Sean Dyche to Birmingham City? Tom Wagner a 'fool' to not consider Chris Davies rethink | OneFootball

Davies' managerial position at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park is currently up for debate

Birmingham City picked up an impressive 2-0 victory against Wrexham in their most recent Championship outing, but the pressure is still firmly on the shoulders of Chris Davies after a frustrating overall campaign.

A first three-point haul since March 10th was enough to move Blues up to 15th in the table on 56 points with four matches to spare, but they have still fallen way short of the play-off places despite their well-documented spending sprees in both transfer windows.

Davies was able to guide the West Midlands club out of League One in his first-ever season as a manager last term, but hasn't been able to see his team live up to the rather lofty expectations many had of them before the campaign got underway.

Given the fact they finished 19 points clear at the top of the third tier standings and only added further strength-in-depth, experience and quality - on the surface - to Davies' squad, many predicted that Birmingham would, at the very least, be able to fight for a play-off place for the first time in 14 years at Championship level.

However, they are now preparing for a second successive season in the second tier, which will ultimately be viewed as a disappointment, and failure, by some, even though Davies has constantly reiterated that his first objective was to ensure that the club, which had notoriously been involved in several relegation battles in previous years, steered themselves clear of suffering the same fate this time around.

As such, it has been reported that the 41-year-old, and director of football, Craig Gardner, are under pressure to keep their roles at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, whilst there have been suggestions that Davies could be replaced by Lee Carsley in the dugout.

However, given the ambitions of Tom Wagner and Co. in the boardroom, Football League World asked our Birmingham City fan pundit, Jason Moore, whether the hierarchy could view replacing the current boss with Sean Dyche.

Birmingham City urged to replace Chris Davies with Sean Dyche if the opportunity presents itself

Dyche, of course, is currently out-of-work after he was relieved of his duties as Nottingham Forest boss in February.

Despite a mixed run of results at the City Ground, the 54-year-old has since been the subject of managerial speculation which linked him to the roles at both West Bromwich Albion and Tottenham Hotspur following the departures of Eric Ramsay and Thomas Frank at the respective clubs earlier in 2026.

However, amid links to the Championship's relegation-threatened side, it was claimed that the two-time promotion winner wasn't interested in returning to the EFL at that particular time.

And, although Moore believes Dyche's style of play might not align with Knighthead's overall vision, he has urged the hierarchy to potentially think twice and replace Davies with the experienced figure.

"1 million%. Anyone who turns their nose up at Sean Dyche, and everything he's done in the Premier League, would be an absolute fool," Moore told FLW.

"My only little snag would be that I don't think the owners would go that way. They have this thing for a certain way of playing football, and you'd be asking to rip the book up if you brought Dyche in.

"But for me, rip it up and bring him in. I'd have him in a heartbeat," he stated.

"The only reason why he's never been on my list of managers to bring in is because I just don't think he's ever going to drop down (to the Championship).

"And, to be fair, I think he warrants jobs in the Premier League.

"If Sean Dyche is available, you have him. But, I don't think we're going to be in the position to get him in," Moore explained.

Sean Dyche appointment would be an intriguing move for Birmingham City owners Knighthead

As Moore alluded to, Knighthead have previously set out their ways of how they believe football should be played in B9, and that was first evidenced almost three years ago when John Eustace was replaced by Wayne Rooney, even though the former had Blues sitting in the play-off places.

Davies, of course, is also known for a possession-heavy style, but this has often led to criticism when the team has underperformed, and that has certainly been the case in recent weeks.

Dyche has become infamous for a more direct approach in his managerial career, but it has certainly been effective as, after achieving two promotions with Burnley, he was able to ensure their survival in the top-flight for multiple seasons, as well as even guiding the Clarets to the UEFA Europa League in 2017/18.

Given Knighthead's ambition, it wouldn't be a surprise to see them potentially replace Davies with a 'big name', but this depends on whether they are even looking at pulling the plug with the current boss after previously jumping to his defence on multiple occasions, as well as if Dyche would be content with dropping back into EFL management for the first time in a decade.