This was a post on the forum by John Baker who owns and maintains the Blues Muse site. I thought it deserved to be seen by more people than our forum members.

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‘UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT’

Has the tide turned? Will the Bull Ring be torn down and rebuilt for the third time in my life? Are Birmingham City Football Club going to win a major trophy in the next 10 years?

Yes, no and yes!

The number 1875 doesn’t represent 7:15 pm, but the year in which our our beloved Birmingham City, nee Small Heath Alliance, was invented, formed, or maybe just started to exist. On the face of things, existing is all we’ve done since then, and my mates at that first game in 1875 will attest to that. OK, that last bit was a fib . . . I have no mates young or ancient.

We’ve been pretty much complete failures during those 134 years, i.e. lots of sorrows, but along the way enjoying joys too when we’ve taken on the ‘big boys’ and won. As we’re supporters of a team that is trophy-less no-one can accuse any of us of being glory hunters now can they? We just keep right on to the end of the road and all that, but I ask, where is the end of the bloody road?!

There have been many false dawns since my heart became solid blue in 1964, but this one is very different I’m glad to say.

The last owners not only ‘got us sorted’, but also stunted our growth, and 15 years on it’s a relief to see them gone. Yeung and company are a breathe of fresh air, and are doing everything right thus far. Not bad for a group of people who as far from the Brummie culture as caviar is from mushy peas.

McLeish has got the team playing for their futures these last three games with a win against Sunderland, and creditable draws against the illustrious Premiership opposition of Manchester City and Liverpool. Yeh, OK, we ‘won’ at Liverpool in a moral sense there is no doubt.

Crisp passing, an attacking line-up, and players that may have just stepped things up just to make sure they are still a part of things come the end of January. I ask them however, where were you August to October?

I give a huge warm welcome to our new owners. They are businessmen first, but appear to share the blue mist before our eyes. Should the end of the road end up at the Great Wall of China via a few trophies, then I will applaud and say ??? [thank you!].

We’ll probably be joined by more than a few thousand Chinese folk, so be prepared to to say good bye to St. Andrews and hello to a new stadium and some very exciting times.

Keep right on! ??????