Jay Stansfield responds to Birmingham City teammate's 'brawl' with Wrexham players

Birmingham went down to 10 men for the final stages of their 3-1 win over Wrexham as Bielik was shown two yellow cards in the space of five minutes.

Blues’ captain lacked composure as he was first booked in a confrontation with Wrexham duo Paul Mullin and James McClean before lunging cynically into a challenge on Tom O’Connor a few phases of play later. Bielik was foolish not to calm himself after his first yellow and paid the price, receiving a red and in turn a suspension for Saturday’s tough clash away at Rotherham United.

Stansfield wasn’t on the pitch at the time of the intense fracas that riled up Bielik but he had a great view down on the bench. From the press box, it seemed to be an idiotic few minutes for the Blues skipper but Stansfield sees it through a different lens.

“I think everyone in this league is very competitive, everyone is fighting for what each club wants,” Stansfield told BirminghamWorld in the post-match press conference.

“I think it shows the character from both clubs and what such a big game it was. We came off with Krys [Bielik] getting sent off but it’s a football game and there are always going to be moments like that.”

Stansfield’s certainly not wrong about the competitive nature of his Birmingham counterpart as Bielik was a force to be reckoned with all night long, leading from the back. The former Poland international is always a physical presence and he rarely stands for any stick from opponents.

Passion may be great but looking at the bigger picture, Bielik may have to tone down his behaviour a little in the future. After all, when suspensions are on the line which cause missed fixtures, it hurts the team.