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Relegation reflections
Blues were the longest-serving Championship club until relegation, a 13-year tenure. For the last eight of those 13 years, let’s face it, it was hardly enjoyable. A dark cloud of discontent and underachievement hung over Blues. The ownership, off field issues, a seemingly annual scrap for survival on the pitch – it all became very,…
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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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Home, sweet home
It’s been a long time coming, a packed St. Andrew’s. The stands having been condemned and closed, ownership antipathy and the customary battle against Championship relegation . . . Is it any wonder the old girl has been more like a ghost town than boom town? Tom Wagner’s call to arms to ‘sell out Sunderland’…
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Slowly, but surely
Blues win over Blackburn Rovers was welcome, vital and a signpost.It eased the concern about being dragged into what seems like a perennial Championship relegation battle – although by no means are Blues out of the woods – and ensured an upbeat atmosphere for Saturday’s eagerly-anticipated visit of Sunderland at a packed out ground.It was…
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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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