Derby County 1-2 Birmingham City - the fans' verdict

We asked for your thoughts after Birmingham City's 2-1 win over Derby County at Pride Park.

Here are some of your comments:

Derby fans

PianoMan: As a Rams fan, it's painful to watch this. We are not a team right now. Too many errors caused by a lack of communication, confidence and knowledge of how John Eustace wants to play (if there is a strategy?).

We are shocking. Injuries are significant and we have to ask why... why so many players are injury prone. Recruitment need to look at this. We are in trouble. Teams know we are poor and can beat us.

Philip: Eustace has got to sort out our defensive weaknesses otherwise we will be so far behind the rest. The season will be over before it's started.

Daniel: Not good enough. Surely time's up for John Eustace?

David: Well done to Birmingham. We had plenty of possession, but I worry that our forward play is going to make this a tough season.

Kazzian: Another game with no ambition by Derby to win the game, totally devoid of ideas around the penalty area. Stood and watched Birmingham play football. One effort on goal at home in the first-half tells the story. Could and probably should have been 5-1. Dire.

Birmingham fans

Tony R: A good away performance. Competent and measured. We looked decent in attack (Liam Millar did well again) and strong defensively (Christoph Klarer's best game of the season?). The sort of game we would probably have lost last season, so a big 'well done' to Davies and the players.

George: Desperately need to work on our finishing. I wouldn't say bringing on a host of defenders to manage the game is a good idea either. It invites what we saw at the end of the match, an onslaught. If it ain't broke, don't fix it Davies!

Major: A hard-fought, fully-deserved victory for Blues. So much better than the insipid loss up there a few months back. 10 points from a murderous row of opening fixtures should hopefully be a good platform to build on from here. Well done also to James Beadle, Bright Osayi-Samuel and Chris Davies for sticking it to the doubters!

KhanDjarin: What a signing Liam Millar has been so far. Lively start to his time in a Blues shirt!

James: What a game of football that is. Easily the best defensive performance from Birmingham this season and outstanding from Beadle in goal. How Luis Vasquez has missed that is beyond me, and it's not like it's the first time he's missed blatant opportunities. Unbelievable that Blues didn't score more but a win is a well-deserved after all.