For all the good work done off the field, Birmingham City were an unmitigated disaster on it and will play third tier football for the first time in three decades.
I'm deeply worried. I don't think we have a recruitment plan. We can't compare to Ipswich, Sunderland or Portsmouth.
Equally, Cook's decision to sack JE and bring Rooney in was what took us down.
Wagner resides in the USA and needs a reliable CEO here. Cook isn't that person and he has to be replaced. Our spending power will get us nowhere without a unity of purpose.
We brought in players because we could..instead of keeping Colin for 2 more seasons we brought in two right backs( one of whom has an awful injury record) ,we brought in the perennialy injured Tyler Roberts and gave him a 4 year contract while Keshi Anderson never hid his injury record .I have no argument with the ability of Laird, Anderson or Roberts but spending a large chunk of the season on the treatment table takes us nowhere.
Our most important business this summer will be replacing Gardner and Cook...oh, and hoping TM recovers.
Thanks Ryan, clear and thoughtful as always.
I'm deeply worried. I don't think we have a recruitment plan. We can't compare to Ipswich, Sunderland or Portsmouth.
Equally, Cook's decision to sack JE and bring Rooney in was what took us down.
Wagner resides in the USA and needs a reliable CEO here. Cook isn't that person and he has to be replaced. Our spending power will get us nowhere without a unity of purpose.
We brought in players because we could..instead of keeping Colin for 2 more seasons we brought in two right backs( one of whom has an awful injury record) ,we brought in the perennialy injured Tyler Roberts and gave him a 4 year contract while Keshi Anderson never hid his injury record .I have no argument with the ability of Laird, Anderson or Roberts but spending a large chunk of the season on the treatment table takes us nowhere.
Our most important business this summer will be replacing Gardner and Cook...oh, and hoping TM recovers.