posted Jul 17, 2009

Birmingham "Clinched" the deal???? meaning???? Its not as if 50 clubs have been queuing up to get his signature. He is not wanted any longer here in scotland, fallen below average in terms of performance, physically spent.....and big Eck has done rangers a favour and gave them 1Mio into the empty kitty - Good riddance!!!

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posted Jul 17, 2009

DS must be desperate to sell his share of St Andrews ,
talking about a 90k a week man ,the man who never was according to his agent ,
lets face it they do the same every year just to sell season tickets , and most of us fall for it,even me, they said buy your season ticket in march and get a good discount , lets take a closer look , in march it was doubtful if we would get promotion , and lots of us bought our season tickets , along with a promise of being given away travel membership free , but they never told people who booked over the phone that you had to fill in a form,
a friend of mine was told that all the FREE memberships where sold out , how can you sell something thats supposed to be free , well whos to blame , it must be a poor uncaring board , kro.

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posted Jul 17, 2009

as long as we stay up next year and get some good wins against the bigger teams then i don't give a poop about the board!

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posted Jul 17, 2009

Whichever way you look at it the only reason Prem teams can pay a pittance for players (i dont include Barry Ferguson in this because he isnt a young player anymore) is because of the SPL itself, some players in the Prem only need a handful of good games and their worth 30 Million plus, in the SPL no matter how good they are they are going to get valued at next to nothing. James McCarthy is being touted for 1 Million pounds, which is peanuts for someone like him, if he had been playing in England, France, Spain, Portugal, etc... he'd be worth 10 Mil plus

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posted Jul 18, 2009

Great article, which for me hits the nail directly on the head.

I'm so stupidly optimistic for this season it's untrue.

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posted Jul 18, 2009

Manchester United fan in peace:

I´ve always had a soft spot for the Blues. Without doubt, i hope you lot retain you PL status. You´re a sleeping giant of a team, that imo are now where you should always be.

Good luck for the season lads.

To the Author: great thread and well said

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posted Jul 18, 2009

As a Glasgow Rangers man for 1.5 million Barry Ferguson is a good steal he lacks neither heart, effort or midfield skill and I am glad Big Eck has taken him. Fans have loved him over his years of service to Rangers and I wish him and my second English team all the best this season. Looking forward to keeping tabs on your results. Best wishes from Scotland.

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posted Jul 18, 2009

lifeuniteddevil- you won't be saying that when we beat ya 5-0 on the first day of the season

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posted Jul 19, 2009

Good craic BCFCBEENEY. )

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posted Jul 19, 2009

In my opinion, Barry Ferguson is a fantastic signing for Birmingham City and he will be a key figure when trying to stave off the threat of relegation from St Andrews. A player I admire due to his workmanlike attitude and never say die approach, he epitomizes everything good about the modern day footballer. Of course, people are going to point to that ridicules episode towards the back end of his career at Ibrox but I feel it should have been forgiven and forgotten.

A player who has worked with Alex McCleish before during his time as Scotland manager, he will know exactly what is required at the top level. Having captained his country with a wealth of experience behind him, Ferguson is a leader and will bring an added voice to the Birmingham dressing room. For sure, he is 30 years of age but I feel he is both a short and long term option in the engine room.

Having already experienced top flight football in this country during his ill fated spell with Blackburn Rovers, he has that phycological edge of knowing what he needs to do to improve his standard in this country. Hopefully he can stay fit all season as he will be a driving force in that Birmingham spine. Good luck.

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