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.
Thought I'd reread this piece & it still holds up. As you suggested the managerial appointment & recruitment were key. We kept the best from Last season apart from Miyoshi & Davies looks a great appointment. Squad wise we have players that can now play front foot attacking possession football coupled with the confidence to stick with it. Relegation, best thing to happen to us, a season bedding in new players whilst winning games, best I've seen & Davies can take a bow. Still a great article
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.
Commenting based on blues in October, any doubts I had have been dispelled. Great manager in Davies, great side playing football the likes of which I've never seen from blues. Thought I'd enjoy league 1, but never thought it'd be this enjoyable. Fucked up with Rooney but boy have they got it right with Davies
Thought I'd reread this piece & it still holds up. As you suggested the managerial appointment & recruitment were key. We kept the best from Last season apart from Miyoshi & Davies looks a great appointment. Squad wise we have players that can now play front foot attacking possession football coupled with the confidence to stick with it. Relegation, best thing to happen to us, a season bedding in new players whilst winning games, best I've seen & Davies can take a bow. Still a great article
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.
Cook was part of appointing Davies so I've forgiven him for Rooney, most blues fans would say the same 👍
Commenting based on blues in October, any doubts I had have been dispelled. Great manager in Davies, great side playing football the likes of which I've never seen from blues. Thought I'd enjoy league 1, but never thought it'd be this enjoyable. Fucked up with Rooney but boy have they got it right with Davies