Birmingham City fan pundit delivers his verdict on Lee Bowyer’s position as manager

This article is part of Football League World’s ‘Terrace Talk’ series, which provides personal opinions from our FLW Fan Pundits regarding the latest breaking news, teams, players, managers, potential signings and more…

It has been a very up and down season for Birmingham City where they have struggled to capitalise on what was an impressive opening stretch of the campaign.

Context is key and the Blues have not finished higher than 17th in any of the last five seasons, therefore having them comfortably safe of relegation at this stage is an achievement that deserves credit for Lee Bowyer and the group of players at his disposal.

Birmingham have relied on loans a little for some attacking quality this term, putting an element of uncertainty around the capabilities of the squad that they will build for next season, but on the whole Bowyer has enhanced his reputation and built on the positive start he made at St Andrew’s at the back end of 2020/21.

FLW’s Birmingham City fan pundit Tom Oxland remains fully behind Bowyer and remains optimistic about their fortunes on the pitch heading into the final few months of the season.

Speaking to Football League World, Oxland said: “I’ve always felt that Lee has deserved to keep his job.

“For me, his job has never really been under threat, you always hear rumours but right now we’re in a transitional period as you say in football.

“What Lee is building is exciting but it’s going to take time.

“There is a lot to change at the club on and off the field and we’re making up for damage that has been done over a four to five year period.

“It’s going to take time to heal and to clear players out who have been with us a while on big contracts.

“There’s so much to sort out but I feel like he’s