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Changes Afoot?

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Gary Rowett has talked about the need for Birmingham City to improve their defensive record if they are to regain the form that saw the side briefly in the top two of the division. One clean sheet in the past six games allied to the loss to injury of attacking threats David Cotterill and Clayton Donaldson have made life very tough for Rowett’s men of late.

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Defensive Cover

Since the collapse of the signing of Rob Kiernan a few weeks back, Birmingham City have not brought in any defenders to strengthen their back line. Although Blues go into the season with four seasoned centre-backs, there are concerns among some sections of fans with respect to David Edgar, Jonathan Spector and Paul Robinson being up to the task.

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Renewing Cause for Optimism

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Jonathan Grounds became the fourth player in the close season to be signed to a new, longer team deal at St Andrew’s yesterday with an extension of his deal that keeps him in B9 until 2017 with a further year’s option.

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Unsung Heroes and Inconsistency – Blackburn Reflections

Birmingham City played out a 2-2 draw with Blackburn Rovers last night as the season starts to wind down to a close. Goals from Jonathan Grounds and Demarai Gray cancelled out efforts from Matthew Kilgallon and Jordan Rhodes in the stalemate.

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Defensive Cover

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Birmingham City held Sheffield Wednesday to a goalless draw last night as they continued their fine run of league form. However, the point came at a price as defender Michael Morrison was withdrawn halfway through the first half with an ankle problem, leaving Blues short in the centre of defence.

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Two more points dropped – Brentford Match Reflections

Here are my reflections on the match against Brentford at Griffin Park yesterday.

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The Return of the Brummie Bashers

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Birmingham City are closing in on the Bosman free transfer of Clayton Donaldson from Brentford to bolster their frontline. The 30-year-old striker would be the seventh signing of the summer if he does come to the club following the Bosman captures of Jonathan Grounds, Stephen Gleeson, David Edgar, Wes Thomas and Gavin Gunning along with the loan signing of Grant Hall.

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Grounds for hope?

Birmingham City yesterday confirmed Oldham defender Jonathan Grounds has agreed to sign for the club on a Bosman free transfer. 26-year-old Grounds can either play as a left back or a left-sided centre back and has signed a two-year deal at St Andrew’s which will begin on July 1.

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Summer 2014 Squad Analysis Pt I

With the close season properly upon us and the Blues retained list now made public, I thought it might be an opportune time to take a look at the squad as it stands to see where the squad stands and what needs to be done to ensure it can be competitive next year in the Championship.

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