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Goalkeeper Beadle 'OK' but being monitored – Davies

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James Beadle gives his defence some instructions before a set-piece
James Beadle is with Birmingham City on season-long loan from Premier League Brighton and Hove Albion [Getty Images]

Birmingham City head coach says they will "continue to monitor" goalkeeper James Beadle in the build up to Saturday's Championship match against Charlton.

Beadle suffered an eye injury after colliding with his team-mate Jonathan Panzo in the 20th minute of Monday's 3-1 home defeat by automatic-promotion chasers Middlesbrough.

The 21-year-old Brighton loanee carried on playing after initial treatment, with Blues 1-0 down at the time, and finished the match.

"He's OK," Davies told BBC Radio WM. "He's obviously had all the checks during the game, half-time and after the game and everything else.

"He's obviously been monitored as you normally would do with that, but he's OK.

"To my understanding, his vision was okay and he felt fine, but it ended up being a difficult period for him between that and half-time.

"Obviously the way we were playing was forcing a lot of pressure on to him as well. He's had all the checks and we're monitoring him."

Defeat by Boro was Blues' second in six days and left them eight points adrift of the play-off places as they prepare for their trip to the Valley.

Despite the setback, Davies said he has been reminding his players to stay focussed as they enter the remaining 11 games of the season.

"The message is, as always, you've got to dust yourself down very quickly and be ready for the next game," he said.

"We know we can be better. Of course, there's disappointment, frustration, but my job is to guide the players through this, to lead the team and pick them up when they need picking up and tell them when we need to be better.

"But there's no problem with our work ethic, our desire to give everything.

"If we do that for every game, then I'll certainly be happy that we're really rinsing out everything we can and then we'll see where we finish."

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