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Post by mickeythemaestro on Oct 10, 2023 8:34:03 GMT
Is he their results in September look pretty woeful. They’ve won 2 more games than us from a much more friendly looking set of fixtures. I think the difficulty of our start has certainly been underestimated by some. To have to play Ipswich, Millwall, Norwich and Leicester away already is quite something really. Fair point. And he has had to deal with bad injuries and some pretty poor decisions from officials. But that said its a dog eat dog world in management and he's not really shown any real progress in well over a year. If he's playing Russian roulette he's fired 3 blanks. He's got 3 shots left and one contains the bullet.
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Post by campbellsleftpeg on Oct 10, 2023 9:09:46 GMT
Lee Carsley mentioned as someone Birmingham considered. He'd maybe be a decent candidate for us as others have mentioned - but there has been a suggestion he's turned down bigger jobs theathletic.com/4945536/2023/10/10/birmingham-tom-brady-rooney-eustace/Eustace’s departure was met with shock and surprise by the players, who were not warned in advance of Birmingham’s official statement and only found out about his departure by reading about it online. They have been given no hint as to what comes next either, and no indication from the club that the appointment of Rooney is on the cards. The 43-year-old was well-liked and held in high regard by the players, who enjoyed his training sessions. He was said to be especially popular among the younger members in the squad. England Under-21 manager Lee Carsley was under consideration to replace Eustace but Rooney is now the leading candidate to take over following his departure from D.C. United on Saturday. england u21's manager isnt he? a pretty simple managerial job
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Post by nott1 on Oct 10, 2023 9:23:24 GMT
AN needs to start winning now or he's a goner before December I reckon!
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Oct 10, 2023 9:31:36 GMT
Totally agree Lorders If Eustace hadn't played for us, we we be having this love in ? Not saying he hasn't done well there Eustace has worked wonders since joining Brum. They took four points of us last season and looked a very solid team. They then got some decent players in the summer, including Sanderson who we were in for. He’s now progressed them further to the playoffs and unbeaten at home. Second best defense in the league also. Regardless of him playing for us. He is the stand out candidate. I think he's the most realistic and agree done a good job Stand out, that depends how far we're willing to push the boat out. He's available but wouldn't say stand out. Was hoping we'd move away from the British manager personally and look at someone with a knowledge of different leagues and a bit more knowledge of other markets as not worked several times although a bit harsh to categorise him.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Oct 10, 2023 9:32:54 GMT
I think the difficulty of our start has certainly been underestimated by some. To have to play Ipswich, Millwall, Norwich and Leicester away already is quite something really. Fair point. And he has had to deal with bad injuries and some pretty poor decisions from officials. But that said its a dog eat dog world in management and he's not really shown any real progress in well over a year. If he's playing Russian roulette he's fired 3 blanks. He's got 3 shots left and one contains the bullet. So basically he isn't able to compete with the teams in the upper half of the table despite building a completely new side
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Post by baconburger on Oct 10, 2023 9:48:05 GMT
Fair point. And he has had to deal with bad injuries and some pretty poor decisions from officials. But that said its a dog eat dog world in management and he's not really shown any real progress in well over a year. If he's playing Russian roulette he's fired 3 blanks. He's got 3 shots left and one contains the bullet. So basically he isn't able to compete with the teams in the upper half of the table despite building a completely new side Isn’t that something that’s likely to happen when you build your completely new side for significantly less than you sold a few players from the old side for and who also were unable to compete in the top half of the table? The last two managers both have significant negative net spends, one whilst slashing the wage bill it’s too soon for us to know what the effect of the Summer rebuild has done on the wages side of things.
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Post by theporcelainpele on Oct 10, 2023 9:48:29 GMT
Sheff Wed set to appoint Danny Rohl. Very interested to see how this one goes. Only 34 but has already had spells at RB Leipzig, Bayern Munich and the German national team (albeit during their worst spell in our lifetime) as assistant. Started out as a video analyst for Red Bull after his low key playing career. Ticks all the boxes of the modern, young, progressive coach that is seeming to do well in the championship these days ie Maresca, Carrick, Mckenna, Rosenior etc etc but can easily be one of those that goes terribly wrong.
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Post by LGH87 on Oct 10, 2023 9:49:19 GMT
We need to end this John Eustace talk now else JC will see it and will probably appoint him.
If Eustace is the peak of our aspirations as fans it's truly time to give up.
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Post by LGH87 on Oct 10, 2023 9:56:26 GMT
Sheff Wed set to appoint Danny Rohl. Very interested to see how this one goes. Only 34 but has already had spells at RB Leipzig, Bayern Munich and the German national team (albeit during their worst spell in our lifetime) as assistant. Started out as a video analyst for Red Bull after his low key playing career. Ticks all the boxes of the modern, young, progressive coach that is seeming to do well in the championship these days ie Maresca, Carrick, Mckenna, Rosenior etc etc but can easily be one of those that goes terribly wrong. I'd rather give someone like him a go than the likes of Dean Smith, Chris Wilder or dare I seven say it, John Eustace.
