Four straight defeats

Blues lose to Man United, and although some results go our way, the gap to the bottom is just nine points. And now Redknapp wants an inquiry into the Pandiani transfer saga. What is being missed here are two key points: one, the Premier League and FA have ratified the transfer. To punish Birmingham now for fielding a player that was signed in good faith and with the blessing of its governing bodies seems to me grossly unfair. Two, English law states that the time a fax is SENT is the key moment, and our fax was sent at 11.58pm (it would have been sent earlier, but another transfer was hogging the SOLE fax machine in the Premier League's HQ). The only thing that should come out of this mess is the purchase of at least one more fax machine and line from the Premier League. But this will rumble on for weeks no doubt, unsettling Blues once again - something the Mirror Group of newspapers seem to have made their burning passion.

England lose to Wales in the rugby and South Africa in the cricket.

By the time Philadelphia lost to New England 24-21 in the Superbowl, I have to be blunt and say the effect was surprisingly dull and resigned. I missed it all, because I foolishly agreed to train this morning, not realising the date in question. Mind you, in retrospect that's got to be a good thing.