Chris Davies faced the media before Birmingham City’s clash with Swansea City in the Championship
Birmingham City manager Chris Davies
Chris Davies reported no fresh Birmingham City injuries before the Championship clash with Swansea City on Saturday lunchtime (12:30pm).
Blues have had the benefit of a week without a fixture to work on the training ground, whereas the Swans won a pulsating Carabao Cup tie against Nottingham Forest in the 97th minute on Wednesday evening.
In addition to long-term absentees Lee Buchanan and Scott Wright, Blues were without attacking duo Keshi Anderson and Willum Willumsson for their last league fixture and the same four players will be missing at St Andrew’s this weekend.
In the case of Willumsson, the Icelandic returned from international duty last week unscathed only to suffer an injury in Blues’ preparation for Stoke.
Davies said: “He got injured with us when he came back. It was surprising that he picked something up. Sadly, it’s cost him a few weeks. It’s not a long-term thing.
“It’s a shame because he offers something different, but it gives other people a chance.”
New signing Jack Robinson is among those looking to force their way into Davies’ starting XI. The experienced defender can play at centre-back or left-back in Blues’ system and captained Sheffield United in the play-off final in May.
Davies added: “Thankfully, we’ve only got two current injuries at the moment. They’ve all trained well. Jack has been training well and a few others that haven’t started a game have been training well so it gives me things to think about.
“Again, there’s always that balance between over-rotating and getting that right. Whatever team plays, I want to make sure that they look like us.
“We’re at home, we want that really proactive style of play that has served us so well and that’s what we’re hoping to do on the weekend.”
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