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Daniel Johnson

Daniel Johnson

Quality on his day. Unfortunately not his day often enough this past 2 seasons to warrant an extention on same wage. I expect he we move to another club be a Squad player on alot more dosh and good to him.
Unfortunately when on form he stands out for PNE, think this is more the lack of real quality in the Sqn. We seem to still prefer to buy that show effort above quality.
 
chorleythehord said:
DJ and family were there today in a box I believe . Didn’t get chance to speak to Deyna ( or The man himself ) but apparently he is actually injured but also has a 3 year contract offer from stoke. If we are not matching that then I probably agree, sad as it is. All just rumour i am passing on so could be bollox.
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I would hope for his sake he has better options than that.

Stoke are no better than us.
 
Tarkovsky said:
Said this before and I’ll say it again, if he signs for someone else in this division next season he’ll have a corker.
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Exactly, the player needs a change of club.
For me he a quality player but inconsistent like many others within the club.
We need younger hungrier players.
There's a lot riding on the next 4 weeks
 
intensify said:
Every season this gets spouted. Eventually it'll come true.
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Every season they are pre season favourites or at least favourites to get top 6 but always seem to finish like 14th to 16th one point some where saying they could go down maybe next season they could make it gonna be harder next season in this league.
 
Jack Daniels said:
DJ is a decent player.

Flipside though.

We haven't once made The Championship POs with him as a mainstay

Food for thought.
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We also, have been nowhere near a relegation battle with him in the team, as that's what quality brings to a side.

Death by a thousand cuts is going to bite us on the backside. A forthcoming window where we're likely to lose 1 or 2, and then expected to replace with free agents / loanees is just not the way to run a football club long-term.

Loads have said it already but I'll say it again, this summer is absolutely critical. Each year previous we've had a nucleus of a squad, but I worry that'll be gone come September and then we are in real bother.
 
OB1 said:
He’s gone. Partner’s tweets confirm it

What a crying shame
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I try to keep an even temperament on this forum, because no-one needs another angry keyboard warrior.

Saying that, this had made me *f'ing furious*.

DJ has been a fantastic servant of PNE; a club captain on his day, and a player who will easily be snapped up by another Championship (or Scots Prem) club.

The fact he was quote/unquote 'injured' and therefore didn't get the send-off he deserves (same with Whiteman) is indicative of the vitriolic, tit-for-tat con man Lowe is.

Instead of making a cameo, or - God forbid - actually leading the team out like he deserves and we'd all like to see one last time, he gets sidebarred so we can have one of Lowe's cronies splay Hollywood passes to Row Z ad-infinitum.

"But Lowe hasn't been backed!" I hear some folks cry - to which I say I wholeheartedly agree.

But it doesn't change the fact that it's his bloody job to motivate players'; to want to make them run through brick bloody walls for him.

Can anyone seriously tell me any of our squad - (excluding Ledson, who doesn't count for obvious reasons, and Woodburn, who's just grateful he's not being dunked by Year 9 bullies in the Science block toilets) would do that?

Case in point - Grayson was a fantastic man manager who bled North End whilst he was with us.

Neil was miserable but tactically astute (for the most part, anyway) and he never put anyone in a headlock when it wasn't going his way.

And Lowe is what, exactly; a Poundland Mr Demotivater?

Yes, Revitt (Craig?) are the root cause of this.

Yes, Risdale is a charlaton who needs to be forcibly retired (and no, that's not a veiled threat, you pompous ignoramus).

Yes, Lowe can do one to L1 where some poor club will fall for his bullshit.

Rant over.
 
DJ can be a silky, quality footballer, but pre-Christmas he was an absolute joke on the pitch, he was walking around, waving his arms around and shouting at anyone who would listen. After Christmas he seemed to be back to his old self and on the strength of those performances many were saying get a contract in front of him. Personally I think he's worth a contract offer if he wants to stay. That said he's 31 in October, he's no spring chicken anymore so whatever he gets now is going to be his last big pay day. The problem we have here is that we all know we can probably get a better, younger player for £20k a week BUT we also know that if DJ leaves his wage will probably disappear into the keeping the club debt free fund rather than being reinvested.

He did come on the pitch at the end of the game yesterday, albeit late and after everyone else was already on there and on the lap of honour/appreciation. Kind of summed his season up for me, turned up when he was ready. If he's fallen out with Lowe or not, I don't care. Supporters had stayed behind after an absolute drubbing to applaud the players, he knew full well what would happen after the game, he should have been on the pitch with his team-mates.
 
Will be gutted to see DJ leave & travesty he's not been given a decent send off. If Stoke are offering a 3yr contact on decent money for a player who's 31 in October then fair play to him, he's gotta look after himself & family. Would like him to stay tbh, who else has that creativity? Big hole to fill & need a top replacement for sure.

Whatever happens, thanks for the memories & 300+ appearances for us is a major achievement. Critical for helping us get promoted & then reestablishing us a a championship side.

One of my favourite memories is when we beat plastics 1-0 at Ewood & he scored early doors (great work bt Nmecha on the right). The '50k' song was belted out with some gusto!

Good luck DJ 👍
 
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