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BLUES DO NEED CH A NGE – FR OM RIGHT AT THE VE RY TOP

by
The LeaguePaper Team
21 March 2021

I’M never a fan of sacking managers but I can understand why Birmingham City pulled the trigger on Aitor Karanka.
His reign has been an absolute disaster and the second-half performance in the 3-0 home defeat against Bristol City last Saturday that sealed his fate epitomised all the issues.
There was a lack of goals, a lack of creativity. When you watched Birmingham play, they worked hard off the ball.
But you had no confidence that Karanka had a clear idea of how to break the opposition down.
Even the games they’ve won have been narrow.
They were relying on a mistake,...

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