Post by Natty on May 12, 2008 10:29:31 GMT -1
Cameron Jerome is to weigh up his Birmingham future in the next few days having grown exasperated by a lack of playing time at St Andrews.
The striker's two-goal salvo at the weekend against Blackburn failed to prevent Alex McLeish's side from being relegated and Jerome has now been left to contemplate life in the Championship.
Jerome made his impact in the 4-1 victory after coming off the bench, but the England Under 21 international had not even been named among the substitutes until James McFadden suffered a reaction to his knee injury during the warm-up.
He played the majority of the first half of the campaign in the starting line-up, often as a lone striker, but has had few opportunities in 2008.
Jerome said: "I haven't been in the team since January and, when I was in the team, we weren't in the bottom three. Football is all about opinions and the manager hasn't played me, for whatever reason, since the beginning of February.
"There is nothing I can do if I don't play. I have to look at my situation, sit down with my people and my family, and discuss it. Football is a funny game and anything can happen.
"But I've not been happy to be on the bench for the second half of the season so we will have to see how it goes. We will assess it in the summer.
"I would be prepared to play for Blues in the Championship. I have two years left on my contract and I was relatively happy here until I wasn't playing.
"If you speak to anyone in football, they will say they are not happy if they are not playing
The striker's two-goal salvo at the weekend against Blackburn failed to prevent Alex McLeish's side from being relegated and Jerome has now been left to contemplate life in the Championship.
Jerome made his impact in the 4-1 victory after coming off the bench, but the England Under 21 international had not even been named among the substitutes until James McFadden suffered a reaction to his knee injury during the warm-up.
He played the majority of the first half of the campaign in the starting line-up, often as a lone striker, but has had few opportunities in 2008.
Jerome said: "I haven't been in the team since January and, when I was in the team, we weren't in the bottom three. Football is all about opinions and the manager hasn't played me, for whatever reason, since the beginning of February.
"There is nothing I can do if I don't play. I have to look at my situation, sit down with my people and my family, and discuss it. Football is a funny game and anything can happen.
"But I've not been happy to be on the bench for the second half of the season so we will have to see how it goes. We will assess it in the summer.
"I would be prepared to play for Blues in the Championship. I have two years left on my contract and I was relatively happy here until I wasn't playing.
"If you speak to anyone in football, they will say they are not happy if they are not playing
