Birmingham building to become 'proper Premier League team'
Birmingham City boss Chris Davies says the disappointment of likely missing the Championship play-offs should not mask a season of progress.
Chris Davies became Birmingham City boss in July 2024 [Getty Images] Birmingham City boss Chris Davies has accepted the Championship play-offs are out of their grasp but believes they are progressing as a club. Blues are 11th in the table, 10 points short of the play-off places with seven games remaining but Davies is keen they do not coast to the end of the season. "We're trying to make sure we finish the season strongly," he told BBC Radio WM.
"There was a hope you can go and get in the Premier League at the first time of asking for us which it would be coming up from League One. "What's clear is I do think we've made progress this year. We've been competitive but not as consistent as I'd like us to be.
" Birmingham won the League One title last season with a record haul of 111 points, losing only three games and Davies now thinks they can learn from this season to mount a challenge for promotion. "Where we position ourselves now is a club, a team and me as a manager very confident I'll be more successful here and get this club to the Premier League and stay there," he added. "What we've seen in recent years is teams who do go from League One and straight up, they don't last long normally in the Premier League.
"Teams like Brentford, Brighton and teams who get there and stay there, they grow and build their team and infrastructure where they can actually be proper Premier League teams and I believe that's what we'll do here with me as manager. "