Birmingham City announce Chris Davies as new manager: How is he being received by Blues fans?
A look at Birmingham City’s managerial situation as the club announced it’ll be Chris Davies tasked with the challenge of ensuring their ideas come across this summer as the club look to achieve promotion in the upcoming campaign and hope for a fresh start under a new manager.
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00:00Charlie, on to Birmingham City now. Obviously, it's been in lingo for pretty much a year
00:06now in terms of their manager situation. It took a certain whirlwind. We've spoke about
00:13how Rooney's time at the club didn't really seem real and it was all sort of happening
00:18with the owners and their ambition. They've shown it. But in terms of the new manager
00:23who's come in, is this a positive for Blues fans? We spoke and said they've got to get
00:28in early to give them as much time as possible to hope to get them straight out of League
00:33One for next season.
00:34Yeah, I think the important thing is getting that managerial situation sorted before the
00:38transfer window begins because you've got some players in limbo. Plenty of first-teamers
00:43are leaving at the end of their contracts, but the likes of Lucas Djukovic and John Ruddy
00:47who Blues fans will probably want to see stay at the club. They're not going to sign a new
00:51deal if they don't know who the manager is. We now do know who the manager is. Chris Davies,
00:56who's actually never been a head coach himself, but he's been an assistant at lots of top
01:01clubs. He's been the second-hand man to Brendan Rodgers over many years. Started off at Swansea
01:06City. He's someone who's a very intelligent tactician, I think, and he's someone who thinks
01:12that fitness is very important. He wants a high-intensity football and I think that kind
01:16of fits what Birmingham are looking for in the long term. League One, I think, is probably
01:21a bit tougher to get that whole Gagan press aspect of things and have fast attacking football
01:25because you haven't got the quality of player. But if you've got that fitness levels in there
01:29and you've got the energy, you've got the excitement, you've got an intent to play attacking
01:34football, that's what the owners want to see and that can develop over the years. So, I
01:38think it's an exciting appointment. He's only 39 years of age. He's got fresh ideas. He's
01:43close to home being Welsh as well. Could that help Jordan James stick around? I'm not too
01:50sure. Maybe the Welsh aspect could. Having that new boss in who's got such great ideas
01:54might help them to beat the likes of Wrexham for his signature.
01:57Yeah, and how important is this transfer window? Obviously, we spoke about the ambition that
02:03the Blues owners show. They're going to need to carry on investing and carry on getting
02:07numbers behind them to ensure they make that promotion first time around.
02:12It's very important. Davies has already mentioned that in his first interview. The press, we've
02:18not been able to speak to him just yet. There's no unveiling press conference plan for a little
02:22while. But getting in early and making the right moves is the important thing for them.
02:27And he's mentioned how he wants to make sure that they fit the identity of the football
02:31club. He's not just going to go for anybody, but he is aware that there are several key
02:35positions that need filling and he needs to get quality to get back up to the championship.
02:39I think they'll do it. I really do. He looks like a good manager. He's given a lot of hopeful
02:44speeches already in the dressing room. I think he's someone who can come in and give that
02:48energy back to the football club. And coming in so early before the transfer window's begun,
02:53I think they can sit aside and really think about things. And the Blues have got financial
02:57power behind them.