Posts Tagged ‘alex mcleish’

Is £5m Spurs FLOP on his way to Birmingham?

by milkybarkid on September 16th, 2008 | 211 words | 2 comments

This midfielder has been given permission to leave White Hart Lane as he is surplus to requirements under the Ramos revolution!

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Do Birmingham City really belong in top-half of Premier League?

by stresster on August 5th, 2008 | 288 words | 2 comments

Ask the vast majority of football fans to list the ten biggest English clubs and Birmingham are unlikely to make many appearances. Ask them to list another dozen and the Blues might just sneak in. However, their newly-appointed captain believes that his team belong in the top-half of the top flight, despite them travelling to […]

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Birmingham and ex-Everton striker ‘fighting for the cause’, despite speculation

by stresster on August 5th, 2008 | 270 words | no comments

It was less than a year ago when James McFadden sent the Tartan Army delirious, after his thirty-yard strike was enough to give Scotland a 1-0 win away to France in the Euro 2008 qualifiers. Despite his international heroics, ‘Faddy’ continued to struggle holding down a first-team place at Everton and a transfer to Birmingham […]

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Are Birmingham missing Bruce as Liverpool player suggests?

by stresster on April 28th, 2008 | 269 words | 3 comments

They have just two matches to save their Premier League bacon, and if Birmingham fail to get anything from Saturday’s match at Fulham, it’s possible that relegation will be out of their hands. Alex McLeish saw his Blues team storm into a two-goal lead against Liverpool on Saturday, before being pegged back to a 2-2 […]

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Bolton manager: ‘Birmingham are favourites to stay up’

by stresster on April 24th, 2008 | 261 words | 1 comment

Reverse psychology or is Gary Megson just stating how he sees it? Bolton managed to clamber above Birmingham in the Premier League last weekend, yet the Wanderers gaffer is making the Blues favourites to stay up at the expense of his team or Reading.
According to ITV, Megson thinks that City having two home matches left […]

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Was Birmingham City’s goal against Everton fair?

by stresster on April 14th, 2008 | 308 words | 4 comments

Mauro Zarate is starting to come good at exactly the right time for Birmingham, although the Daily Telegraph report that there’s an element of controversy over the striker’s splendidly-executed free kick at St Andrews on Saturday. It appears that the striker’s team-mate Radhi Jaidi turned his back on play and instead focused on distracting Tim […]

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Bolton defender tries to convince himself that shunning Birmingham was a good move

by stresster on April 8th, 2008 | 259 words | no comments

Birmingham City thought they had the transfer in the bag. Gary Cahill appeared to be on the verge of making the short journey from Villa Park to St Andrews during the January transfer window, thereby bolstering the Blues defensive line-up for the relegation scrap. However, the centre half instead plumped for Bolton (maybe it was […]

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Controversial Birmingham defender may return against Manchester City

by stresster on March 28th, 2008 | 271 words | 2 comments

A month ago, Arsenal’s season took a turn for the worse at St Andrews. Not only did they draw the match 2-2 after leading until the final minute of the game, it also marked the end of Eduardo’s season after an ugly challenge from Martin Taylor broke the Croatian’s leg. While the striker continues to […]

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Alex McLeish confident still about Premiership survival

by sub on March 18th, 2008 | 150 words | no comments

Birmingham City could only draw 1-1 with fellow relegation battlers Newcastle United at St. Andrew’s in the Premiership on Monday night and remain in 16th, just 2 points ahead of 18th place Bolton Wanderers.
But Blues manager Alex McLeish is defiant that Birmingham will survive in the top flight this season and refuses to press the […]

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Birmingham boss praises ‘fearless Blues’

by stresster on March 17th, 2008 | 299 words | no comments

Just one point currently seperates Birmingham City from the relegation zone, although their manager Alex McLeish doesn’t appear too nervous going into Monday night’s match with Newcastle United. Indeed, he has every reason to be confident after a number of recent bright performances from his team, including a resounding 4-1 win over Tottenham a fortnight […]

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