Another couple of games down the line, and Blues have yet to improve their points tally in the Premier League table. Bolton and Burnley, the two Bs, have brought out C/D grade performances from a side who need to do better if they are to survive.

Just when the fans seemed to be turning on their manager, the Chinese have arrived on their white horses, with mystery, fantasy, and scepticism continuing to reign over St Andrews. The club has changed hands, but where do we go from here?

Let's start with an admission. The past two performances have been poor, and below-par. Blues needed to come out of the blocks firing on all cylinders, and they have failed to do so. There can be no hiding place for the team.

The Bolton game highlighted the lack of ideas in Alex McLeish's team. Once we have the ball, we seem to stand still, with everyone waiting for someone else to make the killer run into space. Playing against a side like Bolton, you need to be solid, strong and compact. Blues showed absolutely zero of those qualities early on, as Bolton took the lead from a long throw in.

Barry Ferguson fell asleep at the wrong time, and all of a sudden, you're one-nil down to a side who seemingly offer nothing in attack. That was bad, but after that, you expect the team to pick themselves up and go again. To their credit, they did. They pushed on, even though at times they made things too easy for the Bolton defence, as they went in search of a winner.

After Super Kev popped up with a goal, the points looked destined to end up with the Blues, but yet again, abysmal defending straight from kick off cost us dear, and Bolton scored. It was a heartbreaking way to end it, but typical of Blues this season. A 2-1 defeat left the fans angry at manager McLeish who did not change formation to 4-4-2 early enough for many Blues fans.

From the 50th minute, cheers of "4-4-2" rang around St Andrews, but McLeish resisted the urge to go with two up top, until nigh on the 70th minute. Should Blues play 4-4-2? Well, i'll come back to that one later on...

And so, the 'old' Board left on the back of another poor home performance. The game really summed up the board over the past few years. Effort, yes. Commitment, yes. Quality and a final touch, no. Just like the Board, the players let their eyes off the ball and they were punished. Game, set and match.

With criticism about formations ringing in his ear, McLeish took a patched up Blues side to Burnley, again choosing a 4-5-1 formation. This was a big game, where big game players needed to stand up and be counted. McFadden. Queudrue. Ferguson. O'Connor. Stand up and be counted.

How many did? Let's just say, not enough.

At half-time, things looked okay. The team were level and the game was in the balance. Now was the time to turn the screw and create chances. However, one poor mistake, and you're 1-0 down. Another, and it's 2-0. Done. Game over. Blues folded and settled for a 2-0 defeat right up until the 95th minute when Seb Larsson scored.

What is worrying, is that after the second goal, the team folded, without any urgency in their play. Blues need to learn to push on and keep at it, whatever the score and whoever the opponents. Accepting losing is not good enough at this club. You have to fight for the right to play. At times this, and last season, Blues have just not done that. Sure, we've had some good days out where the players have made us proud. But, bad days like this shouldn't happen, especially against big rivals such as Burnley.

The real problem comes from a lack of creativity. Without Benitez, the team looks slow and out of ideas. Is it the formation? I would suggest not. Yes, i'd love a 4-4-2, especially when Benitez is on the field of play, but sometimes the 4-5-1 is necessary. We needed the tight 3 in midfield when playing Bolton to cope with their defensive trio, and the same against Burnley. It is even laughable to think that it was a Burnley centre-half, playing at centre-mid, who scored the winner against us. If McLeish put Ridgewell in centre-midfield, imagine the uproar!

Blues need a goal. it's simple. Jerome, O'Connor, Bent, KP, Benitez, McSheffrey, McFadden.
These 7 men have all been signed because they are forward thinking players. We need goals, and they are meant to know how to score them.

It's time to stand up and be counted.

On a final note, regarding the takeover, it has been an overwhelming few weeks. Time has passed and the owners have left, leaving Blues in the hands of the Chinese. That's all good and well, but now it's time for Yeung to prove himself. He may be in charge, but i'm still sceptical.
Yes Yeung, show us the money. Yes Yeung, show us the ambition. But first, show us that you care.