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Let’s go round again
As story arcs go, this one would take quite some beating. I’m pretty sure Tom Wagner’s Hollywood A-lister pal would do a double take at the script. Gary Rowett returning to Blues after almost eight years to tie off the loose ends of – hopefully – the last of the Championship relegation battles we have…
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New beginnings
It was never going to be a case of Tony Mowbray coming in and reinventing the wheel. Nor was it really going to be a case of Mowbray stamping his ‘football, football, football*’ mantra indelibly on Blues players from the get-go. His first match in charge of Blues, against Swansea City, was perhaps pretty much…
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Trust the process
Tony Mowbray became Blues 10th permanent manager or head coach in a tad over seven years after replacing Wayne Rooney. And perhaps what is of particular significance is that Mowbray was chosen after a recruitment process. In most recent years, Blues have had in mind the new manager they want to bring in after summarily…
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Rooney departs
There’s a fundamental truth in football that will never, ever change: everything is dictated by results. For all the welcome and impressive work Knighthead have done in transforming Blues since the takeover in July, the bottom line is what happens on the pitch. It doesn’t matter if you have one of the most famous sports…
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The style council
Bitter turns to sugar . . ? The post-match exchange between Wayne Rooney and journalists after his first game in charge at St. Andrew’s was telling. On the back of a demoralising 2-0 defeat by Hull City, which ended the unbeaten home record in the Championship this season, Rooney was pressed on altering Blues approach.…
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Eustace, Rooney and Blues
If Benjamin Franklin liked his football, he would have said that nothing is certain except death, taxes and new owners wanting their own man. And here we are, a couple of months into the Wagner/Shelby Companies Limited era at Blues and stories have surfaced about Wayne Rooney being a potential replacement for current head coach…
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