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Tom Wagner gives speech to Birmingham fans at half time of match against Wrexham

Tom Wagner gives a surprise speech to Birmingham fans in the away end at half time of the match against Wrexham on Friday night.

The Blues ended their three-game away losing streak in the Championship with a 1-1 draw against Wrexham.

Dubbed the ‘Hollywood derby’ due to celebrity owners Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney (Wrexham), and Tom Brady (Birmingham), the game saw Wrexham take the lead with George Dobson’s early goal.

But just 20 seconds into the second half, Patrick Roberts levelled the scoreline, resulting in shared points for the two teams promoted from League One last season.

Tom Wagner’s speech to the Birmingham City away fans at half time:

“The action on the pitch isn’t great. And they’re going to feed off of us, and we haven’t been great either.

“We need to be louder in the second half. Okay? Need to sing more in the second half. Okay? Let them feed off of us.

“Come on, please! Let them know. Tell your mates, text your mates, second half. Okay? We let them know that we’re with them. Okay? And let’s see what happens.”

Wrexham midfielder Lewis O’Brien, named player of the match, tells Sky Sports: “With the weather conditions, it was tough. We both had good chances and a point is the right result I think.

“I thought we were unfortunate with the ricochet [for Birmingham’s goal] but we’ve got to start the second half better.

Wrexham goalscorer George Dobson told Sky Sports:

“I am delighted to score but disappointed with the result in the end. On reflection it probably was a fair result but to concede that early at the start of the second half is a real blow.

“I would say if you look a the last three games, we have drawn 1-1 but we could easily have been standing here with nine points from those three games.

“It’s such small margins at the moment. We have got to rest up over the international break, keep working and start turning these draws into wins.”

Birmingham manager Chris Davies speaking to Sky Sports: “We’ve had a few difficult games on the road where we’ve not got anything out of it, so this was a point gained. I thought we could have had all three based on the game but we’ve come to a difficult place and it’s important to come away with at least something.

“The message at half-time was to stay calm, not lose their heads, continue to play. We showed some really great signs in the first half. We needed more forward runs, because there were gaps to exploit but we needed people to run without the ball to exploit those gaps and we did that more and more in the second half.

“That was a brilliant start for us because you get a lift from that. I said at half-time that we need to score from a set-piece if we can, but we played a reasonable game without being at our best and we showed what we’re trying to do.

“We are creating chances, we’re solid and we didn’t give too much away tonight. I was pleased with how we played. Wrexham are a solid team and we’ve been the better team overall. We’ve looked like us. We play a different style to them and we wanted to impose our game, rather than it being more like a Wrexham game.

“We just got better as the game went on but we can’t keep going a goal down and expecting to win games. The determination after that goal was better from corners, but not enough.

“My expectation is reality, I know how hard the Championship is. Anyone who thought this would be a stroll in the park is deluded.”

Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson speaking to Sky Sports: “First half we were good. We got the goal and had some other good chances to extend the lead. We’re just so disappointed to concede straight after the break, from our kick-off.

“Okay, there’s a ricochet, which then opens the pitch up, but we could do better in terms of staying with the runners in and around the box and that moment gave Birmingham a lift in the game.

“It probably could have gone either way in the second period. Did we have as much possession or sustained periods in that second half? No. Did they do better? Yes. But sometimes that early goal lifts teams.

“All in all, it’s been a tough week for us, with Derby, Leicester and Birmingham. They are three hard games and the lads have given us everything.

“It’s the third game in six days for both teams and the conditions were difficult, so we will take the point. It’s frustrating not to get all three, but they are a good team.”

Here’s how Twitter users reacted as Tom Wagner gives a speech to Birmingham fans at half time of the match against Wrexham…

@colincoopu2: Surprised he never said we need to sing more in the fourth quarter.

@JazzH3121: That’s the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever seen 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@BCFC_ZONEE: What? An owner cheering on his away fans for the team? Don’t see a problem there accept from passion.

@UnderTheTifo1: I like this by Tom Wagner 🫡 It’s easy to go in with the fans when everything is great, but to stand with them when things aren’t running so smoothly is something else 👏🏽 #BCFC

@paulob5_: Having to tell the away support to sing more is proper tinpot

@smith_naj: As he should tbfs, our atmosphere is and has been shocking, for a club that’s ’on the rise’ we should be passionate. The truth, any blues fan disagreeing, you know what to do… 0121 do 1

@PureWrecsam: Hahaha your own owner letting you not how shit your fans are 😭😭😭😭

@joshwilliamsDNO: Hahahahahahaha even the owner knows the fans are shite, even when they scored they sang for about 2 minutes then quite all game 😂

@mynameismrdvb: Every day I thank my family for making me Villa. Dear lord 🫣💀

@JK_dcfc: No, he’s practically telling them how shit they’ve been all first half and that no one can hear them 😂😂😂

@mkav92: Hahahahahahaha fucking hell. No matter how bad things can get, I wake up thankful every day that we’re not them. Cringey cunts

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