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Speakman

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thats why they left..because the club shut down the academy.
Because the club was a mess and KS ran the club for the Chinese owner, as a DOF in all but name for about 3 years.
When he says fans are interested in what goes on at the club, he has no idea the fans are not just interested in what goes on, they totally love the club.
 
We absolutely need a sporting director and he has done several good things, but my god he is hard to listen too. Clearly thinks he is far, far more intelligent and he is so verbose it borders on cringeworthy.

But he’s got a process ! And fans thought the management speak came from Johnson
 
They haven’t set the world alight either though bar Bellingham.
It’s not like speakman came through the coaching ranks of Ajax or one of the top premier academies. He’s had one OK job, that’s not pedigree.
there are many others who have come through at birmingham...
 
there are many others who have come through at birmingham...

He was appointed in 2011 wasn’t he and their academy is Cat 2. I can think of 3 or 4 who made it to the prem.
That’s not pedigree, that’s just about expectation.
We haven’t even backfilled who left considering we were short already
 
He was appointed in 2011 wasn’t he and their academy is Cat 2. I can think of 3 or 4 who made it to the prem.
That’s not pedigree, that’s just about expectation.
We haven’t even backfilled who left considering we were short already
3 or 4 at prem level is an excellent return..considering some others will be champo level
 
It feels like Donald & co are still running the club the way there are going about thing's it reminds me the way Donald run the club for the first 2 years. Shit was all way's coming out of he's mouth and clueless
I dont think donald is running things. I wonder what impact he had on us deciding not to sort the pitch out and spending feck all in the summer though.
 
3 or 4 at prem level is an excellent return..considering some others will be champo level
It’s ok, but Redmond was already in the first team before he took over and Butland only there 6 months.
So then we are looking at Gray and Bellingham, my worry he always been we appointed him because of Bellingham being the next big thing at the time.
When he came in last year I had a quick look and there were no academy players in the Birmingham team. A pretty poor indication given the issues they have had.
 
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