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Blues 4 AllFair to say Blues fans are a bit angry…
He’s got to play jay. When we scored we had a bit of fight and passion. The manner of the defeats is worrying big time. We need laird and Buchanan back asap as all the goals came from wide and the full backs not doing his job properly. I worry about next 2 games and can’t see us getting anything from them but I hope we do. Long journey back…
He faces a mountain after 3 games to win any trust whatsoever.
Where will Blues next points come from? Can’t see us getting anything in November, might sneak a 0-0 at home to Rotherham in December!
Zola part 2, Rooney is asking players to do things they simply are not comfortable with but the most important fact is the players do not believe they can win. Next game 4-0 to Ipswich. Must work to the players strengths and then change January
It was a stone wall penalty! Better second half, Stansfield made a difference and gave us more energy. You can’t blame Rooney for everything, we’re woefully short in some positions because of the injuries. We’re Birmingham City we fight to the end!
I am not a Rooney at all but this is my club and support the club no matter what even if they have made a huge cock up trouble is fans and board and players were all together now there seems to be a split all have to put our differences a side and support our team not there’s because they come and go we will always be there KRO
I can name on two fingers how many past managers have beaten Southampton, I’m still giving him time and patience kro
Apart from a 15 minute spell in the second half that was difficult to watch.
In 3 matches I have gone from “looking forward to the game” to “how many are we going to lose by”.
People saying that they are a “premier team, quality players which we don’t have” probably forget we brought in over 10 players in the summer and apart from maybe Burke we were all enthusing about them. For me you can forget previous seasons and analyse why we were 6th 3 games ago.
Yes we had a bad spell but apart from Norwich we were as good as the opposition e.g. Watford and Preston where we played really well. No one wants to lose but it’s the manner in which we are losing. We were giving 100% under Eustace and the players worked for each other, the manager and us fans.
We do have to move on, but the way we have lost our 3 matches under Rooney is worrying – no pattern, different formation, players playing out of position, players not knowing if a good performance means they start the next match and we are so easy to play against.
Rooney needs to engage more with players and fans and publicly saying that the players are not fit is a no no in my book – that should stay behind closed doors.
People say you have to give it time, transfer window etc but for me come January it may be too late if this management style and form continues. We had a formation that was working, players happy where they were playing and a manager that was passionate about the club and players on and off the pitch.
Rooney may be well advised to sit down with his coaches and look how this came about.
Kro
I don’t get his obsession with setting them up 433 – which becomes a 451 when we have limited possession. In recent months we have often had little possession, but when set up as a 4231 we look much sounder defensively. We are never going to outscore teams in a slugfest, so first and foremost we need to get back to keeping clean sheets. And at the moment we look incapable of that for even 45 minutes.
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Midfield let us down again and Ruddy should have saved the third Soton goal.Ruiny must be desperate if he brings Roberts on,gee he ain’t no Beckenbauer is he.Think Ruiny is trying out all the first team squad to see who he can ditch.
Rooney who would no longer be able to run the length of the pitch saying players aren’t fit? They were doing pretty well until he turned up. 6th to 14th (possibly 15th) in 3 games. Rooney compares with Zola and Karanka. I’d be more supporting if he at least took some of the blame himself, after all he’s supposed to install the pride, the winning mentality and confidence in the squad, we had that until 2 weeks ago. You coach and pick the team Mr Rooney, so you take the blame! Mt Cook, you got it all so wrong too.
It’s no just that we’ve lost 3 games it’s the manner in which we lost those games. We look disorganised and at times clueless. Players don’t seem capable of even doing the basics right which is alarming to say the least. I can’t see any improvement until after the next international break when we play teams that are nearer to the bottom of the table. If we lose those then I think rooney could be gone before Christmas.
Unfortunately I don’t think the owners have our passion for the club so will stick with Rooney whatever. You never know he may make a decent League one manager. He’s already ruined the confidence and belief we all had and above all Cook has to take much of the blame for that, he still thinks he controls Man City
I agree this G Cooks doing its jobs for his mates and the owners have been conned by him.
3 Games ‘ Playing out from the Back ‘ 3 Defeats
1 Goal in last 3 Games – was a Long Ball to Juke and Jay Done the rest so what does that tell you?, looked better when the subs come on granted. But the damage was already done, first goal offside and how Burke didn’t get a penalty is just another farce by poor officials. Aiwu is tasty, will be a solid player ‘ If he plays ‘ Jordan James needs to be in the middle of the park, Stansfield needs to be upfront. Basically play the lads in their natural positions doing what they find natural ! Staggeringly simple concept that’s baffling to not implement
Open Letter to Gary Cook….
