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February, 2012

Blues news roundup

As things have quietened down around St Andrews this week whilst the focus has been on international matches, I thought I’d just round up what’s been in the news for the last couple of days rather than concentrate on one single thing.

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Update on Carson’s Court Case

News has broke in the last hour with regards to the court case Carson was facing with respect to a defaulted loan secured on his property in Barker Road in Hong Kong.

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Posted in Birmingham City, Carsongate, Chinese Media | 39 Comments »

Where Are They Now? Part VIII

With the signing of Erik Huseklepp on Thursday, I tried to cast my mind back to other Norwegians to don the royal blue. I can’t remember much about Siggy Rushfeldt and the less said about Bjorn Otto Bragstad the better, so I thought I’d take a look at whatever happened to Thomas Myhre.

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Carson back in Court

Poor old Carson. Barely has he got through celebrating his birthday when he’s back in court and in severe danger of losing his house.

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Posted in Birmingham City, Chinese Media | 23 Comments »

Snippet from the Chinese Media

Whilst there hasn’t been much of late in the Chinese Press about Carson Yeung or Blues, I did pick up on this article in the Apple Daily today about someone else from Hong Kong connected with Blues.

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The Carling Cup, Darren Purse and Predictions – What I’ve been reading this week.

As you may have noticed, I’ve been posting a weekly look at what I’ve been reading on other Blues websites. Here’s some of what I liked.

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Unpopular Tactics

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So, the Blues unbeaten run came to an abrupt end at the weekend. Having had a little while to think about it, I’ve come to the conclusion that one thing cost us more than everything else – and that was the change from the 4-5-1 Blues have been playing recently to what you think would think is a more natural 4-4-2. I know this may be heretical, but right now I think we’d be better off playing just one up top.

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End of a Run – Forest match report

Here are my reflections on the match against Nottingham Forest at St Andrews:

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Ideals of Success

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I guess there will be a plethora of postings on Blues boards this weekend about “this time last year”, but having sat here watching videos of the final and what-not I thought I’d add my two-pennorth.

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Tricky Match for the Tricky Trees? Forest preview

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Today sees the visit of Steve Cotterill’s relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest to St Andrews as Blues look to extend their unbeaten run to sixteen matches in all competitions.

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