Barry Ferguson slams Blues’ critics
Monday 25th October 2010, 11:20AM BST.
Midfielder Barry Ferguson has hit back at Birmingham’s critics and insisted Blues don’t deserve to be slammed.
Alex McLeish’s side claimed their first Premier League win since August with a routine 2-0 victory over Blackpool at St Andrew’s on Saturday.
And Ferguson, instrumental in the triumph, rounded on Blues’ detractors after they ended their six game winless streak in the Premier League.
He said: “We’ve had a wee bit of criticism and it’s hurt a few of the players.
“Actually, it hurt all of the players and I think on Saturday we showed just what we could do. The criticism has been unfair and we’ve been unlucky in certain games.
“The lads don’t need me to tell them anything. There are enough characters in the dressing room for them to know how important those three points were.”
Blues were booed off after a 2-0 defeat to Everton in their last St Andrew’s outing – their first home defeat in a year – and Ferguson conceded fans have a right to voice their views.
He said: “That’s up to people here. They pay good money.
“We played well against Arsenal last week but we had to get three points on Saturday, there was no doubt about that.”
After tomorrow’s Carling Cup visit of Brentford, all eyes will be on the trip to Villa Park for the derby but Ferguson insisted last season’s controversial 1-0 defeat is history.
He said: “I don’t think back, I’m only interested in the future. They’ll be right up for it and we will too.
“It’s a game I always look forward to. I love derby games.”
UK Sport
Latest Blog — A week is a long time in football
This time last week we were staring down the barrel, third from bottom with a worse record than at the same stage last year, writes Saddlers blogger Mark Jones.
Saddlers Blog
Business Awards
Book a Business Awards table
Join our celebrations of the region's best in business on Thursday March 22 - book your table now
Lifestyle
Interactive Dining Out map
Hundreds of reviews by the Express & Star and Shropshire Star's teams to help you decide where to eat.
entertainment
All the film reviews
Before you plan a trip to the pictures, get our critics' verdicts on all the latest movie releases
OUR NEW APP
Get the new E&S app
Download the Express & Star’s new app to your iPad or iPhone to get one week of access to our digital newspapers absolutely FREE.
expressandstar.com
Popular sections
Useful links
