Blues line up

Why are some people writing off the strikers before we've even kicked a ball in anger.

No-one can get really competative in a warm up/friendly when it's all about fitness levels and muscle toning.

Come the real battle, the likes of Rooney will show their true worth.

If he is lazy, I'm sure he will told. Very loudly.

KRO

I don't think anyone's writing Rooney off. He just looks a bit lonely with Zig, Cam and King injured. Zig will need to prove some level of fitness before anyone's likely to take his wages off our hands, which is really the issue there.

For me the core of any great team is miserly goalie, stalwart central defenders, crafty playmaker, who nicks some long range goals and a deadly striker. Get that right and you can mess around with the rest.

I suspect Myhill, Caldwell and Davies are good enough for the top six of the championship. (Carr, Murphy and Ridge too).

Haven't seen enough of our attacking midfield or strikers to know if we have the right stuff there, but think that's where we should spend any pennies we have left after the dust settles. Fahey might be up to it and I fancy Beausejour at this level, but attacking midfielder and sharp striker please. Preferably both young. We've got enough experience.

They are the flair + expensive pieces of the puzzle and we've been lacking there for a long, long time.

KRO

Hats off to Banjokid and the op I share your optimism and I am definately looking forward to our team turning a few a heads this season and to those who will mock I really don't care. I have switched off to all negativity as I will admit I have succumbed to it in the last few months but not any more. Sod it. Bring it on. Cest la vie. We have a fantastic manager trying to create a squad with no money and I think he isn't far off (despite losing Dann and jerome, maybe zigic, if/when fit) that can survive this season with an outside chance of play offs. KRO

For once I agree with jh that team will struggle in the championship league one next season me thinks

I think you may need to change your name Moxey, as only the rag that is the express and star are reporting that you got Johnson for £4.5M, all other more worth media outlets are saying we got £7M for him.

As for the squad, I still think it is a little light at the moment. I think there will be still a few players to go out ie Jerome, Dann and Zigic. I also think that CH will still bring a few more players in, possibly just loans but I can see 3-5 players coming through our dorr beforwe 01/09/2011.

Once Dann got injured you could see that Johnson was far less effective... clearly shown by Pavs late winner against us on the last day of the season...

4.5M... 7M, either way he is not the player they think he is

Ha ha typical!! Last season when Capello announced england squads the amount of blues fans moaning that Johnson was not in the mix was unbelievable. now he has moved on to further his career with a bigger club and he ain't all that!!!! sour grapes me thinks!

Ho are Wolves a bigger club than blues? Becasue you won the league when the fans that now attend games weren't even born?

Who knows with Johnson.

I can beleave we would sell for £4M if we was desperate as we had no cash flow.

But how would Wolves know we would sell for that.

They offered £6M and we rejected it, i cant see McCarthy then going "ha ok, lets now offer £4M because their owner has his assets frozen"

A Wolves fan told me that they paid between £3-3.5M cash plus further 3 installments of £500K (provided Wolves are in Prem) and the rest is addons depending on appearence and performances.

so that means he could cost them at least £4.5-5M but upto about £6.5M if all addons met.

If thats True who knows, i dont think Wolves would have paid £7M cash and i dont think we would have sold for £4M cash so i think it could be in the middle but based on addons.


The KiD