S-Clarke

Kjaer is an interesting one, I'd have said no chance, but Wolfsburg want shot - they have come out and said they want him gone by the end of the window, and after his pretty average showing at Roma last year (when he was on loan) there aren't a great deal of ''Top takers''. No harm in trying, he's available for under £5m too.

2 words - Jos Hoovield. Celtic fans said exactly the same. Some clubs just don't fit a player for whatever reason.

Bit harsh, I don't think he was that bad if I'm honest. He got caught by being 2 high up quite a few times, but that was more down to their tactics than anything. As a CB i see him more of a sweeper who is there to play alongside a more dominant CB who wins all the headers, Dann seems to be more of a ''reader'' and a positional centre half. He was rated highly at Birmingham, and even though they say he is quite slow, they all rated him much higher than Johnson.

Exactly, 1 player does not relegate a team, it's a collective failure which often boils down to the manager. As it did with Blackburn who had more than enough quality to stay up if managed in the right way.

Football rivalry is all well and good, but he just took it way too far.

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Dann was always far better than Johnson for me, he had far better ability on the ball. He's not the quickest but could read the game fairly well. And is strong aerially. Good player.

Brum fans seem to agree that Dann was the better player of the 2 though. His reading of the game and interceptions seems to be his main quality. (and to be fair, NA bangs on about the CB's winning their interceptions all the time)

I'm prepared to put my trust into NA and co, they don't do transfers lightly and alot of previous work will have gone on. They'd have been aware of his attributes last season and if they think he can improve us and add competition then I'm all for it. We all went off on one when we signed Hoovield, but he turned out to be a legend.

Their general opinion seems to be that Dann and Johnson were a partnership, and one with out the other was useless. Their opinion is that the injury to Dann was the reason they got relegated, not because of his quality, but because of the partnership he had with Johnson. They seem to think that if we have another solid, leading experienced CB here then he could slot in well alongside them. But he's apparently pretty slow and has the turning rate of a tanker.

Trying to get hold of some Brum views.

Anyone decent would lose their way at Blackburn, look at Pederson as an example. Obviously quality, but has been diluted by the ****ness of that club.

yep

If we want info on this signing, I think we're best off listening to what Birmingham and Coventry City fans have to say about him. He went to blackburn when they were in a mess, with a manager who hasn't got a scooby. It's not an environment for anyone to thrive, so even a half decent player will not look as good.

7pm on Sunday 19th of August?

Probably, but thought I'd throw it out there. It's clear we're interested very strongly though.

I think Davis will also be bloody important for us, I think he's going to be a star in the middle of the park. Top, Top player.

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mid-table, if we finished 17th NA would be out of the door simply because we'd have lost most weeks. I think we all know we won't win like we have been winning, but I'm sure the expectation amongst the staff and the players is to do AT LEAST as well as Norwich/Swansea. Anything less and there will be departures I'm sure.

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I love it when people come out with over the top statements like this, he clearly isn't. We've had many worse.

Robben

Alan Nixon has just confirmed that he's not really following the Lens deal, so this isn't the one that will be featured in the paper later. The player he's chasing (that we have moved for apparently) will be a starter according to a latest tweet.

If he gets his head down and works hard then I don't have a problem with his involvement next year. Tevez was written off by most City fans, and then helped them win the league.

I'd expect to see Ward-Prowse used a fair bit next year as he's a class act, and is more than good enough to play in the PL with ease. Stephens is maturing into a pretty accomplished player and I think it's safe to say that he's now considered as one of our CB's - with Martin being loaned out I can't see us letting Stephens go as well, so he's part of the squad for next year which could reduce the need of CB's to just the 1. When you get to the point of buying lots of new players ''because the kids aren't ready'', then you put yourselves into a situation where you are blocking them and filling up the squad with squad players. With the investment that is pumped into our academy and training ground I'm pretty sure that isn't part of their plan.