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da dobrowin： Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce has been named in the shortlist for Championship Manager of the Month for JanuaryThe former Birmingham City boss has managed to guide the Villans to third place in the table.Ahead of this weekend’s Second City derby against the Blues, the team are just one point adrift of the top two automatic promotion spots.Villa have won their last six league games on the trot, and four of those came in January.The Midlands outfit earned victories over Bristol City, Nottingham Forest, Barnsley and Sheffield United.During that spell, the team found the back of the net 10 times and only conceded one goal.Bruce will fight it out with Birmingham boss Steve Cotterill, Daniel Farke of Norwich City and Fulham’s Slavisa Jokanovic for the gong.Some Villa supporters think that their manager deserves the award, while others are concerned that it carries a curse.