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MYSTERY OF BLUES’ HAMMIES

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The LeaguePaper Team
5 November 2017

CHAMPIONSHIP
BIRMINGHAM’S rash of hamstring injuries is in danger of becoming an epidemic and boss Steve Cotterill is desperate to get to the bottom of it.
Blues defender Maxime Colin was forced off injured in the 2-0 defeat to Brentford in midweek.
The 25-year-old full-back joins Isaac Vassell, Che Adams, Jota and Jason Lowe as Blues players who have all suffered similar injuries this season.
“They keep happening here,” said Cotterill. “There has been a spate of them this year.
“I don’t know why, especially someone like Maxime who you’d say is a fa...

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