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Brum Carson's a loan ranger

CARSON YEUNG will BORROW the £57million he needs to seal his takeover of Birmingham.

The Hong Kong businessman is set to fund the buy-out through a bridging loan.

And once the deal is complete, Yeung will raise equity through a share issue at parent company Grandtop International.

The news will come as a blow to fans, who are expecting a huge injection of cash into the Premier League club.

If Yeung is planning a major investment, it looks as if it will be on the same basis as the deficit spending at Manchester United and Liverpool.

The Chinese millionaire has put down a £3m deposit and yesterday made an offer of £1 a share to co-owners David Sullivan and David and Ralph Gold, which has been accepted.

Yeung now has three weeks to buy the rest of the club from the other, smaller shareholders.

so if they go down next season the guy is basically screwed if he is finacing it by a loan

Usually I'd be totally against people buying football clubs through bridging loans and without the funds to develop them, but I might just forgive this one.

People talk about the 3 year rotation with managers, that mostly came because the fans lost their patience and Doug was always ready to press the button when there was hostility, anything to move the negatvitiy away from him. Improvement is never a straight line graph, there will be dips along the way, just like Moyes and Fergusson as people have already said. The squad is worrying, we have been poor in the transfer market and the players haven't clicked yet on the pitch. However, we're two games in, I'd rather the manager who has brought exciting players, memorable games and lots of improvement be given the chance to recover from a small set back and soar again.

Who could resist!!

Who wants to see under soil heating and new dugouts!!

Who needs museums, trophies, etc Tours of the sty

Seen it suggested on 3 different sites now that pompey could be facing administration if their deal falls through, which is looking likely. 10 points deducted could finish them.

The wigan fans seem to be very concerned with their defence. Bramble has had a poor preseason and Boyce next to him isn't a formidable pair. They're still adjucting to a total change in style and if they tru to attack I think it will be ours for the taking.

To be fair to Gabby, his main attribute is his pace, and any time he knocked the ball past a defender they chopped him down or held him, just like ALbrighton as well. Their defending was so synical because they knew the ref was not going to do anything. In a premiership game their would have been endless bookings.

Don't think now is the time to worry about set pieces. Training at the moment is surely about fitness, the tactical stuff will come later. Also, the whole team defends set pieces, and the team was packed with kids.

why no sick pay?

you're in hospital - therefore sick-pay surely?

just tell work there's an issue with your kidneys. job done.

Know of someone donating to a family soon, been told by his work that he won't be getting a penny because it is voluntary and there is nothing actually wrong with him.

3 months off work and no sick pay? No ta

After finally looking at the spotify thread, I remembered this list, might need reappraisal!

Swine fever hits Small Heath.

20,000 blue noses sick as pigs last Saturday

St Ledger's a rocket polisher.

Because?

Lower holte L5

Not sure if I posted this in another thread: but nearly every human has an above average number legs...

What does that even mean?

Are there a bunch of tri-legged people running around I haven't noticed or something?

No it means that because not everyone has twolegs the average (mean) is less than two as all the amputees lower the mean, not significantly but they lower it. So nearly all human beings aren't amputees, so anyone with two legs (ie most of us) has an abopve average (mean) number of legs

Now the above also works for the median (as that would be 1 leg) but if we used the mode, the mode would be 2 and then nearly everybody would have the average number of legs

The median would be 2 as well, the mean is the only average that will not be 2.

Not sure if I posted this in another thread: but nearly every human has an above average number legs...

What does that even mean?

Are there a bunch of tri-legged people running around I haven't noticed or something?

Yeah, I'm lost by that one too...

Most people have 2 obviously, but some unfortunates have 1 or none. Therefore the mean average for the entire human race is less than two, probably 1.999........, therefore most people have more than the average!

Accirding to James May's program about old toys tonight, Lego is the world's biggest producer of tyres!

If Torres and Gerrard play the majority of the games left they have a small chance. If Gerard misses more than a couple of games, no chance. Think its United's theis year.

I'm a teacher and i will gladly send any future offspring to state school.

If I could afford private school, the likelihood is that I could also afford a house within the catchment area of a good state school.

My experience with the private sector is limited, but I did spend a shared residential trip with my school and a private school and found the attitude of the staff and the children of the private school shocking. Our kids were from a challenging area but I wouldn't have swapped them for anything.

Got to agree with Outbyeaster, I go to the occassionally reserve game at bescott and about 50% at Villa Park. At these games you get a lot of young families and real hardcore and knowledgable fans of all ages. To move games to such an inconvienient venue shows a lot of disrespect to thses fans.

Here's my list. Quite surprised when I look at it that there are some of my favourite albums not represented. Also I could easily have added a lot from particular artisits (Dylan, Cash, Oasis), but decided to keep these restricted.

