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Daniel Johnson: Perfect 10

Daniel Johnson: Perfect 10

He must have been spurred on by his best mate Robbo's move to a Prem club!

I was critical of DJ in the summer.. even said I'd drive him to Wigan! He's certainly making me eat a bit of humble pie now. He's been immense this season and long may his form continue.
 
Brilliant stuff.

DJ proving his detractors wrong once again, as he does every season. Johnson is a player whose contribution can be measured in points per season, and he's surely worth 10 to us at least.

So many were clamouring for experienced personnel to be purchased in the summer, yet a criminally high number of posters would have been happy to see the back of a player entering his 5th consecutive season at this level, with an excellent goals record to match, to a local rival for a relative pittance. I am so glad we kept hold of someone who is on par with Gallagher as the most gifted footballer in our squad.
 
Doc Brown said:
Brilliant stuff.

DJ proving his detractors wrong once again, as he does every season. Johnson is a player whose contribution can be measured in points per season, and he's surely worth 10 to us at least.

So many were clamouring for experienced personnel to be purchased in the summer, yet a criminally high number of posters would have been happy to see the back of a player entering his 5th consecutive season at this level, with an excellent goals record to match, to a local rival for a relative pittance. I am so glad we kept hold of someone who is on par with Gallagher as the most gifted footballer in our squad.
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Agree with most of this, and I was guilty of saying I wouldn’t be heartbroken to see him leave.

That said, DJ is playing at a level of ability and consistency way above what he has played before even in his good patches. Long may it continue
 
Aitch said:
And yet against Boro still dropped him deep. Wonder what his thinking was with that.
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From AN's comments in the media it sounds like he expected boro to come at us and so wanted Browne's pressing at AM. He also needed to give Gally a rest. DJ's now proved that when played at AM he's a match for anybody. We should keep him there, let other clubs worry about us, and if Gally needs a rest play Bayliss as a deep lying playmaker as he looked decent against Hull. No critism to AN (his tactics have been superb this season and the reason for many wins and I think DJ has surprised us all), but if DJ carries on as he's been going we need to build around him in his preferred position .
 
Delaney said:
From AN's comments in the media it sounds like he expected boro to come at us and so wanted Browne's pressing at AM. He also needed to give Gally a rest. DJ's now proved that when played at AM he's a match for anybody. We should keep him there, let other clubs worry about us, and if Gally needs a rest play Bayliss as a deep lying playmaker as he looked decent against Hull. No critism to AN (his tactics have been superb this season and the reason for many wins and I think DJ has surprised us all), but if DJ carries on as he's been going we need to build around him in his preferred position .
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Agree in terms of keeping DJ at #10 as for as long as he's such electric form. I do like how AN thinks though in terms of finding different ways to break down teams who set up differently. If we beat a team one week playing a certain way he's not afraid to make some changes in order to meet a different challenge from different opposition the following week.
 
I think there's a bit more to it than just the position Alex is playing him. He really seems driven and his workrate is at a different level to prior seasons. Whether he's reached a new level of maturity or fitness who knows. But it's great to watch.
 
pnenycx said:
I think there's a bit more to it than just the position Alex is playing him. He really seems driven and his workrate is at a different level to prior seasons. Whether he's reached a new level of maturity or fitness who knows. But it's great to watch.
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Confidence, and a desire to keep the place he’s made his own
 
He's definitely on top of his game right now, long may it continue. I was definitely one who criticised his consistency when he was rumoured to be off, and honestly, I think he's being overhyped right now too with gaudy numbers inflated by being a prolific penalty taker.

But ultimately the move forward has done him a ton of good, and whilst I think he only excels against poor defences, it's still very important to be able to put teams like Wigan and Barnsley to the sword, and without DJ in the 10, they might well have been stumbling blocks or points thrown away.
 
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