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Birmingham City 2024 review and a look at their standout player
National World - LocalTV
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19/12/2024
A look back across a ‘rollercoaster’ year for Blues.
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sort of new era has come in. You know, it's a strange relegation situation for them because
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all the fans seemed the most positive I've ever seen a fan base after going down, which means
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they are sort of buying into this new project from the American owners and the sort of consortium
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that have taken them into this new era. They've changed the stadium name, they've made upgrades
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all around the place, they've had, you know, a few managers come in this year. Wayne Rooney's spell,
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as we said before, doesn't really seem real, like it actually happened. It was quite a crazy time
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for Blues, but they've gone down and they are looking like they're going to go straight back up.
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How do you sort of review 2024 because it's been a bit of a mixed bag at Birmingham City?
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It's been absolutely bonkers, to be honest. Wayne Rooney lasting just a couple of days at the start
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of the year of 2024, of course, a couple of months before that as well. A disaster management spell
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from them and John Newstead's going a few months earlier. You see how well he's doing at Blackburn
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now with limited resources in the playoff positions that Blues wish they held on to him, but that's
01:00
not how it turned out. Tony Mowbray started well, but unfortunately illness stopped him from carrying
01:05
on. Gary Rowett coming in as well towards the end of the season wasn't quite enough. Blues go down
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and, as you mentioned, a really strange atmosphere because it was it was almost relief that finally
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these years of championship football, battling relegation and hardly breaking or never breaking
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into the top half and just the relentlessness of it all has come to an end. This season, the
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investment in the summer has really boosted the football club, a complete overhaul of the squad.
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Chris Davies has come in, his first proper management job after being an assistant at a
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host of clubs under Brendan Rodgers. He's really impressed and just the unity at the football club,
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the excitement, the atmosphere at St Andrews at Nighthead Park as well and sellout crowds for the
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first time in such a long while. It's a great feeling and, of course, I think if they win the
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league title as well, that'd be great to get some silverware at the club and push on and hopefully
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be in a better position in the championship. But I genuinely think that if they stayed in the
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championship, their progress and their potential journey to the Premier League would have taken
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longer than it would by going down, which is a strange statement to make, but they're on track
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to get promoted at the first time of asking and the squad is capable of great things. So very
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impressed by Birmingham this year. Yeah, there have obviously been some fantastic additions.
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Tomoki Iwata has been fantastic. You know, obviously coming in the summer, as you look back
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at over 2024, who's been the best player in the blue shirt, do you think? I think Jay Stansfield
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sticks out winning all the individual awards last season and starting this campaign as well, but
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Christian Bielek actually, maybe towards the end of last year, could have been a little bit better,
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but it wasn't just his fault. It was the fault of the football club and the disarray this season.
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He's proven to be one of the best players in League One, if not the best, and I think he's
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definitely top of championship quality. A great leader, playing in a variety of positions.
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What a player Bielek has become for Birmingham.
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