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Chris Davies insists anyone who thought Birmingham City would waltz their way to promotion this season is ‘deluded’ in a dose of expectation management.

Blues’ owners Knighthead have made no secret of their ambition to win promotion to the Premier League this season after an expensively assembled squad blitzed League One in record-breaking style.

Davies was backed with 12 new signings in a summer overhaul that saw Blues attract the likes of Tommy Doyle, Demarai Gray, Kyogo Furuhashi and Marvin Ducksch.

But Blues have been found wanting in their first eight games at Championship level and needed a 99th minute strike from Gray to prevent a fourth league defeat in five to beleaguered Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday.

Still, Davies’ side are 11th in the early standings and th

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