Garry Monk has successfully managed to galvanise what was a fragmented club in Birmingham City during his tenure at the club, one where the fans felt no affinity with the team they saw every weekend.

Before the season began, many were tipping the Blues to be right in the middle of a relegation scrap, given that is where they were last season, but that has not been the case, currently sitting just four points outside the top-six.

But the Blues' dreams of a run in FA Cup came crashing down at the first hurdle today as they were comfortably beaten 2-0 by Premier League West Ham United at the London Stadium.

An early goal from Marko Arnautovic and late second from Andy Carroll ensured it would be the Hammers who progressed, although it certainly was not a poor performance by the Blues.

Here is what the fans had to say on the outcome...