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The determination among Birmingham City’s players is clear for all to hear.

Blues return to Brentford on Tuesday night - scene of their heaviest and most humbling defeat of last season.

Steve Cotterill’s team were hammered 5-0 at Griffin Park in February - a painful night for everyone associated with the club - and particularly for the three players who had swapped Bees for Blues just a few months earlier.

Jota, Maxime Colin and Harlee Dean all played that evening - and are determined to put that behind them.

“We don’t talk a lot about last season, because we can’t change it,” Jota said.

“For me I had a happy time at Brentford and had good friends there. I have a lot of respect for Brentford but I want to win against them and if I can score all the better.

“It is 100 per cent a better Birmingham team going there on Tuesday than the one that lost last year.

“It’s like two different teams. We have a completely different shape. But we need to keep our levels because every game is different.”

Harlee Dean has also had his say ahead of his second return to his former club, telling Blues News - adding his determination to do well.

“If we go there the way we’ve been performing, with the plan the gaffer sets out, then I’m sure we’ll be alright,” Dean told the match-day programme.

“Obviously it wasn’t an enjoyable experience for the team, and for me, last season.

“The comments I made before the home game against Brentford were blown out of proportion, but that’s football.

“I just hope I nod one in against them and get a bit of revenge.”

And Lukas Jutkiewicz, goal scoring hero of Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Ipswich , also made reference to last season’s fixture.

“That result stung massively, particularly for the lads that were at Brentford before,” Jutkiewicz told bcfc.com.

“For everyone involved with the club it was a tough one to take. They did the double over us last season as well.

“That’s something to really motivate everyone, not that you’d need it with three points up for grabs, but it certainly adds a bit of flavour to it.”