Birmingham City Thread - 2023/24 | Rooney sacked after 15 games

[pauls]

Hope they get relegated. They would deserve it for sacking a manager that had them in a decent position for an absolute failure of a manager just because he's a famous name.

Completely irresponsible way to run a club really. I'd be fuming if I was a fan of theirs.

They could quite easily go down too, even though they're quite clear of the relegation zone as it stands. Still about 32 games to go and the championship is very competitive abd unforgiving for poor form, there's so many games that teams can fly up and down the league within weeks. You can go from bottom half to near the playoffs quite quickly, or mid table to near the bottom 3 just as quick.

Not really a league to be pissing about in and getting rid of decent enough managers just because you want a star name that is a poor manager.

They really don't learn do they? They did EXACTLY the same thing years ago when they sacked Gary Rowett who was doing a good job at the time and appointed Gianfranco Zola.We all know how that turned out !

 

[tommybooth]

They only got him in to eat the backlog of unsold pies.

 

[Akira]

Still find it funny he said Van Gaal was BY FAR the best coach he ever had, not Baconface.

 

[ali benarbia's studs]

Still find it funny he said Van Gaal was BY FAR the best coach he ever had, not Baconface.

Van Gaal had a friendly older sister!

 

[Ribble73]

Birmingham since Manchester United legend, Wayne Rooney, took charge:

Southampton 3-1 Birmingham
Birmingham 0-2 Hull
Middlesbrough 1-0 Birmingham



The earlier this guy gives up and join Gary Neville in pundits crew, the better.

At 38 years old, he has relegated 4 teams already

Especially when they were 6th when he took over

 

[deano ou812]

Birmingham need to be careful the rags could swoop in for him if they give ten Haag the boot ..

 

[jamesha]

They only got him in to eat the backlog of unsold pies.

I thought that it was to help expand the more senior female fanbase!

 

[Brightwell’s left peg]

Graeme Souness to the right.

Here I am, stuck in the middle with you

 

[East Level 2]

Interesting question this. Has any player who learned his trade under the regime of the pisscan, (Specifically just the 1 manager to learn from) gone on to be a successful manager in the modern game?

Yes, lots of them. It said so in the papers about 15 years ago.
However it might have been bollocks.

 

[Gray]

Found a web site that has 37 of Ferguson’s players that became managers. The top 10 are:

• Laurent Blanc
• Gordon Strachan
• Mark Hughes
• Steve Bruce
• OGS
• Brian Robson
• Paul Ince
• Roy Keane
• Darren Ferguson
• Ryan Giggs

Not exactly a stellar bunch are they?

Blanc only played 48 times for the Rags having been at numerous clubs previously.