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Pushing on for promotion

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I think there was a certain amount of pride in the proclamation from the official Birmingham City twitter account that it was “highly unlikely” that there would be any further activity in the transfer window.

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Anticlimax

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Transfer deadline day reached an anti-climactic conclusion with Birmingham City resisting all attempts by Bournemouth to prise away teenage winger Demarai Gray. Despite making a fifth bid believed to be in the region of £5mil, Blues turned it down flat saying that the 18-year-old wunderkind was not for sale.

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The End (of the Window) is Nigh

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As the transfer window enters its last day and Sky Sports News enters a final climactic frenzy of skypads, mobile phones and agents with Jim White as the grinning ringmaster, I have to ask – is anyone else sick of it?

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D-Day tomorrow?

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I’ve seen some descriptions of tomorrow as “D-Day” for Birmingham City; transfer window deadline, BIH financial results due to be released, and on the pitch Blues have a tough trip up to Elland Road. It promises to be a busy day for forums and messageboards as people check in for the latest news of what is happening. However, I have a fear it’s going to be a massive anti-climax for some.

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Window

Well, today is the day that the window clangs shut. As I sit here this morning watching Dharmesh Sheth work himself into a frenzy over potential deals that have still to be concluded, I can only think about what a circus football has become. Apparently all the sports editors for newspapers up and down the […]

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Hovis

The end of the transfer window is nigh, and in just over 17 hours as I write this, we will know the squad Birmingham City have to survive the next four months with. Two days ago, when the Charles N’Zogbia transfer collapsed in a mercenary heap after the young Frenchmen tried to demand an extra […]

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