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I'm really excited by N'Zogbia replacing Downing. Downing is a very boring player, gets the ball and puts a cross in most of the time, all well and good, but very predictable. N'Zogbia can cross (maybe not as good as Downing), runs at defenders and shoots and scores some cracking goals.

Does seem strange describing Given as a big name...wonder if we've got a surprise coming?! Disclaimer: Probably Not

I think people forget that Hutton got his £9m move to Tottenham on the back of his form for Rangers under McLeish. If anyone knows how to get the best out of him, then McLeish does.

Hi General, This isn't a direct transfer question, but can you confirm that Randy will be backing Alex McLeish in the transfer market? All we hear from the media (the media, I know), is that we have no money and McLeish won't even get to spend all of the Ashley Young money. Many thanks UTV

As he hasn't done anything, he can't have done anything wrong, so an early yes from me. The next month is vital though with his transfer dealings.

Also take into account that they have just signed Henderson for £20m! Henderson is someone with lots of potential but certainly not the finished article, then they insult us by saying £19m is too much for Downing...the same Downing that just got back into the England squad after having his best ever season and voted our player of the season. Maybe that should tell Downing just how much they really want him.

Or finishing 2nd with Motherwell Beating MON's Celtic to the title twice Getting Scotland into the top 30 rankings (including a famous win in France) Winning Birmingham's first trophy since the 1960's!!

Yeah I've got a bet on us to be relegated. Expecting the odds to shorten up a fair bit and then I'll be able to lay it for a guaranteed profit. We won't be relegated!! Blues (with a much inferior squad) were unlucky to go down imo. If Dann hadn't got injured, they would have finished comfortably mid table. Stop being so pessimistic!

It's been emotional guys....but after several months, 800 pages in this thread alone (plus 2 other threads!)....the new manager is almost here. I bet not many people thought it was gonna be McLeish back on page 1 of thread 1! *waves goodbye*

So ridiculous if true. Would be inkeeping with the stupidness of it all tho Why is it ridiculous? We need stability now, not chopping and changing in 12 months time again. McLeish is obviously the man that Randy wants, so he should get full backing with his contract.

Welcome Mcleish! Time to get behind him and the lads! UTV

These protests are nothing to do with his ability, that is total bs. It's all to do with Birmingham, which I can't really understand...we're linked with Ben Foster and no one says anything negative...if McClaren was appointed, would there be protests? No! If McLeish was coming from Sunderland, would there be protests? No Just forget about Birmingham and concentrate on Villa!

At last some sense!! Support the club ffs, our fans piss me off sometimes...we're supposed to be going for Ben Foster, but no one is bothered about that...despite the relegations, he is a good manager, give him a chance!

To be honest I think McLeish was the target when MON left too, but obviously timing wasnt right back then. I remember one journalist tweeting something on the lines of "If avfc get No1 target, it will be VERY controversial" back in August last year. Looking at McLeish "the manager"....his teams are horrible to play against, and thats what we need again. We were too much of a soft touch last season, throwing away leads and giving silly goals away....I certainly think McLeish would sort the defence out. Birmingham didn't score many goals last season which would obviously be a concern....but then again, we weren't scoring many either until we got Darren Bent. I also think (on the whole) he's got a good eye for a bargain in the transfer market...Dann, Johnson, Gardner for example...and most of his "flop" signings were loans anyway. So if he comes, I'm willing to give him a chance...I hope you all do too! We dont need a split camp again at the start of next season.

Banners at VP...it's all getting a bit pathetic now. I think Villa need to say something ASAP to calm this situation down a bit.

I wasn't aware Randy wasn't on the plane...it's probably just Sky trying to get everyone to lay money on McLeish through Sky bet

So SSN say McLeish is on holiday in Corsica...just remind me, where did Randy's plane go last week..?? Hmm...

2 x 16th place finishes with the smallest club in the league....doesn't sound too bad to me!

I'd quite like Coyle. A top top manager in the making...I'd quite like to get him before Spurs (or similar size club)

Same source as what...?

I doubt he'd just pop over to see his mate when we're in the middle of a very important manager search...

Wow, this stalking is seriously getting out of hand now!!

So if Martinez is ruled out....who's next to be linked....Coyle maybe?

We don't know that Martinez has been offered the job!! If he's decided to stay at Wigan, doesn't mean he rejected us, he might be 1 of 4/5 people we are speaking to!

We don't/never have attracted top players though...the best way forward for us is to find the top players when they are young and develop them ourselves.