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By Neil Moxley John Ruddy stood up to be counted as ran the rule over the wreckage of Birmingham’s relegation. The home skipper admitted the squad wasn’t good enough, slammed the ‘self-inflicted’ wound of appointing Wayne Rooney and asking him to play ‘no fear football’ and apologised for the club’s drop into League One. Ruddy was brutally honest as he dissected the failure to stay in the Championship as results elsewhere on the final day conspired against them. He said: “This was a good performance – but it had to be – because, ultimately, over the course of 46 games the league table doesn’t …

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