McLeish wins Gold support
06 Feb 2008 - 07:08:49
Birmingham City chairman David Gold has backed Alex McLeish to lift the club out of the relegation zone.
The former Scotland manager has been in charge at St Andrew's for two months but the weekend draw with rock-bottom Derby County left the Blues in the bottom three.
However, Gold remains in an upbeat mood, telling the Birmingham Evening Mail: "As far as I'm concerned, I wouldn't change Alex McLeish at all.
"I've been enormously impressed by what he and his coaches have done in the short time they've been here.
"I know they definitely care about the club and that's the approach we all need to take now.
"None of us can sit back at the moment. It's a collective responsibility. Yes, it was disappointing we didn't beat Derby. It was a must-win game and one I thought we would win.
"That was a cup final, now every game's a cup final. Now we have to play against teams where we might have settled for a draw in the past, but now we have to look for three points.
"My Saturday was spoiled by the result and then when Fulham came back to beat Villa I thought everything was conspiring against us."