Blues are the New Hearts

Anyone hear about Hearts getting taking over by that Lithuanian (i think) businessman last season, and him bringing in all his countrymen to play for Hearts (and they went from clear at the top of the league to finishing 4th).

Well, it looks like the blues are gonna go the same way (without getting anywhere near the top of the league ofcourse). Their new chinese chairman has stated that his dream for Birmingham City is to field a full side of chinese players in the premiership.

Players like Zheng Zhi I can understand, but china aren't a great footballing nation. Steve Bruce has got some intelligence, I'm sure he'll stamp this notion out, but just thought it worth putting on here.

Laterz

Transfers

Stunned to read today that MON is holding talks with Marlon Harewood, and I got to ask why. He's the poor man's Emile Heskey, and I wouldn't even want that guy at Villa Park.

I'd even rather have another one hit wonder, who's on his way out of spurs, in Mido, that Marlon Harewood. Harewood only plays well when the team around him play well, and it showed last year when he only scored a handful of goals.

Not sure about his former team-mate Reo Coker. He's obviously captain of England U21's for a reason, but he again was part of an under-performing team that barely stayed up.
Saying all this, we did raid a relegated side a few years ago and brought Sorensen and McCann from Sunderland, and they've both done a good job for us.

Basically, I would have thought with this spending power from Lerner, the knowledge of O'Neill and the potential of our squad, I would have thought we would be attracting a higher calibre of player.

New signings I would like to see are a couple of new defender (Dawson would be great, Curtis Davies, Luke Young or Heinze perhaps), Shaun Wright-Phillips and Defoe. Not that I'm greedy or anything.

all quiet on the signing front

So the boys are due to go out to America soon. surely now is the time to get new blood in so that they can join the squad before they go to america.