Birmingham City v Ipswich Town: Championship opener – live

Championship updates from the 8pm BST kick-offRead Football Daily | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail ScottBirmingham boss Chris Davies talks to Sky. “It’s the first game … we have a long season ahead of us … I was pleased we got a home game … it’s a bit of a celebration at getting promoted and our first game back at this level … we can share that with our fans … we are expecting a really tough match … the favourites … a really strong team … it suits the occasion … we must prove we can compete … the next game is the most important one and this is it … the next league is usually quicker so we tried to address that … speed and athleticism … could we get more of that in the team? … I think we have managed to do that … more goal threats … we won a lot of games by just a goal … set pieces as well … quality of delivery … still a way to go before I have a squad that is complete and we are happy with … we can’t wait for this game to get going.”Birmingham co-owner Tom Wagner is at St Andrew’s tonight, and he chats to Sky Sports. “Chris Davies has been unbelievable … for his first coaching gig to set a points record … to dominate the way he did is a testament to the way he prepares the team and squad … keeps them motivated … very, very pleased with the work he has done … with Tom Brady there is no such thing as ‘good enough’, you are either striving for excellence every single day or you may as well find somewhere else to be … that holds true for every member of the organisation … that’s what it takes for us to get to where we want to be … my expectations are that everybody performs at their very best … every member of staff … the folks we don’t see every day … the highest level … it sounds trite to say it, but that’s the reality … I certainly will have nothing to offer on who we should recruit, how we should play and what they should do for the 90 minutes, but I can certainly help with the culture and the attitude … thinking about the game and the experience as a supporter might … what would I want if I were on the other side of the wall? … if you keep that mindset and remember the club is theirs and not ours, you get 99 percent of the way there … we care about this city and the people who live and work here … I trust people will take me at my word when I say that.” Continue reading...

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