Chris and I arrived back in the UK on Thursday morning after the disappointing Braga result and a tough away trip already beckoned but first things first it was back to work on the Friday. It was on that day that my eldest son Jonny called up and asked about timings for the Cardiff trip.
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As Mike hasn’t posted anything yet, (he’s a busy man!), I thought I’d drop a brief preview on. We come off the back of a somewhat unfortunate defeat against Cardiff, I thought we did enough to get a draw, however Davies getting sent off was a blow and unfortunately for Pablo, it was his mistake
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Team News Cardiff’s Mark Hudson and Rudy Gestede could return to contention after recovering from hamstring injuries. For Blues, Stephen Carr and Liam Ridgewell face late fitness tests. Last Meeting Blues snatched a 1-1 draw with Cardiff in the last meeting thanks to a Lee Bowyer goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time.  This
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In previous years these previews have been relatively easy to write as the objectives are clear and the strengths and weaknesses of the team have been identifiable.  This year is a bit different though, as with just a few days to go to the start of the 2011-12 football league, Blues find themselves very much
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Here is another Blues related article by almajir. He published on his blog last night. He has given me permission to republish it here. It’s about everyone’s favourite striker! Football is a funny old business – one minute, two clubs are fighting over your signature; the next you’re so far out of the team picture
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