On the back of what was a relatively chaotic summer, Birmingham City will be pleased with their solid start to the season.

The Blues have seven points from four games and currently sit eighth in the Championship.

Their performances have at times been shaky, particularly in the 3-0 defeats by Nottingham Forest and Portsmouth, while they were fortunate to come away with three points after being dominated by Brentford on the opening weekend of the season.

However, some early wobbles are perhaps understandable after a summer in which they lost captain Michael Morrison, top-scorer Che Adams, and manager Garry Monk.

Pep Clotet stepped up from assistant manager in Monk’s place and, particularly on the back of the win against Barnsley, will probably be happy with the job he has done so far.

One thing the Spaniard has done well is involve some of the talented young players who have developed through the Blues academy, with Odin Bailey, Wes Harding and Steve Seddon having all featured for Birmingham this season.

Seddon has been able to feature at left-back for Clotet due to the injury of Maxime Colin and has been impressive for the most part, particularly against Barnsley when he caught the attention of many Blues fans.

With Colin understood to be back fit, it is understandable that the Birmingham boss would want to bring the experienced French defender back in but he should refrain from doing that and continue to put faith in Seddon.

The 21-year-old has been solid defensively for the Blues and helped them to keep clean sheets in both the Championship games he has started.

His individual defensive statistics also indicate that he is an asset to Clotet at the back–the Englishman has averaged 4.2 interceptions per game, 3.15 clearances and has won 70% of his defensive duels, according to Wyscout.

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It is perhaps his exploits going forward that have caught the eye more than anything else in his brief spell for the Birmingham senior side. The academy product has provided an assist in both the games he has started and his ball for the second goal against Barnsley showed that he can produce moments of brilliance.

Seddon is a promising young player and, having been given his debut by Clotet at the start of the season, has proven to be an asset on the field already. The defender is likely to only get better as he develops and the best way for him to do that is surely regular first-team opportunities.

It looks a win-win in my eyes, the left-back is producing good performances and keeping him in the team will likely see him get even better–Clotet should resist the urge to bring Colin back in because Seddon is an investment that seems to already be paying dividends.