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Dean Smith's pre-Birmingham press conference begins at 9am. Updates to follow...
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DS: “Dimi will be out for a minimum of eight weeks. It’s a ligament injury, so he’s going to see a specialist and we’ll know more from there.”

DS: “Isaac is moving along really well. There’s no swelling on the knee so we expect him back in the next three or four weeks.”

DS: “We’ll change a lot of faces for tomorrow. I’ll be giving Sara his first start to get him some minutes.”

DS: “Kieran Dowell will be involved tomorrow.”

DS: “If you get the performance level right you get wins. We’re not far away from that.”

DS: “Villa will allow Ramsey to play in the cup for us, but we’re still waiting on clearance for the FA. He’ll certainly get minutes with us this season.”

DS: “Birmingham have had a good start. They looked good against Huddersfield and I expect them to change a lot of players as well.”

DS: “I feel like we got up and running on Saturday. We had 6 attacking players on the pitch at the end, we were going full out trying to win the game. We even had Kenny at right-back.”

DS: “Last week at Cardiff we never created enough from midfield. Saturday it was more of a single pivot, with Sorensen deeper and Kenny more advanced. We need to move the ball quicker.”

DS: “I’ve just filled in my match report for the referee and I’ve asked for an explanation. It’s a reckless tackle and he’s out of control. You only have to look at Max’s shin.”

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That concludes today’s press conference.

Posted By: DrDublin, Aug 8, 09:37:25