Archive for November 2009

Current events: View from a distant exile

Nov 18th, 2009 | By

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. ——————————————————————————————————— ‘UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT’ Has the tide turned? Will the Bull Ring be torn down and rebuilt for the third time in my
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New Name of the Legends Lounge

Nov 17th, 2009 | By

The club are asking fans to vote on which Blues legend, the legends lounge should be named after. For me there is only one choice! (EDIT – I mis-read the e-mail, the vote is about which NAMES (plural) should be in the lounge. I haven’t deleted any of my original post though.) Legend is a
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Penny For Your Thoughts?

Nov 17th, 2009 | By

More thoughts from akvbcfc. —————————————————————————————————————– Irish in Need of Lady Luck They toiled against one of Europe’s giants, and came close to gaining a remarkable result. However, the plaudits will mean absolutely nothing if the Irish spend the summer in Dublin, instead of South Africa. The first leg of the World Cup play-off provided Republic
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Twenty Points at Christmas

Nov 15th, 2009 | By

For as long as the league has been in operation twenty points at Christmas has been the marker that indicates whether a side will stay up. That of course assumes that forty points are required at the end of the season but in most years that has not been the case. Often thirty six points
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Has the Feel Good Factor Returned?

Nov 14th, 2009 | By

Go back a few weeks, our home game v Bolton – the boos were VERY clear at the end of the game and the manager got stick for the formation he was using. Since then, we have put in a number of decent performances with a win v Bruce’s Sunderland and draws against Manchester City
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