Gianfranco Zola: Birmingham City appoint ex-West Ham boss as manager

[Allestree andy]

Zola new birmingham manager, thoughts anyone !!!!

[@jolslover]

I rate Zola highly as a manger to be honest. Feel he won't be given a fair shot as the fans are annoyed about Rowett.

[Mince n Tatties]

And what do you rate him highly on?

[Mince n Tatties]

Stinks to High Heaven,obviously been set up for ages behind Rowetts back,and they beat Ipswich last night..

[@jolslover]

And what do you rate him highly on?

His spell in charge of Watford, assembled a good squad and got them playing some of the best football in the league.

[gerrys]

Guess that they had money to spend.

[dhowells21]

I'm very happy about this. A team playing well and looking good, Zola definitely has the potential to turn them mediocre. Except for a small stint at Watford he's been pretty poor. Good news I reckon.

Feel a bit for Rowett, but he won't be the one that looks bad after this.

[jarv]

the managerial merry go round spins on and on.

[bog]

This time next year Zola will be gone as well.  fp.gif

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[Whitesideup]

When we played them earlier in the season, I rated them and said they would be top 6. They are strong and well-organized, hard to beat. They are on target for top 6 finish, so changing the manager is just crazy. What more did they expect?

[ron]

Change for change's sake. Little to do with necessity, but much to do with the distance between boardroom and 'shop floor'........

[copthornemike]

Will be interesting to see if this mirrors the Brentford - Warburton scenario from a recent season!