Steve Cotterill targeting Premier League with Birmingham after taking charge of beleaguered Blues
Birmingham are third-bottom of the Championship table heading into a two-week international break that Cotterill wants to make the most of
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Your support makes all the difference.Steve Cotterill is targeting promotion with Birmingham but knows he has work to do if he is to guide the rock-bottom Blues back to the Promised Land.
The 53-year-old was appointed on Friday replacing Harry Redknapp on a two-and-a-half-year contract and watched from the stands the following day as his side were thrashed 6-1 at Hull.
That result left Birmingham third-bottom of the Championship table heading into a two-week international break that Cotterill wants to make the most of.
"For this club the Premier League is everything. It is a Premier League club," he said. "The people who work here are Premier League. We have Premier League supporters and a Premier League fanbase. And we have to make sure we do our best to get back up there.
"But that is a long-term plan. The short-term plan is to get away from a relegation zone. There has to be a short-term plan for every long-term plan. My priority is to get on the training ground with the players. That is where I want to be.
"I want to get to know the lads. I only had about a month with them last season. It takes a long time to get the ingredients for a person and work out what makes them tick.
"They will have a manager who will be strong, but a manager who will be strongly behind them."
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