Well this certainly is a bit of a quandary to pose.
All of them would no doubt add value to the current side, one that isn’t exactly known for tearing through the league in terms of goals this season, but if you only had to pick one, who would it be?
That was the question that @BluesFocus put to fans the other day on social media. They wanted to know which of Mikael Forssell, Che Adams or Kevin Phillips would be the best player to put into the current side.
Each of them had pretty good scoring records for the Blues, with Forssell scoring 33 in 110 games, Adams getting 38 in 123 and Phillips scoring 22 in 82, although given they each did it in different eras and across differing divisions, it’s hard to call it based off just the numbers alone.
Was Forssell our best forward this side of the year 2000?
Yes
No
Although perhaps the fact that only one of them did it purely against Premier League opposition means that one player got a significantly larger share of the vote than the other two.
Loved all 3 but @MikaelForssell fully fit and on fire in that season was a sight to behold – everytime he got the ball you felt he was going to score!
— Dave Summerfield (@daveysum) June 16, 2020
Anyone who has not replied Forssell needs to check themselves in for an evaluation 🤷🏻♂️
— Conway M (@conwaybcfc) June 16, 2020
Love them all but, Forssell all day long
— Eamonn Prescott (@EamonnPrescott) June 16, 2020
Forssell or you're wrong.
— Aaron (@RoundhouseAaron) June 16, 2020
Forsell and tbh it’s not even close. Man was a god
— KW (@Kieran994245761) June 16, 2020
The disrespect of even asking the question! #bcfc
— Lee Bird (@LeeBird1978) June 16, 2020
100%. 💙💙💙✊
— Alan Elwell (@elwell_alan) June 16, 2020
What about you? Who would you pick in this situation?
Mikael Forssell, though I’d have loved to have had Phillips when he was a bit younger. I often wonder if we would have stayed up after the Carling cup win if McLeish had played Phillips alongside Jerome for a couple of games He scored a wonderful goal in the FA Cup that year but hardly got another lookin that season.