RobArnold10 Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 Just now, Andy Horsman said: I'm hard pushed, off the top of my head, to think of a worse decision in football than to sack Rowett and appoint Zola. Thought so at the time, but never imagined he'd be quite so inept!! At the time it was baffling, to remove Rowett for a guy that wasn't exactly successful at this level, and his record at Brum has made LJ's season look successful by comparison! The interesting thing now will be to see the reaction. They have a good squad like us, and shouldn't be near the drop at all, were the players not playing for Zola? Or is there a wider issue at the club? Three games, tough fixtures and they need probably 2-3 points... the Villa game just got even more interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo II Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 It'll look pretty bad if they haul themselves out of the mire with a caretaker now; implication would be that even no manager is better than Zola! Feel sorry for him, as seems a genuinely nice bloke, but like a more articulate Dean Saunders, seems to have a curse hanging over him; you get the feeling he'd even relegate Barca if he somehow ended up there, the poor chap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelksRed Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 To be fair LJ managed to fire us up at the start of the season and the end of the season (thus far)....all we need now is the middle 25 games and in could make it to the PL...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 Can't we go back to the old days when managers were sacked after we'ed played them rather than before? The dead cat bounce seems to work against us now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 Staggering that he resigned and wasnt sacked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo II Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 Just now, MelksRed said: To be fair LJ managed to fire us up at the start of the season and the end of the season (thus far)....all we need now is the middle 25 games and in could make it to the PL...... Sort of like making a nice starter and decent enough dessert, but messing up the main course. Hope he taking some cooking lessons in the summer, IF the dessert doesn't end up giving up food poisoning after all, and we get flushed into league one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityironman Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 2 minutes ago, Super said: Staggering that he resigned and wasnt sacked. He's obviously a man of honour, not many of them about in football management it would seem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red Rich Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 Clearly out of his depth and did the honourable thing but far far to late to save them.... Hopefully ours realises this after the birmingham game and disperses the black cloud that is currently over this great club. #johnsonout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityironman Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 5 minutes ago, Big Red Rich said: Clearly out of his depth and did the honourable thing but far far to late to save them.... Hopefully ours realises this after the birmingham game and disperses the black cloud that is currently over this great club. #johnsonout Only way this would happen is if we are relegated and nobody on here wants that to happen (do they?!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Grim Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 32 minutes ago, Andy Horsman said: I'm hard pushed, off the top of my head, to think of a worse decision in football than to sack Rowett and appoint Zola. Thought so at the time, but never imagined he'd be quite so inept!! Our decision to appoint LJ is up there, or to offer him a new contract...... Love to relegate Birmingham on the last day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red Rich Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 Just now, cityironman said: Only way this would happen is if we are relegated and nobody on here wants that to happen (do they?!!) Absolutely not. But wont stop me hoping and praying that it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 38 minutes ago, David Brent said: Probably. But I like the bloke. I was referring to the constant comparison to Rowett. Zola didn't sack Rowett. Oh well. Why would comparisons with Rowett stop him being able to select and coach a team to win matches? If he'd done a decent job, people would soon have forgotten about his predecessor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob k Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 51 minutes ago, Andy Horsman said: I'm hard pushed, off the top of my head, to think of a worse decision in football than to sack Rowett and appoint Zola. Thought so at the time, but never imagined he'd be quite so inept!! Curbishley at charlton maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 See the usual suspects being put up by the bookies, Nigel Pearson the 3/1 Favourite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 1 hour ago, Spoons said: Can't believe someone hasn't said it yet - job for cotts !! Honestly I think he'd be the best appointment they could make. He could go in with a hand grenade and get them safe, if he doesn't he's the man to build a league one team for promotion whilst playing good football. No big upheaval for him to work in Birmingham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brent Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 8 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said: Why would comparisons with Rowett stop him being able to select and coach a team to win matches? If he'd done a decent job, people would soon have forgotten about his predecessor. Because he replaced a successful manager, anything less than Rowett achieved would've been failure. Yes Zola has failed spectacularly but he would've had to do a tremendous job to forget his predecessor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonBristolian Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 46 minutes ago, BCFC Grim said: Our decision to appoint LJ is up there, or to offer him a new contract...... Love to relegate Birmingham on the last day. It isn't really though, is it? I'm still not convinced by LJ but the fact is he was brought in last season to keep us up and did so. This season we had an appalling slump and are far lower than we should be but currently look like we have a better chance than others to stay up. I'm not defending LJ's appointment or his record but it's clearly an exaggeration to see it as a Zola-esque disaster... