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Tue 05 May 2007Bruce hoping to learn from past mistakes on return to PremiershipEnglish Premiership:The prospect of facing Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal next season might have been uppermost in the minds of Birmingham's fans yesterday but Steve Bruce was inclined to look backwards rather than forwards.Recalling the coach journey after a 1-0 defeat at Barnsley three weeks ago, the Birmingham manager said he had felt tempted to "sit back and stick two fingers up" to some supporters in the wake of securing an immediate return to the Premiership.