Two games, two goals for Mikael Forssell.
Anyone who has met 'Miklu' will tell you he is such a decent bloke, and very fascinating to speak to about a range of subjects.
He always has time for supporters and, because of his spell in the Bundesliga (and interest from Hannover) he is a popular figure over here in Germany too.
It explains why everyone you talk to about him always says the same thing: they hope he can put his injury nightmare behind him for once and all and recpature his old form.
Being fair-skinned - 'the Milky Bar Kid', as Clinton Morrison once described him - Forssell doesn't enjoy the sun.
And it's no wonder as I can officially declare him the sweatiest footballer in the game.
Before you go 'urgh' let me explain. Forssell can break into a sweat just by getting out of a chair.
When you see him just a few minutes into a training session, his shirt is absolutely drenched through.
But the person you have to feel for most is Blues kit manager, Denis Butler.
Where Blues are staying, there is little to do in the immediate vicinity.
The village of Aalen-Waldhausen consists of two family-run hotels, a mini-supermarket, a school, no pubs (repeat, no pubs), an impressive church and lots of farming machinery.
Most of the players have brought laps tops over to keep themselves amused and stay in touch with those back home via email.
And when they are looking to catch up on the latest football gossip, which site is clicked onto most? www.birminghammail.net of course.
However, Rowan Vine wasn't too impressed to read of my colleague Chris Lepkowski's description of him as a 'peripheral Blues player' in his story about the proposed swop for Paul Robinson.
He remarked that obviously the quality of reporter at other clubs wasn't as high. I couldn't possibly comment . . .
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Swop deal? Nah. Wouldn't be able to afford it. You need PL reporters on PL clubs. And the Poles are taking over the country as it is
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