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Ok. So initially the Sheffield Utd rumour came from someone posting on Twitter that he had been seen at the club. Turned out it was Kean Bryan who just happens to be black with deadlocks.

Is anyone ITK actually able to confirm there is interest from them?
 
BigMarkLeonard said:
Sorry Ernest, but I think you could be wrong. When has Johnson ever played as a 10 for us or as any part of the 3 in our 4-2-3-1? Feel free to correct me, but he's been used as part of the 2 almost exclusively.

Gallagher also always (?) plays in the 2, not the 3 from what I've seen, acting as something like a quarterback and adding poise to the area.

You would think that Johnson would be selected as the 10 as opposed to Browne and maybe even Harrop, but clearly Neil has other ideas.

This means there is no place for him really...
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Ernest has been peddling the Johnson/ no.10 thing for quite some time. Not sure why; apart from the fact that he has a good 20 yard shot on him.

He is a central midfielder in our system. Maybe under another manager who plays a different system he would be slightly higher - think he is similar to Romaine Sawyers who people originally saw as a 10 but plays as a central midfielder for Brentford now n
 
California_PNE said:
And I've no faith his place in the squad will be filled with another player. Just a sad situation for me personally, he's a quality footballer and yet another we've been unable to secure.
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There's no doubting that he has ability, but the reality is that in the last two and a half years that ability has produced 9 goals, only 5 of which have come from open play, to go with 3 penalties and a free kick. That isn't good enough for a goalscoring midfielder. If he was controlling play and dominating games then that would more than make up for the lack of goals, but he hasn't been. For too long now he's been drifting through games without having any real influence, at times he looks like he doesn't really want the ball, he doesn't work hard enough and offers little defensively. There's only so long that we can wait for him to start producing before we cut our losses and move on. If he and his agent want £15k a week then now is that time. If he isn't signing a new contract then he needs to join Pringle, Vermijl, Boyle and O'Connor on the list of players to ship out by Thursday.

There's no need to fill his place in the squad with another player, because at this stage he doesn't appear to have one. For the three central midfield positions we have Pearson, Browne, Gallagher, Ledson, Burke, Harrop and Johnson. Given that Browne and Johnson can play in both positions, it's 2 from 5 for the deeper positions and 1 from 4 for the position behind the front man. Given that he's very much last choice for both of those, there's no need for Johnson to be replaced if he goes because we've already got enough options in those positions and it would mean one or two not playing many games. What it would do is free up a wage and bring in a fee to put towards a new striker or two and possibly a wide player, which are bigger priorities.
 
As Pilchard has stated we just want a decent offer for DJ and he'll be gone. How he can say he wants in the region of £20k p/w is a joke but hey ho. Hearing club want minimum of 1.5m ideally around 2m of course.
What i will say is if he goes we need to replace as we will be light in CM.
Leaving a lot of business to the last few days here isn't ideal.
 
Schofe said:
As Pilchard has stated we just want a decent offer for DJ and he'll be gone. How he can say he wants in the region of £20k p/w is a joke but hey ho. Hearing club want minimum of 1.5m ideally around 2m of course.
What i will say is if he goes we need to replace as we will be light in CM.
Leaving a lot of business to the last few days here isn't ideal.
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Is there legitimate interest from the Blades or is it just Twitter talk?
 
He seems to have lost his confidence in front of goal but there is no reason to think that will not return.

Someone could pick up a bargain.
 
He's our player, he will be involved.

Pearson, Browne, Gallagher, Johnson & Ledson.

Unreal central midfield options.
 
No one wanted him.

If he performs as well as he can then he will be an asset for us, but unfortunately he just never seems that bothered.
 
kbd_pne said:
Was told they bid for Callum Robinson but it was turned down.

Doubt they’ll be in for DJ, they’re signing Norwood from Brighton.
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They've not put any offer in for DJ but from what ive been told is they are interested in him. Perhaps he isnt their number 1 choice if they are after Norwood.

Ye i heard Robinson had a few admirers, wasn't aware of a Bid mind so cheers for that.
 
Love to see him play " 10 " regularly before he leaves us...... I'm pretty sure he'd perform well enough to command a far bigger transfer fee.
 
Mahwell skel said:
Didn't those rumours start because someone with dreadlocks was seen at Bramall lane? It was then found to be one of their own players...
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Yes that was me who started it as my in-law read thier fans thought it was DJ and it wasn't, it was Kean Bryan. But since then this rumour has surfaced on both sides of the Pennines.
 
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