DJ

[Schofe]

Not so much rolled back the years, he was played in his RIGHT position with very limited defending to do thanks to the shield of Ledson/Witeman. Of course he will have off games but when played in that set up and higher up he is quality.

Ive said it for 12-24months now, so at risk of being a broken record, i believe RL played our best 3 man midfield combination yesterday in RL/BW and DJ with woodburn adding further structure to the 3421 set up.

Well done to everyone yesterday as it was both a brilliant performance and tactical display. Most pleasing thing for me is at 2-1 we didn’t sit back and look to hold out!!

 

[Portishead]

He's a good operator at this level, has plenty of talent and someone of his calibre would be difficult to replace without a sizeable fee. I've thought for a while we need to move on and upgrade from DJ and Browne as our midfield fulcrum as they've both been here for what seems like forever but with now knowing our budget is thruppence ha'penny each year, we can't really afford to move on and replace. He's always been one of my favourite players has DJ.

Same here, not so Browne. Far easier to replace the latter even from within the squad imo.

 

[Jack Daniels]

Some strange comments within this interview.

Lowe and Johnson calm over PNE contract after stand-out display

The Jamaica international is in the final year of his contract with the club

www.lancs.live

"I know lads have signed contracts and they've signed contracts based on performances," Lowe told LancsLive. "Me and DJ have spoken about him being contracted with us until the end of July with a severance pay. There is no real rush and Ched (Evans) is the same - everyone knows you have to earn contracts and DJ is no different. He is not concerned about it; he's a fantastic player. If he left us I am sure someone would take him in a heartbeat.

 

[OB1]

Some strange comments within this interview.

Lowe and Johnson calm over PNE contract after stand-out display

The Jamaica international is in the final year of his contract with the club

www.lancs.live

Sounds like neither party intends to extend

 

[Thracia]

Sounds like neither party intends to extend

Yeah, when Ryan Lowe is "calm" and "relaxed" about something, it generally means it isn't going to happen.

 

[RibbletonWhite2.0]

Some strange comments within this interview.

Lowe and Johnson calm over PNE contract after stand-out display

The Jamaica international is in the final year of his contract with the club

www.lancs.live

Only telling half a story there JD:

"I am not saying he is leaving us, but the fact of the matter is that if he keeps performing the way he is - I've always said to the group that if they do good by me and the football club, I will always do good by you. That is the message to all of the lads who are out of contract - Greg, Seani, who I knew hasn't played many games. But, anyone whose contract is up, it's not like we've just dismissed them. They are all good players in their own right, as you've seen. Some people like to speculate but ultimately he's our player."

 

[MattPNE17]

Some strange comments within this interview.

Lowe and Johnson calm over PNE contract after stand-out display

The Jamaica international is in the final year of his contract with the club

www.lancs.live

I'm not sure I quite understand what Lowe's on about in terms of a severance pay. His contract is up, he won't be having the deal terminated or getting a payout surely? Also, don't contracts run until the end of June?

Either way, this all but confirms that there is no world in which we keep Johnson beyond this season.

Let's say Lowe decides he really wants to keep him and Johnson's open to the idea of staying.

Due to the terms on his current deal he's more than likely going to demand a wage that we aren't able to pay - he's already our highest earner, and we all know which direction our budgets are going.

If both parties don't want him to continue to play here, he goes for nothing in the summer after taking the rest of the money we agreed to pay him. He'll not struggle to find a new club that can comfortably pay him similar to what he's already on.

Lowe can say that he's not worried about it, and maybe he's genuinely not. But the reality is that even if he was worried about it and was desperate to keep him, he has fuck-all power in this situation to do anything about it. Johnson is in complete control.

 

[sports rehab]

I'm not sure I quite understand what Lowe's on about in terms of a severance pay. His contract is up, he won't be having the deal terminated or getting a payout surely? Also, don't contracts run until the end of June?

Either way, this all but confirms that there is no world in which we keep Johnson beyond this season.

Let's say Lowe decides he really wants to keep him and Johnson's open to the idea of staying.

Due to the terms on his current deal he's more than likely going to demand a wage that we aren't able to pay - he's already our highest earner, and we all know which direction our budgets are going.

If both parties don't want him to continue to play here, he goes for nothing in the summer after taking the rest of the money we agreed to pay him. He'll not struggle to find a new club that can comfortably pay him similar to what he's already on.

Lowe can say that he's not worried about it, and maybe he's genuinely not. But the reality is that even if he was worried about it and was desperate to keep him, he has fuck-all power in this situation to do anything about it. Johnson is in complete control.

They generally do but any released player who hasn't got a new club by then gets another months payment = July = severance...

