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Birmingham City looking early favourites for League One title
National World - LocalTV
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04/10/2024
A great start for The Blues…
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Onto Blues, obviously an amazing run, an amazing start to the league, something they would
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have hoped for this far into the season, but when preparations were going in with the new
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manager and the new set-up, how confident are you that they can become league winners?
00:16
I know it's very early to say, but you do sometimes get a bit of a feeling at this stage
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of the season if there are any standout teams, and Blues are certainly looking like one.
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Well, if they carry on this run and seven successive wins, they'll probably have the
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league wrapped up by Christmas. It's ridiculous what they're doing at the moment in League One.
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Had it not been for that shaky opening day draw against Reading, well, it would be eight out of
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eight and they'd be absolutely flying, seven points clear. As it is, five points is already
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very impressive, and they've got a game in hand as well on Wrexham, so absolutely flying in League
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One. You would expect that with the money spent, but it's still a difficult job for Chris Davies,
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who's never been in senior management before. He's been an assistant at plenty of top clubs,
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like Tottenham and Leicester and Celtic, and was analyst at Liverpool as well, but to step into
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that management role and straight away be unbeaten, win seven of your first eight league games is
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easier said than done. Having so many new players to adjust into a new system and changing the
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mentality and the whole attitude at the football club is a big challenge, but he's made it look
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really easy so far, and I expect them to continue their fine run.
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You're obviously really impressed with Chris Davies and his job so far, but looking on to
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the future, how attractive is the Birmingham job to stay there? If they are to get promoted
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back to the Championship, they're going to want to keep him, but if he carries on and continues
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to impress, then surely bigger clubs and Premier League status clubs could even be after him.
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Yeah, you think so, especially because he's been in and around the Premier League before and he's
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got very big ambitions. You might see this as a bit of a stepping stone, but I genuinely think
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he's really committed to this project. He loves the club so far. He's got a real connection with
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the fan base in such a short space of time, and that's easier when you're winning games every
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single week. You're going to build that connection. It'll be a real test when Birmingham start losing
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matches and how the fan base reacts then, but from the early signs, I would expect him to be
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at the club for a very long time, especially if they get promoted to the Championship and are
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immediately competitive. With this squad, I think it's better than when they were in the Championship
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last season. I'd see them finishing in the top half, which might sound ridiculous, but I genuinely
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think they could do that. If they do, then Davies should stick around to try and get them in the Premier League.
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And finally, who's been the best sort of player so far? Obviously, they've made some fantastic deals
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and huge signings for League One, breaking multiple records in terms of the money spent.
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It's difficult to pick just one, to be honest. There have been so many impressive players.
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The midfield partnership of Tamoka Iwata and Peik Sung-ho has got to be one of the best
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partnerships outside the Premier League, let alone just in League One, so I've been very impressed
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with them. Christian Bielik as well as the new captain, leading from the back in centre-back,
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more traditionally a midfielder, but stepped into that defensive role very well. And of course,
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Alfie May and Jay Stansfield leading the line. May, last season's top scorer in League One,
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kicking off this campaign with five goals in seven matches, and then Stansfield
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just blows you away the way he glides with the ball. So,
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lots of impressive performers and it's a real team effort at Blues at the moment.
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