Lukas Jutkiewicz Named Player of the Month

[The Palace Fan]

Birmingham City striker Lukas Jutkiewicz has been named the Sky Bet Championship Player of the Month for October.

In the form of his Championship life, the striker demonstrated his prowess in the air with three towering headers among his five goals, which included a hat-trick against Rotherham. Also set up his side's winning goal at Stoke.

Jutkiewicz said: "It is lovely to pick up this award. I very much appreciate it, but it has been a good month for us as a team, we have picked up a lot of points and managed to turn what was a lot of draws into the wins that we wanted.

"I think a lot of the credit goes to my team mates. I rely on the service they provide and that has been top quality, so have to thank them for that.

"Playing regularly helps. Since the manager has come in I have played in all the games and it helps with your confidence to know that a manager is willing pick you week in, week out."