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Can Ziggy Do It Again? Leeds Preview

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Lee Clark takes his Birmingham City side to Elland Road on Sunday looking to bounce back after a disappointing defeat to Bolton before the international break. It’s a second Sky game in succession for Blues and Clark will be hoping for a better showing in front of the cameras.

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Fine Lines – Bolton Match Reflections

Here are my reflections on the match between Bolton and Blues at St Andrews.

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Royally Good Test For Blues: Reading Preview

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Lee Clark faces a happy selection headache ahead of Birmingham City’s trip to the Madejski stadium after two convincing victories on the bounce.

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Can Blues’ Luck Change? Burnley Preview

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Blues face a tough trip to Burnley this evening still smarting after going down unluckily against Queens Park Rangers. Lee Clark faces a tough task having picked up one league win from six games against a team with one league defeat in the same period.

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Zigic Scores Against Leeds Again; Blues Dev Squad v Leeds Reflections

Birmingham City’s development squad comprehensively beat their Leeds United counterparts 2-0 at Wast Hills today thanks to goals from Nikola Zigic and Akwasi Asante.

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New Heroes

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Birmingham City continued their fine start to the pre-season last night with a 4-0 win over Shamrock Rovers at the Tallaght Stadium. Goals from Lee Novak, Nikola Zigic, Callum Reilly and Matt Green saw Blues easily dispose of the League of Ireland side although the night was overshadowed by what could have been a bad injury to striker Matt Green. Thankfully the former Mansfield man was up and about in the dressing room post-match with seemingly no ill effects from being knocked out.

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Half and Half

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The Daily Mail reported this evening that Birmingham City were considering extending Nikola Zigic’s contract at Blues. The Serbian striker, who is contracted to Blues until June 2014 is on a reported £60,000 a week this season and the idea would be to halve his salary this year but keep him on next season as well, to try to reduce this year’s commitments.

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Season 2012-13 Review – Pt IV

The fourth part of my reflections of last season looks at February and March as Blues climbed away from the bottom three to mid-table respectability.

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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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