1 Arab Strap LAst Big Weekend

2 Arcade Fire Rebellion

3 Ash Girl from mars

4 Belle and Sebastian Boy with an arab strap

5 Beta Band Dry the rain

6 Billy Bragg New England

7 Block Party Little Thoughts

8 Blur End of a Centruy

9 Bob Dylan Subterainan Homesick Blues

10 Bob Dylan Hurricane

11 Bob Dylan Like a rolling stone

12 Bright Eyes Lover I don't have to Love

13 BRMC Whatever happen to my rock and roll

14 Cat Stevens Father and Son

15 Damien Dempsey Colony

16 Damien Dempsey Its all good

17 Damien Rice Blowers Daughter

18 Damien Rice Cannon Ball

19 David Bowie Heroes

20 Death in Vegas Aisha

21 Doves There goes the fear

22 Duke Special Last night i nearly died

23 Dusty Springfield Son of a preacher

24 Embrace Fireworks

25 Floggin Molly Worst day since yesterday

26 Flogging Molly If I ever leave this world alive

27 Frankie Goes to Hollywood Two tribes

28 Graham Coxon Freakin Out

29 Guns n Roses Paradise City

30 Hopper Wasted

31 Iggy Pop Parrenger

32 Jarvs Cocker words removed are still running the world

33 Jeff Buckley Halluluyah

34 Jimi Hendrix Crosstown Traffic

35 Jimi Hendrix All along the watchtower

36 Johnny Cash Hurt

37 Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Blues

38 Joy Divison Love will tear us apart

39 Kenicke Punka

40 Kings of Leon The Bucket

41 Leonard Cohen So long Marianne

42 Love Maybe the people would be

43 Maximiliian Hecker White

44 Maximo Park Our Velcity

45 Mercury Rev Goddes on a highway

46 Motorhead Ace of ~Spades

47 Neill Young Only Love Can break your heart

48 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds God is in the House

49 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Are you the one

50 Nirvana Smells like teen spirit

51 Oasis Slide Away

52 Oasis Masterplan

53 Oasis Some might sa

54 Paul Weller Changing Man

55 Pearl Jam Alive

56 Pulp Something Changed

57 Radiohead Paranoid Android

58 Radiohead Karma Police

59 Rancid Timebomb

60 Randy California Mother and Child Reunion

61 Reef Place your hands

62 Rob Dougan Furious Angels

63 Rocket From the Crypt Born in 69

64 Ryan Adams New York

65 Shack Comedy

66 Sigor Rios Svefn G Englar

67 Simon and Garfunkel Homeward Bound

68 Spiritualised Ladies and Gentlemen

69 Spiritualised Think I'm in love

70 Stellastar My Coco

71 Stereophonics Local boy in photograph

72 Super Furry Animals Something for the weekend

73 Super Furry Animals Man Don't give a

74 Supergrass Caught byt he fuzz

75 Supermodel Penis size and cars

76 T Rex Children of the Revolution

77 T Rex 20th Centruy Boy

78 The Animals House of the rising sun

79 The Band The weight

80 The Bluetones Bluetonic

81 The Charlatans One to another

82 The Clash Should I stay or should I go

83 The Cult She sells sanctury

84 The Distillers City of Angles

85 The Jam Town called Mallice

86 The Kinks Waterloo Sunset

87 The Pixies Gigantic

88 The Pixies Here comes your man

89 The Pogues Fairytale in New York

90 The Rolling Stones Street Fighting Man

91 The Stone Roses Waterfall

92 The Strokes Last nite

93 The Verve History

94 The Verve Drugs Don't Work

95 The VIew Wasted Little DJ's

96 The White Stripes Hotel Yoda

97 Tiger Shining in the woods

98 Toots and the Maytals 54 46 Was my number

99 Townes Van Zandt Sake of the Song

100 U2 Sunday Bloody Sunday

Seeing that it is half term i might just have a go at a list of my own! Look like thats tomorrow taken up!

Curtis Davies was only on loan last year and player 12 games, can you really class him as the defence of 2007/2008. Knight played 27 so surely he should be classed as the main player.

General,

The artist Stephen Flemming currenlty has a painting of Villa Part in the Summer Exhibition, in the Royal academ of Arts, London.

After researching the artist I know that he has painted a mural at the Brown's stadium, and that Randy has his "Hands of Fate" painting displayed in a restaurant in the stadium as well.

Has Randy comissioned the piece, seen it or even heard about it?

By the way, it is very impressive!

I have been on page three of a Ukrainian newspaper and am currently on the mailbox page of the football 365 website slating a glory huning cockney red.