{"id":525235,"date":"2025-10-24T17:23:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T17:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/525235\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T17:23:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T17:23:19","slug":"birmingham-city-chairman-tom-wagner-makes-chris-davies-feelings-clear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/525235\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham City chairman Tom Wagner makes Chris Davies feelings clear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham City have taken 15 points from their opening 11 Championship games<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_JS385251691.jpg\" alt=\"Birmingham City chairman Tom Wagner\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Birmingham City chairman Tom Wagner<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">Tom Wagner has reaffirmed his support for <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/chris-davies-football-coach\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Chris DaviesLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Davies<\/a> and says he is \u2018comfortable\u2019 with <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/birmingham-city-fc\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Birmingham City\u2019sLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham City\u2019s<\/a> start to the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">Blues ended a four-game winless run at Preston North End on Tuesday but they have only won twice in their last eight Championship games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">They are in the middle of a congested Championship table, three points outside the top-six and seven above the bottom three.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/tom-wagner\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"WagnerLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Wagner<\/a> threw his weight <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/tom-wagner-makes-chris-davies-32609299\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"behind Davies a few weeks agoLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">behind Davies a few weeks ago<\/a> and used his meeting with supporters at Wednesday night\u2019s Open House to discuss the team\u2019s performance at greater length.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">He said: \u201cI&#8217;m very comfortable with respect to where the club stands and our position in the table, what we&#8217;ve seen on the pitch and where I think we&#8217;ll go from here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">\u201cWe&#8217;re back in the Championship and we&#8217;ve got a new squad, with a manager who is for the first time in the Championship and I&#8217;m liking what I&#8217;m seeing because I like the process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">\u201cI also like the fact, and I think it would be fair to say, that we are as data-forward a club as exists anywhere in European football.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">\u201cWe&#8217;re very heavily focused on data and analysis, with the more important piece being the analysis, and we&#8217;re fortunate to have a manager who embraces it, understands it, knows how to use it and I shudder to think where we&#8217;ll be in a short period of time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">\u201cEvery week it seems like we&#8217;re getting better and better in how we think about and use data and how it&#8217;s enhancing our ability to make interesting decisions. I promise you we will be well ahead of the competition before very long.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">\u201cI&#8217;m excited, I&#8217;m confident, I&#8217;m comfortable and that&#8217;s all I have to say on that. There&#8217;s nothing to worry about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you agree with Wagner? 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