By Richard Bailey Last updated: 23rd December 2008
Quashie: Extended loan stay
Birmingham City have announced that on-loan West Ham midfielder Nigel Quashie has extended his loan at the club.
The midfielder has played ten times for Alex McLeish's men this campaign after missing the majority of last season with an ankle injury.
The Scotland international will now stay at St Andrew's until 17th January and McLeish believes that he has earned the extra month.
The former Rangers boss also insists that the 30-year-old can improve and get even fitter during his extra time at the Championship club.
"We've extended the loan for another month," McLeish told the club's official website.
"We've got Nigel to a level of fitness where we've worked hard with him and he has steadily improved, so I think he's worth another month.
"But I think he can bring more and we've got four of five games left where he can perform for us before his time is up and then we can look at things depending on how the form has gone.
"We have to keep the incentive there for Nigel and keep pushing him to get to an even better level than he's at, because he's done well for us in recent weeks.
"There's a little bit of pressure on him but for me that's what good players thrive on and if he responds to that and gives us a good return and the team get winning again then I think there's scope for something else to be done."
Meanwhile 19-year-old goalkeeper Artur Krysiak has returned to St Andrew's after a brief spell on loan at fellow Championship side Swansea.
The teenager made just two starts for Roberto Martinez's side, both against the Blues' promotion rivals and league leaders Wolves in October.

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| Time | Fixture |
|---|---|
| Sunday 12th July | |
| Friendly Match | |
| 15:00 | Grays vs West Ham |
| Saturday 18th July | |
| Friendly Match | |
| 15:00 | Cambridge Utd vs West Ham |
| Friday 24th July | |
| Friendly Match | |
| 19:45 | Thurrock vs West Ham |
| Saturday 8th August | |
| Friendly Match | |
| 15:00 | West Ham vs Napoli |
| Saturday 15th August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Wolverhampton vs West Ham |
| Saturday 22nd August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | West Ham vs Tottenham |
| Saturday 29th August | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Blackburn vs West Ham |
| Saturday 12th September | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Wigan vs West Ham |
| Saturday 19th September | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | West Ham vs Liverpool |
| Saturday 26th September | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Man City vs West Ham |
| Saturday 3rd October | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | West Ham vs Fulham |
| Time | Result |
|---|---|
| Sunday 24th May | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| West Ham 2 - 1 Middlesbrough | |
| Saturday 16th May | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Everton 3 - 1 West Ham | |
| Saturday 9th May | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| West Ham 0 - 3 Liverpool | |
| Saturday 2nd May | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Stoke 0 - 1 West Ham | |
| Saturday 25th April | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| West Ham 0 - 1 Chelsea | |
| Saturday 18th April | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Aston Villa 1 - 1 West Ham | |
| Saturday 11th April | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Tottenham 1 - 0 West Ham | |
| Saturday 4th April | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| West Ham 2 - 0 Sunderland | |
| Saturday 21st March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Blackburn 1 - 1 West Ham | |
| Monday 16th March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| West Ham 0 - 0 West Brom | |
| Wednesday 4th March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Wigan 0 - 1 West Ham | |
| Sunday 1st March | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| West Ham 1 - 0 Man City | |
| Wednesday 25th February | |
| The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON | |
| Middlesbrough 2 - 0 West Ham | |
| Saturday 21st February | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Bolton 2 - 1 West Ham | |
| Saturday 14th February | |
| The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON | |
| West Ham 1 - 1 Middlesbrough | |
| Sunday 8th February | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| West Ham 0 - 1 Man Utd | |
| Saturday 31st January | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Arsenal 0 - 0 West Ham | |
| Wednesday 28th January | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| West Ham 2 - 0 Hull | |
| Saturday 24th January | |
| The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON | |
| Hartlepool 0 - 2 West Ham | |
| Sunday 18th January | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| West Ham 3 - 1 Fulham | |
| Pos | Team | P | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Sunderland | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | West Ham United | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | 0 |
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