Is three games too small a sample size to start judging a manager?
I personally don’t think it is, especially when you consider that Pep Clotet was in charge for the whole of pre-season as well, so in actual fact he’s had more than three games.
However, it seems that he’s slowly starting to get a lot more Birmingham fans on his side. Having taken over in less than desirable circumstances, taking over from such a beloved manager in Garry Monk, it was always going to take a lot to quell any nay-sayers amongst the St Andrew’s faithful.
Speaking after the 1-1 draw against Bristol City Clotet stressed about the importance of implementing his style of play into the side and how well they’ve reacted to it.
“I take a lot of positives because we managed to put a lot of football into our game – at home – and our fans could see that not only do we want to play, but that determination and passion our players put into that performance.”
The fans clearly did take enjoyment out of it, as they took to Twitter in the aftermath to express their delight at how things are going under the new boss.
Great show today can’t wait till these guys gel. In Pep we trust.
— Barry palmer (@Barry_Palmer) August 11, 2019
We’re all behind you gaffer ????????????
— ???????????????????????????? Johnboy ???????????????????????????? (@Rentaghost3) August 11, 2019
Really want @pepclotet to succeed. He’s a top man
— . (@dpj94) August 11, 2019
Some of the football we played was quality and it’s only the second game, villalba is different gravy, shouldn’t have changed tactics bringing wes on but we go again
— Dan Taylor (@Dan_Taylor_14) August 11, 2019
Peps at the wheel
— Eric Zimmerman???????? (@EricZimBCFC) August 11, 2019
I think we put more passes together yesterday than we did the whole of last season that can only be a positive ????????
— Alan Elwell (@elwell_alan) August 11, 2019
Although there were still a couple of people that were questioning his decision making. That’s a marked improvement on the number of people that were against him after the Portsmouth game, so at least things are moving in the right direction on that part.
Stick to 4 at the back ????
— Arron (@BcfcArron) August 11, 2019
We looked good but Harding on 20 mins before the end was too early to go defensive
— mark#KRO (@markb2709) August 11, 2019