IF Gary Megson needs any convincing of why things had to change at the Reebok, then Sunday afternoon’s brilliant comeback against Birmingham should be conclusive proof.

At 2-0 down, Wanderers under Megson would have fallen apart to a load of boos and a half-full stadium.

The game would have been dead and buried.

Instead, and knowing that they had the backing of the staff and a whole stadium full of fans, the lads turned things round to get a well-earned point.

I can understand Megson, pictured, wanting to get his name circulated again and that he feels like he wants to get back into football. That’s natural and I wish him luck.

And you can’t deny he did a decent job in that first season keeping us up. He should give himself credit for that because it was no mean feat.

But by the time Megson left, the man management at the club was non-existent and he was clearly the wrong person for the job.

I know a lot of the lads felt like they were being treated like kids at times, and these were players who were playing every week, not just the ones who were out of the team and had an axe to grind.

As for the fans – well, he was on to a loser from the time he started referring to them as “that lot”.

It isn’t a dig at him personally but I just couldn’t see him taking the football club on as far as I can with Owen Coyle, who gets respect from his players and the fans because he treats them right.

Of course, Megson will see things differently, but whether he ever gets to bring a side back to the Reebok in the Premier League, I’m not too sure.

JUSSI Jaaskelainen is experienced enough to know he made a mistake in getting sent off on Sunday, so there’s no need to harp on about it.

As Tony Kelly wrote earlier in the week, we got away with that kind of thing back in our day – just ask David Kelly – but you can’t do it anymore, and I’m sure he’ll be disappointed.

But good always comes from bad, and I thought big Adam Bogdan was terrific when he came on.

The young Hungarian keeper impressed me when I saw him over here a few weeks back. He looks the part, and it will be interesting to see how he goes on over the next few weeks with some really tough games coming up.

I REMEMBER Jussi grabbing his chance as a youngster when Keith Branagan was Wanderers’ number one, and Adam will be thinking this is a really big opportunity to make his mark now.

Jussi was very sharp at the start of the season and he still has a firm hold of that position.

But after starting the season off happy just to be on the bench, Adam will know that what he does over the next few weeks could be really important for his career.

THE summer transfer deadline day is a bit of a sideshow.

You’ve had months to sort your team out, so you shouldn’t really need to be hurrying around still trying to bring players in with a few hours left on the clock.

January is much more important, when you sometimes need a few new fresh faces to keep you up, or make Europe.

Owen Coyle has done some wise business this summer on quite a tight budget and I’ll be interested to see what the young boy Rodrigo brings to the table.

Having another Spaniard in Marcos Alonso at the club will help him settle, no doubt, but he’s still a young kid and I think it will take him a bit of time to get his feet under the table.

I hear he has pace, which gives us something else up front.

Big Kevin Davies hasn’t really had anyone running off his flick-ons just recently and having someone quick means that sides can’t push up quite as much, which should give our midfielders a little bit more room to breathe.

GARY Cahill should sit tight and be patient, even if he doesn’t get his international break for England this week.

Believe me, it’s a lot harder getting in the team if you don’t make the squad – so every time he goes down there and shows what he can do, he’s that little bit closer to making his debut.

Like everyone, I think that once he gets his chance, you’ll be seeing him in an England shirt for many years to come.

I hope Fabio Capello decides to give someone else a chance having been let down at the World Cup by certain people.

I certainly don’t think Gary would let him down if he got handed the shirt, that’s for sure.

ROBBIE Blake was a young boy at Bradford when I was finishing up as a player and you could tell then he was going to be a crowd pleaser.

He was always capable of pulling something out of nothing, so I couldn’t have been more pleased to see him hit that free kick into the top corner at the weekend. And what a hit it was, by the way.

Robbie’s a funny lad and great for the dressing room.

He knows he might not be starting every week but I’ll guarantee that’s not the last rabbit he pulls out of the hat this season.