Very briefly, we are matched against a top quality Manchester City side in this year’s Carling Cup…away. Do we want Chris Hughton to field our strongest possible side, in the hope we can retain OUR trophy, or should we rotate our squad, with an eye on Europe and the Championship, effectively admitting we ‘don’t mind’ if
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We’ve all seen the pictures and some of you will have been caught up in the idiocy of the last few nights in the West Midlands.  The police are doing the best they can but are overstretched trying to cover a large area.  In London things have calmed down a bit but all midweek games
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One month from today we kick off our Championship season against Derby County at Pride Park. A lot has happened since our relegation on May 22nd with the manager and then our top scorer leaving and Carson Yeung getting arrested. On the positive side most of our big names are still with us and we
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Birmingham City FC have confirmed that Chris Hughton is our new manager and I’m delighted! Hughton’s managerial pedigree is limited, however has shown enough in his limited time as Spurs boss but then as the Newcastle number one. My blog last week shows his statistics which are quite impressive. Yes he inherited a good Newcastle side, however
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Unfortunately it looks like Alex McLeish will no longer be available as our near neighbours are chomping at the bit to sign him. So who should WE go after. Obviously we are going to miss the silky skills and goals we have been used to, so anyone else is going to be disappointing. I put
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