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Season 2012-13 Review – Pt III

The third part of my reflections on the season takes in the months of December and January, with Blues struggling at the wrong end of the table and mutterings over accounts and firesales.

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Season 2012-13 Review – Pt II

The second part of my season review looks at October and November 2012 as Blues struggled to find any rhythm in the Championship. October began with a 2-1 defeat to Cardiff City in the Welsh capital, before the visit of Lee Clark’s previous club Huddersfield to St Andrews. Once again, it was painful; Blues lost […]

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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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Keep, Sell or Release – Forwards

With the end of the season nearing and with so many players out of contract I thought it would be a good idea to go through the squad and analyse who I think we should keep, who we can get away with selling and who needs to be released. This is the fourth of five installments of that analysis.

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Player of the Season Nomination: Marlon King

But for a troublesome knee injury, this year could have been even more successful than last year was for Marlon King. Fourteen goals in thirty appearances put him comfortably at the top of the Blues scoring charts and barring a Zigic-style massacre in one of the remaining five matches will keep him there.

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The Loss of Marlon King

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One of the things to come out of the draw with Blackpool was the lack of clinical finishing from Birmingham City to kill the game off when leading 1-0. With leading scorer Marlon King now out for the remainder of the season are Blues going to suffer badly due to the loss of their Jamaican striker?

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Another Tigerish Away Performance From Blues? Hull City Preview

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Birmingham City make the trip north to Humberside today to take on Steve Bruce’s high-flying Hull City, eager to continue a run of form that sees them without an away defeat in 2013.

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Going Posh – Peterborough Match Preview

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Birmingham City travel to Peterborough United today in a match that sees two of the lower teams in the division face off. The Posh have been in good form of late and will be wanting to show that they are more than just George Boyd, who has moved to Hull City on loan earlier in the week.

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Wednesday on Tuesday – Sheff Wed Preview

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Blues face Dave Jones’ Sheffield Wednesday today hoping to bounce back from a nightmare defeat to Watford whilst the Owls will be looking to leapfrog Blues in the race from the relegation trapdoor.

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Thanks for the Memories – Burnley Preview

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Birmingham City head north to take on Sean Dyche’s Clarets as Blues look to try to gain their first win of 2013. It promises to be a tough test for Lee Clark as Burnley look to push for a playoff place whilst Blues are holding on above the relegation trap-door.

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