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Tuesday Blues for Ian Holloway as EFL Trophy clash with Birmingham throws up selection conundrums

Birmingham City visit the County Ground on Tuesday (January 14) in the last 16 of the competition, and Holloway has various availability and fitness concerns to weigh up as he picks his starting XI.

13.01.25, 11:38 Updated 05.06.25, 20:09 6 Minute Read

Sam Morshead

Sam Morshead

Ian Holloway faces several selection conundrums in the EFL Trophy, as he tries to balance the protection of his key players and the club's desire to progress one step closer to Wembley.

Birmingham City visit the County Ground on Tuesday (January 14) in the last 16 of the competition, and Holloway has various availability and fitness concerns to weigh up as he picks his starting XI.

George Cox's broken foot diagnosis was revoked over the weekend, with Town reporting that - after further specialist advice - no fracture of the left-back's medial cuneiform has actually taken place.

Cox had been in a cast for a week but was back at Beversbrook on Monday morning (January 13) and walking as normal.

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