On the Birmingham Rivals site, there is a thread titled 'the suntan kid's at it again', or something similar, where a few ignorant Brummies have taken SJ's comments about the bid from the Daily Sport Works XI for Hayden ('we don't need the cash - we're not a selling club' and 'it'll have to be a little bit higher' - I'm convinced the latter is sarcasm, not that they'd understand that) very personnally.

It amazes me that after nicking our manager, a potentially brilliant attacking midfielder and our second best striker (Doug was and is still Number 1), that these fools still think they were the injured party in the Brucegate scandal. If I wasn't banned from Rivals, I'd speak my mind.

I think the thing they can't get their heads around is that Jordan is still angry about Bruce breaking a 4 year contract five months into it, to go to competitor (and the emphasis is on the 'tit' in more than one way with them), give no reason for his decision other than 'things will come out', 'not everything in the garden was rosy', etc., try to nick our aforementioned second best striker for peanuts and then make joke bids for our captain.

I don't know what to blame, the education up there, the poverty which breeds such ignorance, their poor quality genes, the amount of pollution in the city or the fact that most of seem to be disease-riddled, junkie, gentleman-of-the-road low grades.

But I'd wish they'd shut up and start commenting on their high scoring strikers, the attractive pass-and-move style of Robbie Savage, their aforementioned disease-riddled, junkie, gentleman-of-the-road fans who think it's hard and clever to assault opposing players during derby matches or the antics of their wholesome chairman and his family-orientated business. Or just Karen Brady's bazookas.

"That was fun and to round off the day, I am off to steal a charity collection box and then desecrate a place of worship.” - Smokey, The Selhurst Arms, 26/02/02

I would not be surprised if they are all related & they like to play the bango!!!

john pemberton take's so much credit.
it was an inspired run...

All for the greater Good!!!

Well said Mr Himself.

I refer you to a similar drunken rant of mine some months ago.

Brummie morons. If Islamic militants up there put something in the water to rot their brains, I doubt anyone would notice.

"Technically, I've been bummed". - Matt_Himself , Barcelona, Jan 2005

Two words - Premier League. Read them and weep bitter boys. Hope you enjoy your rants about your best players disappearing off to your poor relations from the midlands. Can't all be bad up there or else Mullins wouldn't be so desperate to join us. In the meantime enjoy the 1st division cause thats where you're staying with a two bit chairman who hasn't got two pennies to rub together and a squad who are desperate to leave. Shame!

And took us straight into the promised land

The mountains are calling & I must go.