Birmingham City warrior Roger Johnson causing concern

Nov 5 2010 by Colin Tattum, Birmingham Mail

ROGER Johnson is in danger of losing his Premier League ever present record - and plunging Blues into a defensive reshuffle.

Johnson has not trained all week after taking a nasty whack on the ankle from Nigel Reo-Coker in the Villa derby.

He will have a late fitness test before it is decided whether he can line up against West Ham United tomorrow.

Alex McLeish said: "Knowing the character of the guy, he will probably make it. But we will do a fitness test on him to make sure we’re satisfied because Roger would probably play with a plaster on his leg.

"The key to this is if we play him and it then jeopardises him for a month or two months, because he’s a vital component of the team, of the squad.

"We also have Martin Jiranek there waiting in the wings there, who has shown he is capable.

"But obviously Roger and Scott Dann are the men in pole position and it’s not a part of the team that I like to disrupt."

Johnson has not missed a league match since joining Blues for £5 million from Cardiff City two summers ago.