We won't be Premier League whipping boys says Liam Ridgewell

May 21 2009 by Colin Tattum, Birmingham Mail

LIAM Ridgewell has vowed Blues won’t be anyone’s fall guys in the Premier League next season.

And the vice-captain backed manager Alex McLeish to come up with the goods during a summer overhaul of the squad.

Ridgewell’s first season at Blues following a £2million move from Villa was a turbulent one: the sale of the club collapsed, Steve Bruce left and relegation was the final outcome in 2007-08.

“I’m still bitter about going down, by just a single point as well,” said the centre-half. “We’ve got to make sure that it doesn’t happen again and I’m positive it won’t.

“It was a funny old season with all the uncertainty and change but I felt we just had enough.

“So there’s lessons to be learned and I know that for myself and other lads who endured relegation, it’s something we don’t want to go through again. We will be really determined to do a lot better.”