 

[MattPNE17]

Only telling half a story there JD:

"I am not saying he is leaving us, but the fact of the matter is that if he keeps performing the way he is - I've always said to the group that if they do good by me and the football club, I will always do good by you. That is the message to all of the lads who are out of contract - Greg, Seani, who I knew hasn't played many games. But, anyone whose contract is up, it's not like we've just dismissed them. They are all good players in their own right, as you've seen. Some people like to speculate but ultimately he's our player."

Not sure what I would expect Lowe to say otherwise to be honest.

We've just seen how important our "backup" players are this weekend - no one at the club benefits from Lowe publicly closing doors on out of contract players.

 

[RibbletonWhite2.0]

Not sure what I would expect Lowe to say otherwise to be honest.

We've just seen how important our "backup" players are this weekend - no one at the club benefits from Lowe publicly closing doors on out of contract players.

I agree. He's also not going to come out and say we are/aren't signing X, Y and Z. This is unlike a few years ago were we had the 'big 4/5' out of contract. We have made mistakes in the past by signing players on contracts too early - Harrop, Maguire etc. It's down to the player to earn that contract.

 

[noelpne]

It's always a gamble to some extent.
No-one knew that Seanie was going to get severely injured, whilst with Harrop it was even more of a "fingers crossed" gamble, as he'd come up through Utd via their Youths , and they would have known about his 'stability' - or rather, lack of it🤔.
But if Utd want to unload a dud, they ain't gonna talk-it-down, are they?
( Q. is our former player Warren Joyce still working there ? )

Not one of P.R.'s finest moments, tbh. Lack of preparation, failure to do his Homework.

 

[SF]

How is there "no rush" when DJ can openly talk to other clubs next month?

 

[NG White]

How is there "no rush" when DJ can openly talk to other clubs next month?

Maybe that's what DJ wants to do before speaking to us properly about what we'd have on the table for him?

There is no way DJ wouldn't find a club at this level. He's 30 and has a great injury record over a long period of time. His goals record from midfield and general stats are good. If he can earn the best part of a £1m more elsewhere in these next few years of his career you couldn't blame him for moving. Maybe he might look abroad also?

I can't see him being here next season personally.

 

[SF]

Maybe that's what DJ wants to do before speaking to us properly about what we'd have on the table for him?

There is no way DJ wouldn't find a club at this level. He's 30 and has a great injury record over a long period of time. His goals record from midfield and general stats are good. If he can earn the best part of a £1m more elsewhere in these next few years of his career you couldn't blame him for moving. Maybe he might look abroad also?

I can't see him being here next season personally.

Just worded weird to me, that said, I think that about all of Lowe's interviews. We should surely already be in talks with everyone we plan on keeping. So like you say, it sounds like we're not planning on it.

 

[northender2]

Hes been a good player for us for most of his time here, although since he signed his new big contract, hes not been the same player, you can probably count his good games since then on your fingers (with a couple of fingers to spare if youre from Burnley), id love us to keep him but he doesnt deserve to be one of the big earners based on recent performances and i dont expect him to take a pay cut when he could get more elsewhere

 

[jld74]

i'd personally get what we could for DJ and Browne., well stocked in midfield , plus would free up ?, 35-40k a week. sadly i dont think anyone will pay a transfer fee for either

 

[Tarkovsky]

I’ve always had this gnawing feeling that if DJ was taken on by a club that really wanted him, and played as an actual attacking midfielder with less of an onus on the graft. He’d tear the league to pieces week in week out.
He has had ups and downs here, but I’ve no doubts that his inconsistencies correlate to the tasks he’s been asked to do while playing here. He should never be anywhere near his own box imo.

 

[BPIG]

Just worded weird to me, that said, I think that about all of Lowe's interviews. We should surely already be in talks with everyone we plan on keeping. So like you say, it sounds like we're not planning on it.

As I’ve said before, I tend to just believe the opposite of whatever Lowe says to the press.

 

[NG White]

Just worded weird to me, that said, I think that about all of Lowe's interviews. We should surely already be in talks with everyone we plan on keeping. So like you say, it sounds like we're not planning on it.

We can't force DJ to have talks though, or maybe he's already been told what the max he can expect here is and he's waiting to see what other offers come along before deciding what to do.

The danger is he agrees to go somewhere at the end of the season in January and just goes through the motions here for the rest of the season. But what can we do?

 

[California_PNE]

Pretty clear he's likely to be off. Looks more like lowe doesn't fancy him rather than him wanting to leave, I could be wrong. Think it's absolute madness imo, but he's the manager his decision and if he thinks there's better out there then go for it.