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D J missing ?

Bristol City will lose Bryan this summer, no wonder they are looking to replace him with someone Lee Johnson has worked with before (Oldham), so I wouldn’t be surprised to see him go there for the money. However because of the Bryan fee they want being reported to be around £8m, and he is in the last year of his contract then I can’t see why we can’t hold out for somewhere close to £3-4m for DJ. As others on here have said, on his day he is one of the best in the division. Likewise under Johnson he may flourish and therefore could be worth double/triple what they get him for within a couple of years.
 
portisheadpete said:
Agree entirely with your last point. Gallaher and DJ are two of our most creative players who have that bit of extra time on the ball. No point buying a striker and then reduce the creative supply line, even if its from the bench.
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Supply lines are useless if they are only there on odd occasions and ineffective for half of them.!!
 
boltons1 said:
Bristol City will lose Bryan this summer, no wonder they are looking to replace him with someone Lee Johnson has worked with before (Oldham), so I wouldn’t be surprised to see him go there for the money. However because of the Bryan fee they want being reported to be around £8m, and he is in the last year of his contract then I can’t see why we can’t hold out for somewhere close to £3-4m for DJ. As others on here have said, on his day he is one of the best in the division. Likewise under Johnson he may flourish and therefore could be worth double/triple what they get him for within a couple of years.
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If they replace a left back with a centre midfielder, they're probably not going to be chuffed.
 
budgierustler said:
Our ambition is to be in the Premiership...ask yourself is he a player who could help us get there.

Expectations will be high next season...rightly or wrongly.
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Hmmm, at his best a skilful, attacking midfielder with plenty of goals and assists in him would be an asset to any team at any level.

But, for whatever reasons he's not really progressed in the last two seasons. My instinct is that he's lost his way here a bit for whatever reason and we may as well cash in but I've been fairly critical of Browne previously for similar reasons (i.e. seemed to have stood still, didn't really seem to have a defined role) and he's stepped up so I'm mindful that I probably know fuck all!

So with Johnson, whats the problem? Do we know how to use him, does he not fit into Neil's style, has he gone stale at the club? Can Neil get the best out of him again?
 
GloucesterPete said:
Yes he's got talent but he's lazy. Not enough energy for me to play the way AN wants us to. Goes missing for long spells because he can't be arsed.
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He has some talent but nowhere near the level people seem to think he does.

Berbatov, McGeady, are incredibly lazy players, but have the talent at their respective levels to make an impact. For DJ to be effective he needs to be lively and carrying the ball forward, if he cant be arsed to do that he hasnt the technical ability to start pinging crossfielders from deep, and hence doesnt feature in games
 
boltons1 said:
Bristol City will lose Bryan this summer, no wonder they are looking to replace him with someone Lee Johnson has worked with before (Oldham), so I wouldn’t be surprised to see him go there for the money. However because of the Bryan fee they want being reported to be around £8m, and he is in the last year of his contract then I can’t see why we can’t hold out for somewhere close to £3-4m for DJ. As others on here have said, on his day he is one of the best in the division. Likewise under Johnson he may flourish and therefore could be worth double/triple what they get him for within a couple of years.
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On his day, he is not even one of the best midfielders in the North End team.
 
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