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Home is where the heart is, as Elvis Presley once sang.

And according to Birmingham City boss Pep Clotet, that’s where the majority of points for his side will be as well.

The Blues have turned St Andrew’s into something of a fortress so far this season, taking 13 points from a possible 18 and only suffering one defeat.

Speaking after the Blackburn game, Clotet spoke about the club’s home form and how he sees it as the bedrock for his team this season.

“In this Championship you need to have balance and knowing that you are very strong at home allows you to experiment and take the away games as bonuses to try and go for the wins. Our home form is massive and it's down to the fact that our players love to play in front of the fans."

The use of the term ‘bonus’ just doesn’t sit right.

He does have a point to a certain extent.

At the end of the day, the majority of your fans are in front of you so you should feel a level of responsibility to perform in front of them.

On the other hand, it sounds as if he is relying heavily, perhaps too heavily, on the Blues gaining points this season at St Andrew’s and treating away games like an afterthought.

It comes across as a rather blasé attitude to proceedings and it paves the way for a bit of inconsistency throughout the season.

If the Blues go through a bad patch at home where they don’t pick up some wins, that might get compounded by bad away form which Clotet doesn’t seem to focus on. Consequently, it might set the stage for a downward spiral that they might not get out of.

After all, they've lost five of their seven outings on the road in 2019/20. It's clearly a rugged issue.

Whilst Clotet might have his team performing above certain expectations so far this season, that doesn’t mean he can simply disregard a certain aspect of his job just to see his team over the line.

He needs to start being more ambitious if he is to impress the board and get rid of the title ‘caretaker head coach’.

He talks about balance in his message, but surely the balance should come from getting a team together that can perform equally as well away from St Andrew’s as they do at it.