As usual, and particularly so at this time of year, the ‘clickbait merchants’ are casting doubt on the future of many managers across the divisions including at our club. In the case of Blues, the team appears to be giving everything on the pitch for Chris Davies although things aren’t going spectacularly well at the moment, especially away from St. Andrew’s. But to change managers now would, in my view, be extremely foolish from the senior management of the club. 

I am writing this before the Southampton game. But irrespective of the result, it should be born in mind that we are currently still just six points off a playoff place and to date have played all of the top six including four of them away from home. So we still have a chance to get into the playoffs.

Unlike last season when in League One, however, we have not been able to invest in a squad that is superior to most other clubs in the league. Blues wage bill is, according to some analysts, the tenth highest in the Championship with the top spending club’s players reportedly receiving almost double to those at St. Andrew’s. And they are only one point better off than us! Consequently, attracting top Championship players to the Blues is not as easy as some might think. 

Our Chairman, from a report in the Times a few weeks ago, has analysed the financial burden required to gain promotion to the Premier League and hopefully he will have this at the forefront of his mind irrespective of upcoming results. There could, of course, be the usual ‘footballing’ reasons meaning some may want to change our manager at this stage. But undermining his position now by speculating on his future makes his job a lot more difficult which would impact on the field. 

KRO

Bill Dunn