Bruce 支払う／賃金s for snubbing Upson

Southampton 4 Birmingham 3

Birmingham 衝突，墜落d 支援する to earth when their run of four away 勝利，勝つs was ended by Southampton with three goals in the space of five first-half minutes.

Saints were in 活動／戦闘 just 24 hours after new chairman Michael Wilde 直面するd the club's fans and 株主s at an 年次の 会合 for the first time since taking 支配（する）／統制する of the club during the summer.

Their main 関心 was whether the 所有物／資産／財産 developer, who has so far only dipped into his own pocket to the tune of £1.2million, has 設立する other 支援者s to 許す 経営者／支配人 George Burley to buy during the January 移転 window.

However, soon after the start last night Wilde could have easily argued that with the club losing £3.3m in the last 財政上の year there would be little point in spending money unnecessarily. 特に since for five minutes Kenwyne Jones had looked the 完全にする article.

Birmingham, who were looking to 延長する their run of 連続する away to five for the first time in 12 years had begun confidently with Gary McSheffrey にわか景気ing a 28-yard 発射 just wide of Kelvin Davis' left-手渡す 地位，任命する.

Such ambitions however were flattened from the 13th minute when Saints 開始する，打ち上げるd their first serious attack of the game and it must have made Steve Bruce question his own 裁判／判断.

After nine months out after snapping an achilles tendon, Matthew Upson is fit and ready to 回復する his place at the heart of the Blues' defence.

But Bruce was loathe to break up the central 防御の 共同 of ツバメ Taylor and Radhi Jaidi. He stuck with the 味方する that won at Burnley at the 週末 and Southampton made a mockery of his 決定／判定勝ち（する） to leave Upson on the （法廷の）裁判.

Jones, in particular, was made to look world class by the Birmingham 支援する four.

They left him 完全に unmarked inside the 刑罰，罰則 area to receive Jermaine Wright's 手段d pass and the Trinidadian had time to place a curling left foot 発射 just beyo nd Birmingham goalkeeper Maik Taylor.

The former Saint was blameless for the opener but culpable for the second that followed three minutes later. He misjudged his 試みる／企てる to 削減（する） out a cross from Wright and was helpless as Jones floated a gentle header over him.

With his sixth goal of the season bagged it was Jones' turn to 供給する in the 18th minute as, again unmarked, he 長，率いるd the ball 負かす／撃墜する for Rudi Skacel to 得点する／非難する／２０ from 12 yards out.

If Saints had lost last night they would have been 10 points 流浪して of Birmingham who would have been 最高の，を越す. Instead the home 味方する climbed to within four points of the 訪問者s, while the Blues looked anything but 昇進／宣伝 競争相手s J one shad two golden 適切な時期s to put the match out of Birmingham's reach either 味方する of half time, but first he 発射 across the 直面する of goal and at a corner he 長，率いるd the ball in the wrong direction from two yards out.

Then, after a Gareth Bale 解放する／自由な kick 回復するd to safety off the foot of a 地位，任命する, Birmingham enjoyed four minutes of success.

In the 67th minute 代用品，人 Cameron Jerome 掴むd on Saints' 失敗 to （疑いを）晴らす a corner to hook the ball home from の近くに 範囲. Then Nicklas Bendtner 掴むd on a mis-通関手続き／一掃 to 得点する／非難する／２０ from 10 yards out.

But in the 77th minute Southampton の近くにd the game out as Bradley Wright-Phillips （機の）カム off the （法廷の）裁判 to 得点する／非難する／２０ with his first touch.

In the third minute of 傷害 time Jaidi gave Birmingham a third goal with a header from McSheffrey's corner kick.