Comments on: Who’s time is up?

By: darren

darren — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:56:20 +0000

WHY oh WHY have we let STEPHEN KELLY go? an absolute mystery.

I think we should rid ourselves of, firstly the dead wood,

1. Bent (an absolute waste of ink on the team sheet) another Mike Newell/Eddie Newton.
2. Martin Taylor (very prone to dropping absolute boll**ks)
3. Bowyer (he’s never gonna be mentally any good look at how he lost his head and us the game against preston)
4. Shroot (lets face it he will never play for us and is costing us wages)

Secondly players we could recoup some money on,

1. Larsson (his heart is just not blue anymore offer him to brucie for 5 to 6 million before he’s worth nothing)
2. Jerome (this kid has pace to burn but when he gets by them white sticks he finishes like a defender)
3. McSheffrey (I like him but sometimes players just need to move on)
4. Doyle (hes not ever going to get a real shot at our no1 spot so be kind let him go)

Thirdly,

Do not waste any more good money on transfers for players like johnson 5 mil!? or a long season of misery awiats!

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:11:22 +0000

Let Larsson go – we would get good money for him. He is a good player but I think he gave up on Birmingham after relegation. His tone is not one of being committed to the Blues.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:50:53 +0000

Bent was non-existent last season, didn’t see the point in signing him at the time and I don’t see the point in keeping him now. Big Eck is doing a good job so far with the transfers of Dann, and Benitez with possibly Barry Ferguson, Joe Hart and David Edgar to follow. I’d let Lee Bowyer go elsewhere though, he did the job required last season but he’d get lost in the Premiership at this stage of his career. I was disappointed we didn’t keep Artur Krysiak on and let Doyle go instead. Apparently Nigel Spink rated Krysiak very highly and saw him taking Maik’s place eventually.

With the others I think Tiny and McSheff need to move on now and maybe Phillips in January as I reckon the Premiership defenders might be too much for him this season. We could still do with some creativity in the middle, someone like Mauro Zarate!!

By: Robdogs

Robdogs — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:54:32 +0000

I think Bent should go because he contributes very little and I bet he’s on a decent wage too. He’s always managed to find a club in the past, we wouldn’t struggle to sell him. I’m ambivalent about O’Connor but I’d keep McSheffrey. When he’s playing with confidence he gives us something we won’t have if he leaves, which is goals from a midfield position. Jerome must stay, the squad has very little pace as it is, and he frightens defenders even if he needs to work on his finishing.

By: Tony D

Tony D — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:39:14 +0000

If, as reports suggest, we have effectively signed Espinoza, and are on the brink of signing Roger Johnson and Gooch, then that would mean four new centre backs through the door (with Scott Dann’s signing already announced). Then there’s Ridge to come back, making five centre backs in the squad.

I think Quedrue’s place is fairly safe for the coming season, unless we buy another left back, especially given his versatility. However, Tiny’s days look numbered. If all the centre backs mentioned above come in, then we’ll see him sold. If not, then we might see him put out on loan (with a recall clause) to a Chamionship side with an option for them to buy him in due course.

P.S. Now that Jordi Gomez has decided to go to Wigan, you might want to remove his name from the poll, and add Nemanja Matic.