Birmingham fullback Parnaby shakes off ankle injury

Birmingham City fullback Stuart Parnaby has shaken off the ankle injury suffered in the draw against Portsmouth.

Just two Blues players now remain on sidelines - Lee Carsley who his recovering from an ankle injury, and Garry O'Connor, who had an operation on his hips.

"Parnaby is okay now and he's training again," confirmed Alex McLeish to bcfc.com.

"We didn't do the scan. The doc felt he was going to recover quickly, so it was good judgement by the doctor.

"There's just Carsley and O'Connor out now.

"Other than that everybody is looking for a place (against Sunderland) although Tainio can't play because he's a Sunderland player and the rules preclude that."