The recruitment is going fine.
No rush
Everything is ticking over nicely
I trust them to get the right man and get the best deal for the club
It's natural that people want to spice things up with tales of massive management bust ups, player revolt, lost dressing rooms and whatever. But from what I gather, from a couple of people on the periphery, it's a lot more mundane than that.
Just repeating what I've been told, because I have no info myself, so this is the gist of it with a bit of my opinion thrown in. If you don't trust what I've been told let's say it's all just just my opinion.
Mowbray's position, despite his brusque manner and heated discussions with Speakman, was safe providing results were adequate or ahead of the plan. He wasn't expected to go to Leicester, and win, nor put up such miserable performances as Stoke. When that was followed up by similar poor results and, tbh, only just good enough wins the club thought someone who more easily fitted the plan would be better. Mowbray has pushed the limits with his team selections, tactics, subs, etc, which was acceptable when things looked optimistic.
The timing of the sacking was deliberate and to give Mowbray a last chance after the Swansea disaster. Despite Birmingham the performances were dreadful especially with two much tougher upcoming games and that was that.
The most wanted replacements are employed so Mowbray had to be sacked before approaching their clubs ...
... after the enormous, and enduring, bad feeling with Stoke and Neil, we couldn't be seen as that unprofessional.
Dodds was given two games in which any points would be a bonus especially after the Huddersfield debacle. In my opinion the club thought our first team coach would have as much, if not more, chance of getting a performance from the players as a new man thrown in, especially a foreigner.
Dodds won't be given the job, he has one that he's doing well and the club are just taking a bit of time to bring in someone who likes the the set up, etc.
Not overly exciting or intriguing tbh, but hopefully all professional and logical.
