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A Rejigged Defence: Brighton Preview

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Blues return after a ten day break to action with a trip to the south coast and Oscar Garcia’s high-flying Brighton and Hove Albion.

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Positivity Monday

Birmingham City now know that they will face Swansea City at home in the FA Cup fourth round if they can beat (or lets be honest even get to face) either Crawley Town or Bristol Rovers in the third. It would be a chance for the Swans to avenge the 3-1 defeat they suffered at St Andrews earlier in the season in the League Cup third round.

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Defensive Crisis

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Birmingham City were yesterday plunged into a defensive crisis with the news that in addition to Kyle Bartley suffering a hamstring injury against Barnsley Dan Burn has been recalled by his parent club Fulham.

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Lingard Loan Extended

Blues have today confirmed the extension of Jesse Lingard’s loan from Manchester United until December 14. Lingard, who has made four appearances for Blues scoring five times had initially been on a month’s loan with the club.

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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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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 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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The Case for Defence

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One of the biggest tests for Lee Clark this transfer window will be to remould the Birmingham City defence ready for the new season after the departure of senior pros Steven Caldwell, Stephen Carr and Pablo Ibanez.

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Keep, Sell or Release – the Kids

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 fifth of five installments of that analysis.

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Players of the Season.

With the player of the season award poll now closed and the trophy ready to be presented to the winner tomorrow, I thought I’d share some thoughts on other players who I think are worthy of being presented with accolades this season.

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