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Daniel Johnson

Daniel Johnson

shabbagaz

shabbagaz

I'm not the Messiah!
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Right, I'll hold my hands up - I'm on of his biggest critics, if not the biggest! I slammed the decision to extend his contract as I felt it was undeserved/unjustified.

He played well against Boro in the League Cup and he helped change the game tonight - some glimpses of the 'old/real' DJ were clearly on show.

So credit where credit is due - he played well tonight. It'll take some convincing for me to change my opinion but hopefully he can prove me wrong.
 
DJ Pearson is the most balanced double pivot imo. With Browne just ahead.

That’s the way to go on Saturday for me.
 
shabbagaz said:
Right, I'll hold my hands up - I'm on of his biggest critics, if not the biggest! I slammed the decision to extend his contract as I felt it was undeserved/unjustified.

He played well against Boro in the League Cup and he helped change the game tonight - some glimpses of the 'old/real' DJ were clearly on show.

So credit where credit is due - he played well tonight. It'll take some convincing for me to change my opinion but hopefully he can prove me wrong.
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Don't get too excited bud, he was after all playing his old club.
 
shabbagaz said:
Right, I'll hold my hands up - I'm on of his biggest critics, if not the biggest! I slammed the decision to extend his contract as I felt it was undeserved/unjustified.

He played well against Boro in the League Cup and he helped change the game tonight - some glimpses of the 'old/real' DJ were clearly on show.

So credit where credit is due - he played well tonight. It'll take some convincing for me to change my opinion but hopefully he can prove me wrong.
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He also changed the game Vs Sheffield United as well. My mate who is a Sheff U fan even said that he's always our best player when we play them and was again last week. Has to start next game. Naive defending tonight on both late corners though but controlled the game apart from that.
 
Johnson remains one of our best players.

Anyone who thinks he is a luxury show pony we can do without wants their head checking.
 
tcinders said:
So it wasn’t DJ who nearly cost us the game and Neil’s job to boot?
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Were it not for Johnson, I think its safe to assume we would not have scored the 3 goals to put us in a position to throw the game away at the death.

The penalty, by all accounts, was very soft.
 
Doc Brown said:
Were it not for Johnson, I think its safe to assume we would not have scored the 3 goals to put us in a position to throw the game away at the death.

The penalty, by all accounts, was very soft.
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When you watch it you may change your mind, for me DJ is on the wrong side of his man and is then very clumsy to say the least.
 
Doc Brown said:
Were it not for Johnson, I think its safe to assume we would not have scored the 3 goals to put us in a position to throw the game away at the death.

The penalty, by all accounts, was very soft.
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I thought it was certainly soft - looked like Johnson accidentally backed into the Villa player not realising he was there.
 
DJ playing as an attacking midfielder is outstanding.

DJ playing as a central or defending midfielder is poor.

Tactically we need to be an attacking, pressing, team. It's obvious.
 
proton said:
When you watch it you may change your mind, for me DJ is on the wrong side of his man and is then very clumsy to say the least.
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I did watch it, albeit once in real time. I have seen no replays, though I'm happy to be proven wrong when I do.

In real time I thought it looked soft. The referee however was obviously in a much better position and thought differently, and also booked Johnson for the offence, so clearly he thought he'd seen something amiss. I'd like to see a replay.

Regardless, I don't think it detracts from the fact Johnson changed the game tonight (again), with some help from Gallagher, and played very well.
 
shabbagaz said:
I thought it was certainly soft - looked like Johnson accidentally backed into the Villa player not realising he was there.
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From what I saw of the incident in real time it looked soft, I'd like to see a replay though and will probably be proven to be incorrect!

Most importantly the referee in a much better position thought differently, and booked DJ so must have seen some something.
 
Doc Brown said:
I did watch it, albeit once in real time. I have seen no replays, though I'm happy to be proven wrong when I do.

In real time I thought it looked soft. The referee however was obviously in a much better position and thought differently, and also booked Johnson for the offence, so clearly he thought he'd seen something amiss. I'd like to see a replay.

Regardless, I don't think it detracts from the fact Johnson changed the game tonight (again), with some help from Gallagher, and played very well.
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Sorry it was your use of the phrase"by all accounts " that led me to believe you hadn't seen it.
 
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