- Aug 16, 2018
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He’s so shiet
Yep. Think it's a combination of various issues related to the player and the squad. In general, he shouldn't be a starter in most of our PL games.He’s not a world beater but IMO he’s playing in the wrong position. The system does not suit him like so many others in the team. He should be playing off a front man rather than wide right.
Contributed more than Son both today and this season IMHO
Son is a problem for us in that LW role. Need a left footer that goes outside.Contributed more than Son both today and this season IMHO
People have routinely quoted his top speed stat he reached last season as a counter to this but it’s pretty meaningless. Dier had a very high top speed, yet I doubt many would be rushing to say how quick he was. If you aren’t quick over the first 5/10/15 yards as a winger you aren’t quick in any way that’s going to be consistently useful.Commentator on Amazon referred to Johnson’s “pace” and “ability to take on his man.”
I’ve seen evidence of neither of these things in any of his 50 appearances.
Popped up with some nice finishes but he contributes very little elsewhere. Seems his instincts to arrive into the box are very good, but anything requiring finesse or aggression are nonexistent.
They were both as shit as each other. We basically played with 9 men.