Welcome to Ask the Oppo! Perry Groves’ Lovechild is being held by the Tottenham Revolution Army so today Eldo71 talks to Stan Ferris from Dudley, West Midlands, ahead of this afternoon’s match against Birmingham City.
Eldo71: At last, Brum have some real dosh after the Carson Yeung takeover. How has that gone down with Blues fans?
SF: Like a lead balloon to be honest…nah, just jesting! How do you bloody well think it has gone down? It’s a great thing for Blues because as everyone knows we have had the lot before doing as best a job as they can but always reminding us that they were doing such a good job on our behalf and kind of reigning in our hopes and aims a bit really. That sounds selfish but Karren Brady had a way of bringing us down to Earth too often and football fans don’t want reality they want to hope and dream. That’s not knocking Sullivan and Gold but just the way I feel and others that I know. We really feel as if this is a new dawn.
Eldo71: So you’ll eventually have to ditch ‘Keep right on’ the club anthem…because with all that wonga you’ll get there, to the ‘end of the road’, I mean, won’t you?
SF: That song will never, ever go away. We are Birmingham after all. As we know, Yeung has given us £80million for transfers over the next year, with £40million available in January. That is the difference between us struggling, flirting with relegation and either just avoiding the drop — or not. This way, Alex McLeish — or whoever it may be –can bring in six or so quality players and make the difference to our squad and in so doing practically ensure our survival. Then it is all about next season.
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