Daniel Johnson

[Liberation]

We don’t know because of the style of play. But I’d fancy the three loanees being able to have a go

Just look at Alvaro. He looked like that player until he’d had a few months here, and then morphed into Josh Earl 2.0

It does seem to be something that we are particularly good at though so it's not all bad news..... We can really fuck up a players talents, play them in the wrong position and to their weaknesses..And finally complain they aren't good enough as a square peg and drop them... It's genius ! 🙄

 

[Thracia]

Perhaps but it's a sorry state of affairs if all of the pace and creativity is coming from players who aren't ours.

It's alright though, we have the best wingbacks in the league.

I think to paraphrase RL, "gone are the days when we're going to be signing anyone with pace and creativity on permanent deals".

 

[pne1881]

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.

Great post.

Nail on the head.

 

[Grezzaball]

Do you think Woodburn has good underlying xG or xA stats? Because that's the implication here

I think he must have done when playing at Hearts last season, but the standard of football is so much better here in the championship.

 

[OB1]

I think he must have done when playing at Hearts last season, but the standard of football is so much better here in the championship.

Nope

He was crap there too and their fans were glad to see the back of him. He managed 3 goals

 

[Randall Flagg]

I think he must have done when playing at Hearts last season, but the standard of football is so much better here in the championship.

Sound familiar?

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[Grezzaball]

Nope

He was crap there too and their fans were glad to see the back of him. He managed 3 goals

fuck knows why we signed him then

 

[Thracia]

Nope

He was crap there too and their fans were glad to see the back of him. He managed 3 goals

And his xG there was 1.4. #outperformingxG

He's turned that around this season though, where he's scored 1 goal despite an xG of 3. #underperformingxG

He's played a comparable amount of minutes for us too - has played about an hour less for us so far.

 

[Roy Tunks]

There isn’t a game this season where a fully fit DJ shouldn’t make the match day squad 👍👍👍

Get him sacked now

Johnson is one paced - and that’s slow. He is an average player and certainly not worth shooting from the rooftops about. He runs around chasing no man and rarely tackles. I am sure there are suitors for him and I heard his wage is in the top 5 at PNE. If that’s true I would spend that elsewhere. I do agree Lowe should be sacked though

 

[SF]

Johnson is one paced - and that’s slow. He is an average player and certainly not worth shooting from the rooftops about. He runs around chasing no man and rarely tackles. I am sure there are suitors for him and I heard his wage is in the top 5 at PNE. If that’s true I would spend that elsewhere. I do agree Lowe should be sacked though

Yet McCann is the only midfielder we have who is probably quicker than him.

Why are you judging a creative, advanced midfielder on tackles?

The only time we've won by a big scoreline in recent years is when DJ has been instrumental. Blackburn away this season, Boro at home in the final game of last season.

For some reason when DJ has a quiet game, he's instantly dropped, yet shite like Ledson get a free pass every time. Bambo treated similarly.

 

[OB1]

Johnson is one paced - and that’s slow. He is an average player and certainly not worth shooting from the rooftops about. He runs around chasing no man and rarely tackles. I am sure there are suitors for him and I heard his wage is in the top 5 at PNE. If that’s true I would spend that elsewhere. I do agree Lowe should be sacked though

That’ll be the same Daniel Johnson that was recorded as one of the fastest players in the squad, behind only Barkhuizen, Davies and Pearson yeah?

25 posts since joining, 5 of them about Sinclair and Johnson, not a single other player criticised….

 

[Randall Flagg]

Johnson is one paced - and that’s slow. He is an average player and certainly not worth shooting from the rooftops about. He runs around chasing no man and rarely tackles. I am sure there are suitors for him and I heard his wage is in the top 5 at PNE. If that’s true I would spend that elsewhere. I do agree Lowe should be sacked though

Ledson and Woodburn make DJ look like the greatest player ever to walk the surface of the Earth

 

[Grezzaball]

Yet McCann is the only midfielder we have who is probably quicker than him.

Why are you judging a creative, advanced midfielder on tackles?

The only time we've won by a big scoreline in recent years is when DJ has been instrumental. Blackburn away this season, Boro at home in the final game of last season.

For some reason when DJ has a quiet game, he's instantly dropped, yet shite like Ledson get a free pass every time. Bambo treated similarly.

Well said SF, as much as DJ annoys the spectators at the game when he is off his game i think he is by far the best creative midfielder for us, if he was more consistent then he would be one of the best players in the division.

 

[bluekipper]

The reality is that DJ is nowhere as good as a lot of our fans think he is. Take Pearson for example, viewed on here as the second coming and now he can’t even make the bench at Bournemouth. If DJ was that good he’d have been snapped up by now, but premier clubs have an abundance of half paced midfield players who can pass the ball sideways.

 

[Thracia]

The reality is that DJ is nowhere as good as a lot of our fans think he is. Take Pearson for example, viewed on here as the second coming and now he can’t even make the bench at Bournemouth. If DJ was that good he’d have been snapped up by now, but premier clubs have an abundance of half paced midfield players who can pass the ball sideways.

The reality is Pearson nevertheless walks into this shitty midfield of ours, and so does DJ, unless the plan is 0-0 and hope to nick one, which it now appears to be.

 

[northender0602]

Somebody mentioned that DJ won't run/play the system Lowe wants IE only allowed to run a certain area...any truth in these amateurish tactics

You mean zonal tactics? We all know how that worked out when Medal Winner tried it.

 

[26-0]

Playing devil's advocate for a mo - name one player in this side who has the ability and the pace to take their man on and to force defenders into committing fouls like that?

No point asking the players we have to run at people and get past them when they struggle running in the first place!

It’s not all about dribbling though is it.

Our players are capable of passing and moving, creating space and causing problems in the opposition box. It seems though that the “brand” with its real focus on defending deep and attacking at pedestrian pace doesn’t allow that.

As Ron said it’s just another statistic which indicates how totally ineffective the “brand” is.

DJ’s (and Bambo and Bauer) exclusion is another. Failing to motivate our players.

Seems to me he’s lost a chunk if not the whole dressing room. And if that’s true then his time’s up.

 

[norky84]

Take Pearson for example, viewed on here as the second coming and now he can’t even make the bench at Bournemouth.

That's because he's on loan at Stoke.

 

[pne1881]

Well said SF, as much as DJ annoys the spectators at the game when he is off his game i think he is by far the best creative midfielder for us, if he was more consistent then he would be one of the best players in the division.

That's the point, he isn't.

 

[Tugg Speedman]

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?

TBF to Lowe (and yes we are allowed to cut the bloke some slack) he's not the only manager who DJ hasn't impressed under.

If DJ's performances were that good he would be an automatic choice. The simple truth is that his performances haven't been that good, so he's not in the team.

DJ lovers, get over it.