Colin Tattum: Why Birmingham City fans have reasons to be cheerful with the transfers so far
The transfer window three summers back when Blues were preparing for the Premier League, Steve Bruce was slated for apparently signing a 'pile of rubbish'.
That was David Sullivan's view of the business three years ago and his comments, at the end of the season when Blues had been relegated, caused the sort of firestorm we had been accustomed too.
Asked for an example, Sullivan named Franck Queudrue and poor old Richard Kingson was described as a 'complete waste of space'.
Bruce will tell you that he cut his cloth accordingly and some players who remain at the club - Liam Ridgewell, Stuart Parnaby, Garry O'Connor - were far from happy back then, either.
It was harsh to call that influx of summer 2007 players such, and Sullivan did apologise; his beef was more with Bruce and the rancour surrounding his departure mid-season.
So with Sullivan now being assisted by Avram Grant at West Ham United, and Alex McLeish plotting the way ahead at St Andrew's with Carson Yeung, are we looking at another garbage heap?
Unlikely.
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