Jermaine Pennant expects Birmingham City's board to learn from their hasty decision to sack John Eustace and appoint Wayne Rooney, which set the wheels in motion for their avoidable relegation.
Blues will play League One football next term after suffering relegation to the third tier of English football for the first time in 30 years. Ironically, Eustace's Blackburn Rovers are one the teams that won on the final day to send Blues down.
When analysing the root cause of Blues' relegation to League One, it is difficult to look beyond that week in October when Eustace was fired and Rooney was hired. It wasn't the only contributing factor but nine defeats in 15 games under Rooney set the tone.
Speaking to FastestPayoutOnlineCasino.com, Pennant, who played 60 games for Blues during an 18-month spell before leaving for Liverpool, predicted that owners Knighthead will learn from their mistakes.
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He said: "It's a very big club and they’re looking to build a new stadium which seems like a great project, to go down to League One is a big shame and the fans will not be happy. I think they made a massive mistake in the change of managers. It was the wrong decision to appoint Wayne Rooney.
"It was a baffling decision, John Eustace had them battling for the playoffs and they weren’t in any shape or form thinking about battling relegation. They must’ve assumed that the next manager would take over and continue to do well but football doesn’t work like that with different philosophies and styles of play.
"If you don’t have the right players then the results won’t come and that’s what we saw. I think the board will have an end of season meeting and acknowledge that they made a massive, massive mistake.
"They shouldn't have changed managers when there was no need to and should’ve seen how it played out. They might have been in the play-off places or even in mid-table, but to make that decision so early was a huge mistake. I think they’ll learn from that."
