Tuesday, January 7
Jolly Roger
West Ham have signed Wolves' Roger Johnson on loan for the rest of the season. Something of a gamble but we need another body in defence. Johnson looked very impressive when he was in partnership with Scott Danns at Birmingham and had a great game when they won 1-0 at West Ham (but then everyone always has a great game against us). He also played in City's League Cup-winning side. But his career has gone off the rails since joining Wolves for £4.5m. He was fined and apologised for turning up 'drunk' at training after Wolves' 5-1 defeat by WBA and was made available by Wolves after relegation to League 1. Most recently he's been on loan at Sheffield Wednesday. Could be a decent player again if he still has the hunger and Allardyce can install some discipline in him.
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My feelings veer between stunned! Completely underwhelmed to extremely disappointed! With ginge and tonks due back shortly (court case allowing!), the only reason I can see for signing the drunken Jonah is to provide cover at centre half against city away! Maybe a little harsh but that's all the positives I can find!
He was quite good once but agree a risk! Though we only have to pay his salary for half a season and we're desperate… The owners should know about his character from his Birmingham days so must think he can be redeemed as a PL player and not a bad character. We shall see.
Roger Johnson has the turning circle of the titanic, very slow, clumsy challanges and is poor in the air. 3 relegations in a row say it all.
Oh dear - doesn't sound too promising… in the days of Hart, Danns and Johnson at Birmingham they looked a solid defence. Though that was a long time ago now. Can he be worse than playing full-backs in the middle? Let's see how he does tonight.
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