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Still going great guns.

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WRBCFC on 20:44 - Dec 8 with 2928 views

Dubtractor

Such a surprise that Rooney has struggled there.........

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WRBCFC on 21:33 - Dec 8 with 2819 views

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They look utterly awful. He might not last the season. Tom Brady in as caretaker. Probably wouldn’t do any worse.

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WRBCFC on 21:35 - Dec 8 with 2811 views

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WRBCFC on 21:33 - Dec 8 by Illinoisblue
They look utterly awful. He might not last the season. Tom Brady in as caretaker. Probably wouldn’t do any worse.

One win since he took over, against Sheffield Wednesday. Coventry might still pay for only scoring once though b

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WRBCFC on 21:38 - Dec 8 with 2790 views

WRBCFC on 21:35 - Dec 8 by Steve_M
One win since he took over, against Sheffield Wednesday. Coventry might still pay for only scoring once though b

2 nil.

That O'Hare looks a baller.

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WRBCFC on 21:39 - Dec 8 with 2786 views

Steve_M

WRBCFC on 21:38 - Dec 8 by gainsboroughblue
2 nil. That O'Hare looks a baller.

Birmingham were attacking as I posted that, thought I might get caught out the other way.

Nice control and finish there.

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WRBCFC on 21:50 - Dec 8 with 2726 views

WRBCFC on 21:33 - Dec 8 by Illinoisblue
They look utterly awful. He might not last the season. Tom Brady in as caretaker. Probably wouldn’t do any worse.

At the moment, it's the start they made under Eustace that may save Rooney from relegation. What a fecked up scenario. Dreadful appointment.

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WRBCFC on 22:08 - Dec 8 with 2653 views

WRBCFC on 20:44 - Dec 8 by Dubtractor
Such a surprise that Rooney has struggled there......... [Post edited 8 Dec 2023 20:44]

I thoght he would do ok, given the setup and momentum he was inheriting. Not necessarily storming the top six, but at least upper mid-table to maybe playoff fringes.

At Derby, he got some respectable results at a club where the basket case was rapidly coming unwoven (and had been before he took the top job).

Slightly surprised at quite how very badly it's gone.

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WRBCFC on 22:13 - Dec 8 with 2626 views

WRBCFC on 22:08 - Dec 8 by Guthrum
I thoght he would do ok, given the setup and momentum he was inheriting. Not necessarily storming the top six, but at least upper mid-table to maybe playoff fringes. At Derby, he got some respectable results at a club where the basket case was rapidly coming unwoven (and had been before he took the top job). Slightly surprised at quite how very badly it's gone.

I've read on more than one occasion that Liam Rosenior was the brains at Derby when WR was there. Maybe there is something in that.

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WRBCFC on 22:35 - Dec 8 with 2495 views

WRBCFC on 22:13 - Dec 8 by gainsboroughblue
I've read on more than one occasion that Liam Rosenior was the brains at Derby when WR was there. Maybe there is something in that.

Probably true. Rosenior having got the Hull job in the Championship would suggest that, too.

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When KM goes to.... on 22:45 - Dec 8 with 2463 views

Bloots

WRBCFC on 22:35 - Dec 8 by Guthrum
Probably true. Rosenior having got the Hull job in the Championship would suggest that, too.

...Forest or Palace then Rosenior would be very much towards the top of my list.

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When KM goes to.... on 22:50 - Dec 8 with 2453 views

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When KM goes to.... on 22:45 - Dec 8 by Bloots
...Forest or Palace then Rosenior would be very much towards the top of my list.

Indeed, he would be far from a bad selection. With an Ipswich connection having played here (albeit under Keane).

Tho who knows which candidates Ashton might have up his sleeve?

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WRBCFC on 23:07 - Dec 8 with 2378 views

ronnyd

I'd hate having a 'celebrity' manager. Every report of them is "Wayne Rooney's Birmingham".

WRBCFC on 23:23 - Dec 8 with 2335 views

Powrigan

WRBCFC on 21:33 - Dec 8 by Illinoisblue
They look utterly awful. He might not last the season. Tom Brady in as caretaker. Probably wouldn’t do any worse.

I got ridiculed by the usual suspects on here when I said the draw was a terrible result against a poor team. Now people are starting to see what I saw.

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WRBCFC on 07:41 - Dec 9 with 2055 views

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That is not going so well is it.
Bets on WR gone before new year
6th to 16th in 8 games. At this rate they will be battling Sheff Weds for bottom spot

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WRBCFC on 08:22 - Dec 9 with 2009 views

WestSussexBlue

WRBCFC on 22:08 - Dec 8 by Guthrum
I thoght he would do ok, given the setup and momentum he was inheriting. Not necessarily storming the top six, but at least upper mid-table to maybe playoff fringes. At Derby, he got some respectable results at a club where the basket case was rapidly coming unwoven (and had been before he took the top job). Slightly surprised at quite how very badly it's gone.

His managerial record is very average, quite what Birmingham were thinking I don’t know.
He’ll be gone by Easter with them trying a Bruce type appointment to try and keep them up.

WRBCFC on 08:51 - Dec 9 with 1963 views

wkj

Lightning strikes twice for the Brummies. This is Zola part 2- got to feel for them really, fans having a manager they liked unceremoniously sacked and then replaced by something worse

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WRBCFC on 09:13 - Dec 9 with 1919 views

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WRBCFC on 23:07 - Dec 8 by ronnyd
I'd hate having a 'celebrity' manager. Every report of them is "Wayne Rooney's Birmingham".

You have put the "d" in the wrong place?

Should be "I hated having a celebrity manager". Unless you have managed to suppress memories of "Roy Keane's Ipswich Town", in which case I apologise for reawakening them!

WRBCFC on 09:46 - Dec 9 with 1874 views

WRBCFC on 08:22 - Dec 9 by WestSussexBlue
His managerial record is very average, quite what Birmingham were thinking I don’t know. He’ll be gone by Easter with them trying a Bruce type appointment to try and keep them up.

What were they thinking? Publicity and marketing, at a guess. Thinking that an illustrious playing career guarantees managerial success shows a poor grasp of history.

Possibly just working on an outdated model, the one which propelled Gerrard and Lampard into high-level jobs before they were really ready (or which were beyond their skill level). Rather than the current one which is either to find some obscure technical wizard from Europe, or to poach the clever Assistant Manager from a top club.

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WRBCFC on 09:54 - Dec 9 with 1863 views