Birmingham City: Reaction given to 'absolutely ridiculous' Sheffield United moment | OneFootball

Jack Robinson had a moment to forget against his former club on Saturday afternoon

It is fair to say that Birmingham City's 1-1 draw with Sheffield United on Saturday afternoon was a game filled with drama as both sides missed out on the chance to solidify themselves as play-off contenders in the season's final weeks.

This was the third time this campaign that Blues and the Blades had faced off in all competitions, with each side earning one victory apiece beforehand, with Chris Davies' side emerging 2-1 victors in the EFL Cup first round back in August, before Chris Wilder's side had won the previous Championship meeting 3-0 on December 20th.

Both sides had been tipped, by many, to be in with a shout of potential promotion come the end of the campaign, with Birmingham looking to continue the momentum which they had gathered in League One, whilst United came agonisingly close to a first-time promotion last term before losing the play-off final.

All things considered, it was a point which has done their respective seasons very little good with eight matches remaining, with Blues currently seven points adrift of Wrexham, whilst United have a further three points to make up if they are to somehow defy the odds and make the top six after their well-documented disastrous start to the season.

As previously mentioned, though, this was an encounter full of talking points, which began after 23 minutes as Femi Seriki was shown a red card for his challenge on Ibrahim Osman.

Blues forward, Marvin Ducksch, then bent a delightful free-kick past Adam Davies, before the Blades eventually made the game all-square in the third minute of first-half stoppage time when Patrick Bamford capitalised on some questionable positioning from James Beadle.

Beadle was certainly a man heavily involved in the first period, though, as he saved a penalty from Sydie Peck 18 minutes beforehand after an intriguing mishap from current Birmingham defender and ex-Blade, Jack Robinson.

Jack Robinson's Birmingham City form hailed despite Sheffield United error

Robinson, of course, swapped Bramall Lane for St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park on Deadline Day of the summer window, and has since had quite an eventful period in the West Midlands.

The 32-year-old has one goal and one assist across his first 14 appearances for Blues to-date, as well as two red cards against Coventry City and Hull City respectively.

He was back in the headlines on Saturday too, as he was penalised for handball after mistaking a rollout from Beadle for a potential goal-kick, in which he placed the ball dead before playing an interchange with his goalkeeper.

Ultimately, the penalty was saved, and Football League World's Birmingham City fan pundit, Jason Moore, has no major criticism of the ex-Liverpool man despite the grave error.

"It was thick. It was really, really thick, wasn't it," he told FLW.

"It was a lack of concentration. But, if I'm honest, Beadle saved it. No harm (done).

"It wasn't ideal. It was absolutely ridiculous. But, they didn't score from it, so I don't really care.

"It's absolutely ridiculous that a professional footballer has done that, but anyone could do it," Moore claimed.

"To be fair to him, he's been good since those red cards. Whenever he's been asked to play, he's been pretty good.

"I'm not going to hold that against him, and I thought it was harsh that we brought him off, unless he was injured," he stated.

"It really doesn't bother me, and I don't think it should bother any Blues fan. They didn't score from it. It didn't cost us.

"At the end of the day, we weren't good enough (to win) anyway. There were worse players than Jack Robinson on the day.

"He's had a mare, James Beadle's saved it and bailed him out. End of, for me," Moore continued.

"He's been pretty reliable since his red cards against Coventry and Hull.

"He's had a mare on Saturday, but we've saved it. Move on."

Jack Robinson, Sheffield United flashpoint won't define Birmingham City's season

As Moore alluded to, this is an incident that many will hope to sweep under the carpet, particularly as Beadle was able to deny Peck from 12 yards afterwards.

Robinson, of course, will have had his heart in his mouth for a brief period, considering his previous incidents against Coventry and Hull beforehand in two defeats.

However, this stand-alone incident certainly will not define Blues' campaign in an all-round negative way, with it being a hot topic of discussion as to whether Davies' side have the consistency to mount a late charge for the top six given the ground they currently have to make up