{"id":284469,"date":"2011-02-28T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/28\/birmingham-city-goalkeeper-ben-foster-hails-%e2%80%98fantastic%e2%80%99-roger-johnson-after-league-cup-final-win\/"},"modified":"2011-02-28T12:55:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T12:55:00","slug":"birmingham-city-goalkeeper-ben-foster-hails-fantastic-roger-johnson-after-league-cup-final-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/28\/birmingham-city-goalkeeper-ben-foster-hails-fantastic-roger-johnson-after-league-cup-final-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham City goalkeeper Ben Foster hails \u2018fantastic\u2019 Roger Johnson after League Cup final win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Daniel Tyler<\/h3>\n<h4>28 Feb 2011 12:55:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"68.2068651276\">\n<div readability=\"17.5819672131\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FA Cup : Neil Mellor - Roger Johnson, Birmingham City v Sheffield Wednesday(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/53a8fb63124330_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>FA Cup : Neil Mellor &#8211; Roger Johnson, Birmingham City v Sheffield Wednesday(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"36.7794432548\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/13424\/benjamin-foster\">Ben Foster<\/a> has heaped praise on defender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/21310\/roger-johnson\">Roger Johnson<\/a> following <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/103\/birmingham-city\">Birmingham City<\/a>&#8216;s 2-1 League Cup final win against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Obafemi Martins pounced on a mix-up in the Gunners&#8217; back line with just a minute remaining to win the cup for the Blues, who had man of the match Foster to thank for a number of saves in the match.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson joined from Cardiff in June 2009 and his accomplished displays have linked him with a move away from St Andrew&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Foster has been impressed by his centre-back and admits he is not surprised that other clubs are interested.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Roger is always key for us,&#8221; Foster told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe&#8217;s been a huge part of our team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You see the teams he is linked with week in week out, and it&#8217;s justified really.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some of his performances have been absolutely fantastic and he&#8217;s a very big player for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Foster concedes that every player has their price but is hoping Johnson will stay at the Midlands club.<\/p>\n<p>The 26 year-old added: &#8220;With the amount of money some teams have, everybody has their price.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need him playing for us, doing the job he does for us. You can see the look on his face every game he plays.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He loves it, he loves to be in front of the firing line and getting involved, so that will hopefully keep him at the club longer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/53a8fb63124330_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2920\/league-cup\/2011\/02\/28\/2372675\/birmingham-city-goalkeeper-ben-foster-hails-fantastic-roger\" title=\"Birmingham City goalkeeper Ben Foster hails \u2018fantastic\u2019 Roger Johnson after League Cup final win\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Birmingham City goalkeeper Ben Foster hails \u2018fantastic\u2019 Roger Johnson after League Cup final win<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Daniel Tyler 28 Feb 2011 12:55:00 FA Cup : Neil Mellor &#8211; Roger Johnson, Birmingham City v Sheffield Wednesday(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Ben Foster has heaped praise on defender Roger Johnson following Birmingham City &#8216;s 2-1 League Cup final win against Arsenal on Sunday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-284469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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