Daniel Johnson
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All I ask is for competent staff who work their socks off to get us as high up that table as possible given our budget.
We’re not getting that atm , everyone at the club just seems to roll over with no fight .
I’m not expecting top six but where’s the fight ffs. Never mind flags in the stand, we’re waving a big white one at the start of every game lately.
We’re not getting that atm , everyone at the club just seems to roll over with no fight .
I’m not expecting top six but where’s the fight ffs. Never mind flags in the stand, we’re waving a big white one at the start of every game lately.
He's the only organiser we have at the back.
Lindsay does nothing Bauer can't do, but with no leadership qualities.
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DJ is our best player, ability-wise.
But even his biggest advocates must acknowledge he’s frighteningly inconsistent; if not he’d have been snapped up by someone else years ago.
It’s no coincidence he’s clocked up so many appearances at a club that is grateful for one good game in 4/5/6 (take your pick).
Having said that, he did have some value in the transfer market but now he’s another one coasting/avoiding injury in his final season before walking away for free. #WDP
Surely, with finances so tight, the club should have a clear policy that says if you only have a year left, you either sign a new deal or go on the transfer list.
Admittedly, there might be no takers, but at least there’d be a policy in place to stop us getting into this ridiculous situation again.
But even his biggest advocates must acknowledge he’s frighteningly inconsistent; if not he’d have been snapped up by someone else years ago.
It’s no coincidence he’s clocked up so many appearances at a club that is grateful for one good game in 4/5/6 (take your pick).
Having said that, he did have some value in the transfer market but now he’s another one coasting/avoiding injury in his final season before walking away for free. #WDP
Surely, with finances so tight, the club should have a clear policy that says if you only have a year left, you either sign a new deal or go on the transfer list.
Admittedly, there might be no takers, but at least there’d be a policy in place to stop us getting into this ridiculous situation again.
Thracia
Club Owner, or wingback, depending on your view
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Yep, without DJ we lose any hope of something unexpected and "outside the tramlines" happening with this squad.
We end up watching a team do completely predictable things in a very slow and deliberate manner.
Which is one of the reasons why this Brand™ is so unwatchable - it pretty much insults the intelligence.
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Another one of those players we have who seems to be alot better when they aren't in the team than when they actually play.
Goes missing far too often for me, and one performance in 7 or 8 games doesn't cut it.
Goes missing far too often for me, and one performance in 7 or 8 games doesn't cut it.
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But it's not like Woodburn has had more than one good game all season to justify starting where DJ can't even get on the bench.
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That’s one more performance than the players being chosen ahead of him ever put in
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I just think it's really strange.
If you think back to when he first signed, the guy could literally do no wrong. He was immense.
There's been a serious injury since then but he's basically the forgotten man now under Lowe.
In conclusion Johnson an Bauer have suffered hugely under the reign of Lowe.
Could you really see either not starting if a new manager is brought in with what's ahead of them?
Lowe is too busy on sky sports and 5Live to be worrying about working his socks off.
Priorities and all that .
It's possible that the owners have told RL that DJ is too expensive and therefore a new contract is out of the question. RL consequently is trying to build a squad in anticipation of DJ leaving in the summer, that's why he's being left out? What a shambles.....what a way to run a football club. I DO NOT want to hear any more Premier League ambition bullshit from Hemmings or Ridsdale, these people are taking us all for mugs.....
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i fucking wish the club would get players in who have the G/A's to back them up not this shitty expected goals and assists crap, that gets you nowhere in this league.
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Do you think Woodburn has good underlying xG or xA stats? Because that's the implication here...
Johnson had 23 goals and 15 assists in his three seasons prior to this one. This season he hasn't even had a shot on target and has just two assists.
There will be an element of age catching up with him in regards to his performances. But I think tactically we just don't play to his strengths at all. Much like we haven't played to Riis' strengths.
What we do is we play to protect the weaknesses of our back five in Lowe's tactical setup. Its a collection of bog standard cloggers in the back three - all a liability with the ball at their feet. With zero energy or 1v1 ability out wide, bar Alvaro (who's woeful defensively).
And yet we have 7 of the back five options all in contract for 23/24. (Lindsay, Storey, Hughes, Bauer, Diaby, Potts, Browne). Lowe's version of 3-5-2 will never work out with these players.
Its a indictment on Ridsdale and the clubs entire ambition that the squad has been shaped in such a way that we have so many poor players under contract. Who we'd mostly have to pay up if we ever wanted to get them off the books.
There will be an element of age catching up with him in regards to his performances. But I think tactically we just don't play to his strengths at all. Much like we haven't played to Riis' strengths.
What we do is we play to protect the weaknesses of our back five in Lowe's tactical setup. Its a collection of bog standard cloggers in the back three - all a liability with the ball at their feet. With zero energy or 1v1 ability out wide, bar Alvaro (who's woeful defensively).
And yet we have 7 of the back five options all in contract for 23/24. (Lindsay, Storey, Hughes, Bauer, Diaby, Potts, Browne). Lowe's version of 3-5-2 will never work out with these players.
Its a indictment on Ridsdale and the clubs entire ambition that the squad has been shaped in such a way that we have so many poor players under contract. Who we'd mostly have to pay up if we ever wanted to get them off the books.
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In the Championship, his xG is 3.00 and his xA is 0.48. For comparison, DJ's xG is 0.63 but his xA is 1.44. They've basically played the same number of minutes so they're roughly comparable (Woodburn has played an extra 14 minutes)
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The difference in xG will be because Woodburn has had 22 shots while DJ has had 4
Alarming isn’t it?
Lacked a clear vision for years but I don’t get why they went all “Head Coach” strategy under McAvoy, then binned that instantly for Lowe to come in. Everything seems to go through him and his mates.
It’s gonna cost the club a lot of time and money starting again when he inevitably goes.
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Attacking midfielder with an xA of 0.48 with all the games he’s had
Says all you need to know
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But I don't think anyone's claiming his place in the team is for the uh... 3 and a half expected goal contributions, is my point. He's not some stats over substance outlier and he doesn't show that we've been recruiting for xG type stats.