Daily Mirror

Troy: Blues not the real deal yet

- BY BRENDAN McLOUGHLIN

Birmingham v Sunderland Championsh­ip, kick-off 8pm

TROY DEENEY has warned that surprise package Birmingham can become even better – but must not get carried away.

Blues go into tonight’s visit of Sunderland having lost just once in their last eight games.

They are 10th in the Championsh­ip and just three points off the play-off positions after being tipped in some quarters for relegation.

But forward Deeney (above) said: “It’s not time to get excited, not at all. I feel like we’re a work in progress,

“We’re getting people buying into it, which is great but there is still loads of work to do to progress us to being a genuine top-10 team.

“We have to keep our feet on the ground.”

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