By Dave Flett

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: Blues defender Marc Roberts
PICTURE: Alamy

BIRMINGHAM defender Marc Roberts has admitted the fact that only two players started more than three-quarters of the club’s league games in 2021-22 goes a long way to explaining a “rubbish” final position in the table.
Aside from Roberts and fellow defender Kristian Pedersen, nobody else kicked off more than 35 Championship contests for the St Andrew’s outfit and even they failed to make it to 40.
No side in the second tier had used more players than the 35 Lee Bowyer had called upon in the league before...