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January Days
With thoughts already firmly looking forward to the Summer transfer window, what is to be made of the January Days just past and the Blues’ transfer business?
The only incoming was Joshua King. This was to be expected and both Carlo Ancelotti and Marcel Brands had made it clear that the Club was not looking to bring in players during January. It was clear with the loan move by Cenk Tosun that the Toffees were short up front. King was in the last 6 months of his contract at Bournemouth and the Blues beat Fulham to his signature.
King had a record of 53 goals in 184 appearances for Bournemouth. Okay. but not stellar. It also has to be noted his goalscoring prowess has been mostly non-existent over the last couple of seasons. He has not scored a league goal in the Championship for Bournemouth this season before his move to the Blues. It would seem we have loaned a misfiring striker out and replaced him with another misfiring striker. On the plus side, King has been si
Lambert: Few Will Expect Us to Get Anything at Boro But Anybody s Beatable on the Day
Friday, 28th Dec 2018 12:11
Town boss Paul Lambert knows few people will expect his team to take anything from Saturday s trip to Middlesbrough, but says anybody’s beatable on any given day.
The bottom-of-the-table Blues go into the game seven points behind 21st-placed Rotherham United with a goal difference six worse than the Millers’, while Boro are fifth despite having lost 1-0 to Sheffield Wednesday at the Riverside on Boxing Day and having won only one of their last seven in all competitions.
“Another game where a lot of people won’t expect us to get anything, but we’re playing well, I’ve got no worries on that issue,” Lambert said.