Boss keeping eye on the job.Byline: Andy Walker This article is about the Canadian TV presenter and journalist. For other people of the same name, see Andy Walker (disambiguation). Andy Walker (born July 4, 1967 in Norwich, England) is a Canadian television personality and journalist. ALEX McLeish Alexander "Alex" McLeish (born January 21 1959, Barrhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland) nicknamed "Big Eck",[1] is a former professional footballer and is currently manager of the Scotland national team. has reiterated his desire to build Blues into a Premier League side despite an impending change at the top of the club. The manager was due to meet Karren Brady today, even though Carson Yeung's camp have given assurances that Big Eck would keep his job when their takeover is completed. Yeung's firm, Grandtop International Holdings, is due to hold a press conference in Hong Kong early this week, when they are likely to reveal further details about their plans for Blues. Following Saturday's stalemate with Stoke, McLeish was quick to highlight the spirit in his camp and rubbished suggestions that the return of Yeung had been unsettling un·set·tle v. un·set·tled, un·set·tling, un·set·tles v.tr. 1. To displace from a settled condition; disrupt. 2. To make uneasy; disturb. v.intr. . And as for doubts about his own future, McLeish was sticking by his medium-term goal. "I'd love to build a Birmingham team that was a Premier League team and we could stay in the Premier League, then build on it," said McLeish. "It is some challenge and it is not an overnight job. We did a bit of fire-fighting last season and the first six months. The pressure to get up (from the Championship) was immense on us, more than anyone else in the division but we stood up to that and it is only going to make us stronger. "You can't control it (the future). I've always been phil-osophicaabout that. There were new managers at Aberdeen when Sir Alex (Ferguson) left and players just get on with it. "What happens, happens. I don't lose any sleep. What I've got to do is my day-to-day job the way I've always done my job and that is 100 per cent with no stone unturned." There is no hiding McLeish's determination to secure Premier League survival this season and he even admits that he is attempting to tone down his passion on the sidelines On the sidelines An investor who decides not to invest due to market uncertainty. on the sidelines Of or relating to investors who, having assessed the market, have decided to avoid committing their funds. . "I'm kicking every ball with the players and I've got to be careful with that,'' he said. 'People don't want to see a red-faced manager on the touchline Touchline The highest bid and lowest ask at market for a particular security during a given time in the trading day. Notes: The touchline just specifies the best bid or ask available for a particular stock. See also: Ask, Ask Size, Best Ask, Bid, Bid-Ask Spread, Spread screaming every time there is a stray pass or wrong decision. "I want to do well with the club in the Premier League and I don't want to go back to the Championship. I've got to do everything to stay in the league and we haven't made too bad a start." CAPTION(S): Long-term goal: Alex McLeish is relishing the challenge. |
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