julio jordio said:
A friend of mine is seeing jonno at the moment (well casually sleeping with to be honest) and she assures me he's a very nice lad. I do have some sympathy and before you have a go at me, it's my opinion and here me out.
When I was jonnos age I was an arrogant ignorant prick, I didn't have a clue about the world, the way things work or what I brought to it. I did a lot of things that I now regret. In short I was a kid. I've since grown up, it's natural. Some lads (and i say lads because it usually is young males isn't it) are stupid. They need guidance. Michael Johnson will get that guidance and become a very good player in time. As supporters lets support him and not kick him when he's down. I understand that people are going to say 'well he's being paid vast amounts of money to do a job that he loves and he's pissing it up the wall' and you would be right but fame and money doesn't bring maturity, infact quite the opposite. He doesn't want to fuck it all up he just doesn't know how to not.
Good post imo. As a youth worker, I'm in contact with young people on a daily basis and as they grow up I work and support them in the hope they develop the sense to avoid making the same mistakes all the time, its part of developing into an adult, you have to make a mistake to realise its a mistake. Its also worth considering that some people unfortunately have to hit rock bottom before they realise it and can pull themselves up, if they are lucky.
If the hype and rumour surrounding Johnno is true, then he needs some proper support. I would imagine City have some sort of youth workers who can support Johnno through this period. I'll be hoping he makes it through,
