Here is a preview for tonights game from Chris. Blues face a potential banana-skin Carling Cup tie tonight as newly-promoted Rochdale come to St.Andrews, in view of the Sky Sports cameras. The Dale finished third in League Two last season, ending a 36-year stay at the bottom of the footballing pyramid. Their tendancy to try
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He’s back! Once again we read of Bazza the Bluenose’s match day experiences. My eldest son and I met up with designated driver Will in Guildford for the journey north. The first home game as always was eagerly anticipated and we were all excited at the prospect of seeing our new signings, Ben Foster, Nikola
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Team News Blues will have new signing Matt Derbyshire available although he would probably only have the match fitness for a place on the bench. I would expect the team to be similar to the one that finished against Sunderland with Zigic coming in for O’Connor and McFadden for Fahey. Kevin Phillips will be out
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We welcome a new contributor to Joys and Sorrows. I met almajir at the first Blues fans forum. Since then he has become a friend of mine. He has his own blog where he writes about the Blues among other diverse topics. Check it out here. His first article here on J&S, tackles the issue
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Watching the World Cup it was interesting to see how the successful sides employed a variety of formations to get the best out of their players but very few relied on the traditional 4-4-2 formation. England’s reliance on this and their strategy of getting players to fit it made them look like dinosaurs compared with
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