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 A couple of their players squared up to each other in the warm down after the previous defeat. He's too nice and refined to be dealing with "brumaes" Chateaux Neuf Du Pap v Brew XI Ferrari v Morris 1100. Shame he couldn't have stuck it out as he was doing a good job. Job for Cops, he likes short stints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenred Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 1 hour ago, 29AR said: Honestly I think he'd be the best appointment they could make. He could go in with a hand grenade and get them safe, if he doesn't he's the man to build a league one team for promotion whilst playing good football. No big upheaval for him to work in Birmingham. He'd also have the added incentive of keeping them up at the possible expense of two clubs that have let him go in the very recent past. He'd be 'bang at it' as they say. Let's hope they don't go for him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobSuperBob Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 Reading their forum there's a clear suggestion that players who liked / were loyal to Rowett rebelled / downed tools for Zola He was up against it from the start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 They`re very angry on the Blackburn forum. They think him staying was their only chance of staying up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 Fair play, very rare for a manager to just resign. "I sacked myself. I decided to give in my resignation," said Zola. "I am sorry because I came to Birmingham with huge expectations. Unfortunately, the results have not been good and I take full responsibility. "It is not that I like quitting, but Birmingham deserves better. If I feel I cannot help the players, why stay? If I cannot help the team, it is better I leave and let someone else do that. "I feel very bad and very sorry. We worked with a lot of meaning, but unfortunately it didn't produce the results. It is all very disappointing." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchay Red Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 50 minutes ago, Red Right Hand said: They`re very angry on the Blackburn forum. They think him staying was their only chance of staying up. Someone on there claims to be itk and says Alex Neil to be named tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesM Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 I'd much rather Forest went down to be fair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 Zola was the one of the best players I've ever seen either live or on the box but he really needs to stop managing football teams! Harsh but true. Someone with one of the quickest and best football brains on the pitch seems to have lost it off the pitch! What was he thinking excepting the Brum job? That was only ever going one way! Not sure why but can't help feeling sorry for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombsy Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 Only left because he did not want relegation on his cv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 Sad for him really but think he has done the right thing there. Annoyingly they might have a bit of a bounce - surely can't do any worse than they have been doing. I do remember how they effectively relegated us all those years ago with that dodgy penalty. Not saying I hate them or anything but I remember it being a harsh defeat when we played so well. Could be that we end up relegating them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 7 hours ago, eardun said: Perhaps they should have simply stuck with Rowett. Must have been a Feng Shui thing for the Chinese; Rowetts arse was facing in the wrong direction. Cannot for the life of me think of any other reason to sack him. Problem is their compass was clearly busted. 7 hours ago, JHAGa said: Fortunately he didn't as we've been doing well since. Managers leaving hasn't helped Birmingham, Forest or Blackburn. Difference with Zola is, he had done nothing well for Birmingham at all. LJ had taken over and guided us to safety and then to the play-offs. That bought him the time. Zola has only took them one way. I missed that episode; was it the day time omnibus? 4 hours ago, BobBobSuperBob said: Reading their forum there's a clear suggestion that players who liked / were loyal to Rowett rebelled / downed tools for Zola He was up against it from the start And as others have said; why take it. He strikes me as a nice bloke but a bit dim; this kinda proves it. Either that or his agent is even more so. I mean not as if he needs the money and the risk to reward ratio must have been gigantic... oh.. its the clueless classless mega rich Chinese; it probably was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 I see Harry Redknapp has been backed down by the bookies to Evens favourite, they could do a lot worse than going for dopey Daryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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