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Adam Johnson: Joining Manchester City is bad for your career
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Didsbury Dave
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Fair enough mate. I haven't seen him all season apart from against us. Your post was one I agreed with much of.teddykgb said:Didsbury Dave said:He never had any pace at all mate. Quick feet but no genuine pace.teddykgb said:I think I'd like to give AJ another season before writing him off.
It seems clear from both evidence and performances that he got a bit comfortable, put on some weight, lost some speed, or something to that effect that lowered his performance level, but he likely blamed it more on the manager and bad luck.
Now he's had his dose of reality, got his move to Sunderland and hasn't made the most of it. He might realize some of his professional responsibilities and put in the work in the offseason to really return to some of his best.
If you think about it, going from the Championship to being such an impact Prem player was such a meteoric rise for him, it wouldn't be a shock if he lost some of that hunger that had driven him previously. What I'm struck by, watching him today and over the last season, is how much quickness he lost. He wasn't just a tricky player when he arrived to us, he was an extremely quick tricky player. Mancini tried to make more of a footballer out of him and in many ways AJ rejected it, but in the process he became so much more deliberate and without quickness (he has never really been pact) that he's become much more predictable. A good summer of slimming and focus might allow him to regain that little bit of quickness that is often the difference between a move succeeding and failing.
Agreed. Just mean that he had a bit of a quickness about him that he currently lacks. Had a typo in there where i meant to type that he was never pacy.
A good player doesn't usually become a bad one and I still think he will get back to his best.
Comrade Buka
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If you are mediocre and lazy it is most definitely bad for your career.
On the other hand one could argue that Adam Johnson is bad for Adam Johnson's career.
On the other hand one could argue that Adam Johnson is bad for Adam Johnson's career.
avoidconfusion
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Marvin said:Sunderland's style of play doesn't help.
His transfer cost us points because he wasn't replaced, or more accurately the player brought into replace him hasn't had a chance
And was the wrong Winger from Swansea as well. Should have bought Dyer instead of Sinclair if any of them at all.
Comrade Buka said:If you are mediocre and lazy it is most definitely bad for your career.
On the other hand one could argue that Adam Johnson is bad for Adam Johnson's career.
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