Thought Birmingham looked workmanlike but that’s what Bow does. It’s a shame, like Powell, when we got up neither got the investment they needed to really push on because I think both could have got us close. Hopefully Adkins is afforded that possibility now the club is in safe hands.
Birmingham look a good side , Lee’s got them ticking
Not an especially good set of players on paper (other than Chong and to an extent Deeney) but Bowyer is playing to their strengths, which Karanka failed to do. And, it has to be said, that Bowyer and Birmingham are a good fit, even more than with us
Birmingham look a good side , Lee’s got them ticking
Not an especially good set of players on paper (other than Chong and to an extent Deeney) but Bowyer is playing to their strengths, which Karanka failed to do. And, it has to be said, that Bowyer and Birmingham are a good fit, even more than with us
Bowyer did well for us , bar the last 2/3 months when he’d clearly had enough and he had no fit defenders.
He's already taken them from approximately 4th from bottom to 4th from top. I thought Brum were odds on for relegation last season. The way he's turned them around is remarkable.
Birmingham look a good side , Lee’s got them ticking
Not an especially good set of players on paper (other than Chong and to an extent Deeney) but Bowyer is playing to their strengths, which Karanka failed to do. And, it has to be said, that Bowyer and Birmingham are a good fit, even more than with us
Bowyer did well for us , bar the last 2/3 months when he’d clearly had enough and he had no fit defenders.
Not knocking what he did was us, which was for 90% of the time brilliant
Just suggesting that Bowyer as a person fits even better with more "blue collar" clubs like Leeds and Birmingham than us.
He lost it at the end with us under a sensible owner but was a success under crooks, deluded pensioners and more crooks. It didn’t add up
im glad he left us but still want him to be successful
I think he prefers absent owners, where there is a void enabling him to have control and freedom
Birmingham are still a mess off the field, with sections of the ground closed at the moment due to safety concerns (the porn barons built parts of their new stands in the 90s on the cheap!)
He lost it at the end with us under a sensible owner but was a success under crooks, deluded pensioners and more crooks. It didn’t add up
im glad he left us but still want him to be successful
I think he prefers absent owners, where there is a void enabling him to have control and freedom
Birmingham are still a mess off the field, with sections of the ground closed at the moment due to safety concerns (the porn barons built parts of their new stands in the 90s on the cheap!)
King of firing up a team. He's got that "edge". Bit like Tim Sherwood in that respect. But he gets found out. Not a great tactician and when that "edge" is mischannelled ~ blaming others, diverting criticism, sulking, losing the dressing room etc it's hometime. He was the perfect appt for saving Brum from relegation. But I don't see him building a squad capable of promotion. He is on a poor run atm. And they are leaking a lot. I reckon the owners will give him the whole season after his good end to last season but if they have any knowledge they will give him until Christmas if he hasn't arrested the slide.
I have no loyalty to Bowyer, he didn't really show us any, despite what he says, and it is of course twice he has left us now but....
I see this slide down the table more about birmingham than him. They don't really invest on the playing side and are thus perennial strugglers who seem to rely on a new manager bounce each season to just about keep themselves afloat. I doubt bowyer will last the season for that reason alone but if he does it will mean he has done a good enough job for where that club find themselves at.
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The refs being more lenient is already plain in many games this season.
It all went so weird in the end but he looks happy and is speaking with enthusiasm again.
It’s a shame, like Powell, when we got up neither got the investment they needed to really push on because I think both could have got us close.
Hopefully Adkins is afforded that possibility now the club is in safe hands.
I thought Brum were odds on for relegation last season.
The way he's turned them around is remarkable.
Just suggesting that Bowyer as a person fits even better with more "blue collar" clubs like Leeds and Birmingham than us.
im glad he left us but still want him to be successful
Birmingham are still a mess off the field, with sections of the ground closed at the moment due to safety concerns (the porn barons built parts of their new stands in the 90s on the cheap!)
L 1-4, Fulham (H)
L 3-0, Peterborough (A)
D 0-0, Preston (H)
L 2-0, QPR (A)
L 0-3, Forest (H)
I see this slide down the table more about birmingham than him. They don't really invest on the playing side and are thus perennial strugglers who seem to rely on a new manager bounce each season to just about keep themselves afloat. I doubt bowyer will last the season for that reason alone but if he does it will mean he has done a good enough job for where that club find themselves at.