Sky Blue faithful, allowing me to hopefully deduce that I am in fact not deluded.

So yet again it's unfortunately a case of "right performance, wrong result", but we can draw satisfaction from the fact that the fans are yet to man panic stations.

Perhaps next week we'll be back to the "wrong performance, right result" style that arguably saw us rocket up the table back in October, although ideally we'll soon be putting in the right performances and earning the right results.