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Post by lordb on Oct 10, 2023 11:31:35 GMT
Lee Carsley mentioned as someone Birmingham considered. He'd maybe be a decent candidate for us as others have mentioned - but there has been a suggestion he's turned down bigger jobs theathletic.com/4945536/2023/10/10/birmingham-tom-brady-rooney-eustace/Eustace’s departure was met with shock and surprise by the players, who were not warned in advance of Birmingham’s official statement and only found out about his departure by reading about it online. They have been given no hint as to what comes next either, and no indication from the club that the appointment of Rooney is on the cards. The 43-year-old was well-liked and held in high regard by the players, who enjoyed his training sessions. He was said to be especially popular among the younger members in the squad. England Under-21 manager Lee Carsley was under consideration to replace Eustace but Rooney is now the leading candidate to take over following his departure from D.C. United on Saturday. england u21's manager isnt he? a pretty simple managerial job one which he's excelled at
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Post by mickeythemaestro on Oct 10, 2023 11:41:17 GMT
Fair point. And he has had to deal with bad injuries and some pretty poor decisions from officials. But that said its a dog eat dog world in management and he's not really shown any real progress in well over a year. If he's playing Russian roulette he's fired 3 blanks. He's got 3 shots left and one contains the bullet. So basically he isn't able to compete with the teams in the upper half of the table despite building a completely new side Its looking that way. Thats why I'm saying a couple more chances maybe to show us something we know we can build on or else the bullet will be coming.
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Post by shakermaker on Oct 10, 2023 11:46:52 GMT
Fair point. And he has had to deal with bad injuries and some pretty poor decisions from officials. But that said its a dog eat dog world in management and he's not really shown any real progress in well over a year. If he's playing Russian roulette he's fired 3 blanks. He's got 3 shots left and one contains the bullet. So basically he isn't able to compete with the teams in the upper half of the table despite building a completely new side It would probably have helped Neil's cause if some of this completely new side was actually available for selection...?
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Oct 10, 2023 11:48:08 GMT
So basically he isn't able to compete with the teams in the upper half of the table despite building a completely new side It would probably have helped Neil's cause if some of this completely new side was actually available for selection...? They have been and nothing was different then. Let's not start to use that one to add to the very long list
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Post by shakermaker on Oct 10, 2023 13:00:07 GMT
It would probably have helped Neil's cause if some of this completely new side was actually available for selection...? They have been and nothing was different then. Let's not start to use that one to add to the very long list I don’t think that’s entirely correct. From the Preston game onwards, we have not had Mmaee or Vidigal available to start for 7 games, Stevens missing for 6 of those games, and then no Campbell for almost 4 out of those too. That's a good chunk of our goal threat wiped out for large swathes of our season so far. It would take its toll on any team. Before Preston, we had 2W and 2L. One of those losses was just against a better side who will probably finish in the playoffs at least, and against Millwall we were the better side in the second half with our big guns on (who are not currently available). It’s just not fair to judge Neil on current results with the injuries he has at present.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Oct 10, 2023 13:05:07 GMT
They have been and nothing was different then. Let's not start to use that one to add to the very long list I don’t think that’s entirely correct. From the Preston game onwards, we have not had Mmaee or Vidigal available to start for 7 games, Stevens missing for 6 of those games, and then no Campbell for almost 4 out of those too. That's a good chunk of our goal threat wiped out for large swathes of our season so far. It would take its toll on any team. Before Preston, we had 2W and 2L. One of those losses was just against a better side who will probably finish in the playoffs at least, and against Millwall we were the better side in the second half with our big guns on (who are not currently available). It’s just not fair to judge Neil on current results with the injuries he has at present. He's brought in enough players and after the shambles on Saturday in not using what was available off the bench . It's always the players who aren't available of course who would have made things so different.Not buying into the injury excuse , doesn't help of course but not the reason his managerial record here is so atrocious. He didn't strengthen in certain areas where needed and now paying the price.
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Post by LGH87 on Oct 10, 2023 13:09:34 GMT
I don’t think that’s entirely correct. From the Preston game onwards, we have not had Mmaee or Vidigal available to start for 7 games, Stevens missing for 6 of those games, and then no Campbell for almost 4 out of those too. That's a good chunk of our goal threat wiped out for large swathes of our season so far. It would take its toll on any team. Before Preston, we had 2W and 2L. One of those losses was just against a better side who will probably finish in the playoffs at least, and against Millwall we were the better side in the second half with our big guns on (who are not currently available). It’s just not fair to judge Neil on current results with the injuries he has at present. He's brought in enough players and after the shambles on Saturday in not using what was available off the bench . It's always the players who aren't available of course who would have made things so different.Not buying into the injury excuse , doesn't help of course but not the reason his managerial record here is so atrocious. He didn't strengthen in certain areas where needed and now paying the price.
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Post by clintonbaptiste on Oct 10, 2023 14:13:50 GMT
We all know what's required...........
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