The beating heart of the on-field team; a leader and motivator. In an ocean of negative news, a reason to be cheerful.
“Strange are the pictures of the future that mankind can thus draw with this brush of faith and these many-coloured pigments of the imagination! Strange, too, that no one of them tallies with another!” ― H. Rider Haggard, She Was our saviour not present for the 2 losses and a draw preceding our latest action packed loss and a draw? Nice try Sku, and I hope you are right.
Probably not worth a separate thread but I did wonder if Brum's bad news today might just signal a change of fortune for us since we play them tomorrow. Tenuous I know but drowning, clutching and straws etc.
You are bang on, buddy ................ Whether we are pro Joey or not, we cannot deny that he has a positive influence over the playing roster so let's gets some maximum points up, sooner rather than later.
Yes, I thought the same, then I thought again and maybe Brum will unexpectedly win given the bad news!!!
I wonder if Paladini is still out there waiting in the wings for a fire sale? Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung jailed for six years please log in to view this image Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung has been jailed for six years by a Hong Kong court for money laundering. The businessman, 54, was convicted on Monday of five charges relating to HK$720m (£55m) passing through his bank accounts between 2001 and 2007. He claimed he had accumulated hundreds of millions of dollars through stock trading, business ventures in mainland China, a hair salon and gambling. Judge Douglas Yau said the sentence must be a deterrent to others. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-26479124 Turbulent times at St Andrew's October 2009 - Following an initial failed attempt in 2007, Carson Yeung completes his £81.5m takeover May 2010 - Alex McLeish leads Birmingham to ninth in the Premier League Feb 2011 - Birmingham beat Arsenal 2-1 to win the League Cup May 2011 - Blues relegated. McLeish leaves for Aston Villa June 2011 - Yeung first appears in court on money-laundering charges May 2012 - Blues miss out in Championship play-offs on same day that acting chairman Peter Pannu announces they are looking to attract new investment October 2012 - Pannu reveals two prospective buyers, including a consortium led by Midlands-based former QPR chairman Gianni Paladin May 2013 - After an initial postponement, Yeung's trial opens in Hong Kong Feb 2014 - Yeung resigns from all roles on the boards related to the club, days before verdict in his trial is due
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At least he looks and plays like he cares. I think the time before he was out we won all 3 or 4 though?!!!!!
