Boss seeks an answer to Kyogo conundrum!

A FULL-STRENGTH Blues side breezed to a 2-0 victory at Port Vale on Saturday in their penultimate preseason friendly.

- By ALEX DICKEN

Chris Davies fielded five new signings in his starting XI but it was two of last season’s regulars who bagged the goals.

Keshi Anderson opened the scoring with his second preseason strike before Willum Willumsson stepped off the bench in the second half to fire home right-footed.

Blues only have next weekend's game against Nottingham Forest to come before they open the Championship season against promotion favourites Ipswich. Here are the talking points from Vale Park.

Blues need to work with Kyogo

There are no guarantees Kyogo Furuhashi will replicate the stunning goalscoring statistics he recorded at Celtic. It is rare for a striker to score 20-plus goals in the Championship these days so anywhere close to that figure would make the transfer deal worthwhile.

Once again Kyogo made some decisive movements during a 65-minute outing without troubling home goalkeeper Marko Marosi.