Lee Bowyer needs a break. Yet another manager where results got worse in his career as the politics at clubs wore him down and players leave and the replacements are inferior. I wonder if it hasn't totally put him off.
I can't see him getting another Championship job at this point, but he could get a League One one - promotion on his record, Championship experience, two difficult jobs under dodgy owners etc.
Might not be arsed though, will have earned enough as a player and in the last 4 years to take it easy, run his fishing lake and do a week or two of coaching here and there etc if he wants less stress.
It was only in the papers yesterday that Bassini's exclusivity period had ended without him stumping up any funds and that Brum were talking to other parties so not entirely sure this is a sign Bassini's takeover is close. Let's hope for their fans it's not.
Birmingham are an absolute car crash of a club and have been for some time, I think keeping them up two seasons in a row is a pretty decent accomplishment on LB's part and he can walk away with his head held high.
Agreed, though VERY lucky last season that two clubs had points deductions
Lee Bowyer needs a break. Yet another manager where results got worse in his career as the politics at clubs wore him down and players leave and the replacements are inferior. I wonder if it hasn't totally put him off.
He doesn't need the job either.
He will go back fishing, thinking he is a good manager, with nothing to prove and he will either get the call for a job he fancies, or he won't. I can't see him hawking himself about for any old job to keep himself relevant.
Blues are a relegation waiting to happen. Bow did a par for course job there albeit with some luck along the way with the Derby situation.
I agree with other posters, I think he'll take a break from management, and I don't expect he'll pitch up on Soccer Saturday any time soon either. Then again they employ Clinton Morrison..
Bowyer had to handle ridiculous pressure and an even more ridiculous situation here. I don't blame him one iota. He had to go when he did because the issues with the club was affecting his relationships with the players and that was not going to end well. But I prefer to remember the fantastic job he did when he took over. I can't forget Bielik saying at Wembley that we had the best dressing room he had experienced. It is the story of Charlton in recent years to have something and throw it in the bin.
Have never really understood some fans attitude towards Bowyer. Under the circumstances he done a brilliant job, that probably applies to his time at Birmingham. A friend of mine who done some work at the training ground a few years back told me Robinson was a great bloke, and Bowyer was a little shit. That said, I started off thinking Bowyer was the wrong man and was proven wrong. I wish him well. That day at Wembley was a better day for me than 1998 as I don’t remember the 1998 final for a variety of reasons.
Once players or managers decide to walk out on us, I do take more notice of them than other players or managers but can’t say I really care how they do. Not bothered it Aribo or Gomez or Bowyer etc are successful or not.
Probably the only player I kept an affinity for was Darren Bent as felt he was given a raw deal by England
Nah. You stick a great big sharp and pointed lump of metal in the mouth of a fish and yank it unwillingly out of their environment…and the fish doesn’t feel a thing, not even distress. Indeed Angling is a form of yoga therapy for fish, teaching them mindfulness with crushed avocado on toast after each session.
Nah. You stick a great big sharp and pointed lump of metal in the mouth of a fish and yank it unwillingly out of their environment…and the fish doesn’t feel a thing, not even distress. Indeed Angling is a form of yoga therapy for fish, teaching them mindfulness with crushed avocado on toast after each session.
Crushed avocado? Don't you think they've suffered enough?
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Might not be arsed though, will have earned enough as a player and in the last 4 years to take it easy, run his fishing lake and do a week or two of coaching here and there etc if he wants less stress.
If Reading and Derby both didn't have points deductions, Birmingham would have stayed up above Reading on goal difference.
He will go back fishing, thinking he is a good manager, with nothing to prove and he will either get the call for a job he fancies, or he won't. I can't see him hawking himself about for any old job to keep himself relevant.
I agree with other posters, I think he'll take a break from management, and I don't expect he'll pitch up on Soccer Saturday any time soon either. Then again they employ Clinton Morrison..
Anyway, wish him well and happy fishing.
Birmingham 47 points -25 GD.
Reading 41 points -33 GD.
So even with the 6 points back that they were deducted, Reading would still have been relegated on goal difference.
i thought reading were deducted 9
Indeed Angling is a form of yoga therapy for fish, teaching them mindfulness with crushed avocado on toast after each session.