People like him love telling us how wrong we are with open letters so here is one to you !
Its not on the players they been mugged off just as much as the fans, it’s not on the Owners they American and don’t have the knowledge of football ( Especially English Football ) to implement new managers and if they are they shouldn’t be
This is all on you son, your idea, your decision and you should have known better to give your mate a job back in the U.K. because he couldn’t stay in America. Knowing what this club has been through over the last 15 years especially. You are meant to be a blues fan, and you certainly know what our fan base is, who we are and how we react to idiots making stupid decisions and making us the laughing stock of World Football.
So When it gets toxic and nasty down StAndrews which it will within the next 3 games !
That’s on you nobody else !and I’ll tell you something else If your classed as intelligent within football I’d rather be stupid
You have dropped a massive Bollock, Wrong timing, for nonsense reasons
And with the wrong Guy. It’s nothing personal to Rooney, he seems very nice and comes across really well, truly unbelievable Striker
He just ain’t the right guy for this club at this moment in time. And we’re stuck with him for the 3 year because egotistical business types like you are incapable of owning your mistake and admitting you was wrong
Basically a coward
Hear , Hear.
Tom Wagner has been conned by Cook .
But from what I’ve seen of him in interviews he will sort this out .
The Rooney appointment has put us back a season that’s a fact.
Still better than the TTA that’s for sure, we had a few months where things we’re going well but typically it wasn’t to be KRO.
Hands up if you’re watching the Neanderthals play Luton and just heard the Veeee’la Chanting Rooney, Rooney, Rooney !
That’s not going to go down well at all 🫵🏻
Calm down , calm down ! Do you honestly think that we would still be 6th if J E was in charge ? It’s a silly league we were 6th yet 3 points off 14th , look back to the start of the season Leeds yes we won but did we really deserve it or did the bounce of new owners get us through ? Plymouth ,well i watched amazed that this team who had just come up gave us a footballing lesson and yes i know we won ! Apart from Bristol ,Huddersfield , have we really looked convincing ? I think that the players we have now have given us hope but in reality we are still miles away . Rooney recognises that and knows it will take time to build a lasting quality team .In my humble opinion his only mistake was to think that this crop of players were good enough to adapt , he now knows that it needs to be a gradual change . Don’t give up on him just yet show him some support we may be grateful in the long run ,KRO
Anybody that comes in and changes the side to a formation we ain’t played with a player who hasn’t played a competitive game all season after a week is a clown ! And I don’t care how many people try to spin the situation that’s the fact of it. They activate the ‘ paid for posters ‘ all over the place to spin the facts and muddy the waters !
What’s happened was stupid, How it happened was Stupid, the timing was stupid and the selection was stupid.
I’ll happily stand in the middle of the pitch and let everybody hurl abuse at me if I’m proved wrong ! I’ll be the happiest little fat cunt in all St Andrews if I am proved wrong too 👍🏻
I don’t blame Rooney. I blame Cook. Stupidest decision ever made. However, we can’t change that now. But for years I have said the same thing, no matter who owns the club or who manages it, the fans are a huge part of the problem too. I remember the “Eustace out” posts. Blues fans are disgustingly toxic and pull us down. Not all of course and I sometimes think that the toxic is simply louder than the rest. There is nothing else for us to do than get behind Rooney. No, he wouldn’t have been my choice even if Eustace had walked himself instead of being fired. But until the fans stop the toxicity, then we will always go backward. Just face it, we have been bought by a bunch of heartless businessmen who really have no idea about football. Cook is beyond words, I cringed as the morons waved American flag and were eating empty words because they think they are getting some attention. Now we are getting the wrong kind of attention. Forget PR, Tom Brady and empty promises. We don’t even know what we are being promised yet. But when you boo the manager after 3 games, that ain’t helping either. I personally would rather see us unknown but being a proper football club. We have been doing that. The amount of promising young players is something good. Something we should have built on years ago. Jude Bellingham will soon be hailed as the best in the world, and he was raised by us, Birmingham City. We are not a business model, we are Birmingham City. Some seem to have forgotten what it’s all for.