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Blues saw their ten match unbeaten run come to an end at the weekend with defeat to playoff chasing Brighton and Hove Albion. Yet despite the defeat signalling an end to a run which stretched back a couple of months there are still reasons to be positive.

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Positivity Sunday

Birmingham City stretched their unbeaten sequence to six games with a third away win on the spin against Eddie Howe’s Bournemouth. It was Blues’ first victory against the Cherries on their home patch in 22 years and completed the best sequence of away results since January 2012 when Blues won four away games on the spin (Millwall, Wolves in the FA Cup, Sheffield United in the FA Cup and Leeds United).

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The Need For Chris Burke? – Leicester Preview

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Today sees Lee Clark take his Birmingham City the short journey up the M69 to Leicester in search of three points as Blues look to put the disappointment of last week’s defeat by Brighton behind them.

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Stuck with King

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Marlon King played ninety minutes as a side of youngsters and trialists lost 4-2 to a Wolves development squad at the Wolves training ground on Tuesday. Despite taking the lead 2-0 via an own goal and a Lovenkrands effort, Blues couldn’t hold on and were pegged back to 2-2 by half time.

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Gossip Folks – Summer 2013 Edition – Pt II

It’s been a busy first week of the transfer window for Birmingham City with Nathan Redmond departing for Norwich City in a £3.2million deal whilst Kyle Bartley and Dan Burn arrived on season long loan deals and Matt Green joined on a Bosman.

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Dealing With a Lack of Movement

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The Birmingham Mail reported yesterday that Blues have started fielding calls about players for transfer from the club – from prized assets like Curtis Davies and Nathan Redmond to players who have been made available for free like Marlon King. Although there has been no movement yet it was said that movement was expected closer to the start of July when the transfer window properly opens up.

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Season 2012-13 Review – Pt I

With the close season upon us, I thought it might be time to look back at last season and reflect on what happened. I’ve split it into five parts which will be published across this week.

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Four More to Go?

It was reported today in the Birmingham Mail Blues have made Marlon King, Darren Ambrose, Peter Lovenkrands and Hayden Mullins available for free transfer. The quartet have been told that they are free to find another club for the new season as Blues look to slash their wage bill further.

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What Will Nikola Do? Leeds Preview

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Blues take on Leeds United at St Andrews today with the whites hoping to continue the new manager bounce that has seen back-to-back wins under new gaffer Brian McDermott.

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Sky Blues Come Back to Beat Blues Development Squad

The Blues Development Squad went down 2-1 to local rivals Coventry City in today’s development squad fixture after leading by an early Akwasi Asante goal.

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