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Harlee dean G
ood afternoon and welcome everyone to today’s game against Cardiff City, I hope it is one to enjoy!
Our final home fixture before Christmas coincides with our annual commitment to Rainbow Laces. There is no room for discrimination anywhere in the game, especially not at St. Andrew’s, which should be a safe space for everyone to come and take in a game of football. I am pleased to see the return of ‘Kids for a Quid’ for the Cardiff game. The support shown throughout the season has been exemplary and it would be wonderful to pack out St. Andrew’s one final time before we head back there for Peterborough United after the big day itself. The squad have been working hard this week as we look to bounce back from the Millwall result last Saturday. The Den is a notoriously tricky place to go, and we were reminded very quickly that you cannot give a side like Millwall two goals from set-pieces. Credit the lads, we got back in it with a welltaken goal of our own before the game got away from us towards the end. There were lessons to
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be learned and we have taken those into training throughout the week building up to this match. Seven days between fixtures is a good amount of time to reset, reflect and look at where we can improve. It has been a healthy week of training, with plenty of competition as we head into our final home fixture before Christmas. The Championship table is as tight as ever and we know just a couple of results can turn things back in our favour. Finding a bit of consistency heading into the New Year is important and I look forward to seeing how we navigate the next run of fixtures, which as always, we are confident we can take points from. I wish to sign off this week’s column in memory of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes. I know there are ongoing conversations at Birmingham City as to how we can remember Arthur in the most appropriate way possible. The support from the footballing community has been unanimous. He will be in our hearts forever. Keep Right On, Harlee Dean
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