Adam Johnson last night

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Very very disappointing from the bench - just when he should have taken that very weak Villareal defence apart.
Forgive me if I've missed a thread on him - merge if necessary please mods - but I counted his involvement in the game 9 times after he came on last night, and he lost posession every time. Started badly when he gave a terrible pass to Mario - they had a mini strop with each other - and he never recovered.
After putting in a decent shift when coming on as sub on Saturday against Wolves, he was back to his worst last night in my opinion, and at this rate, he'll be nowhere near the first team come the big games, and probably replaced before too long.
I haven't seen any stats for him but, if there was one pass which went to a city player last night, I didn't see it.
 
He's had a few poor games recently so he'll definitely get in the England side. Haha. Maybe that change of scenery will do him good, sort his head out and get him going again. I just get the feeling with Johnno that he thinks he's it and he's seen his arse a bit that people have suggested he's not all that!
 
He was poor last night but has been very good this season.

If you're using last night to validate your dislike for the player then that's pretty myopic given what he's capable of, and how our poor form and inability to score goals last year coincided with his absence.

I don't rate Balotelli and don't think he played well last night, but I'm not going to start a thread on it because his poor performance didn't really affect us and it's not the right time for it.
 
Actually forget he came on at one point.

Scored a couple of goals since the 'incident' with him being subbed off early but his attitude since then has been fairly shit.

Maybe a case of him thinking he's better than he is.
 
the blue panther said:
Very very disappointing from the bench - just when he should have taken that very weak Villareal defence apart.
Forgive me if I've missed a thread on him - merge if necessary please mods - but I counted his involvement in the game 9 times after he came on last night, and he lost posession every time. Started badly when he gave a terrible pass to Mario - they had a mini strop with each other - and he never recovered.
After putting in a decent shift when coming on as sub on Saturday against Wolves, he was back to his worst last night in my opinion, and at this rate, he'll be nowhere near the first team come the big games, and probably replaced before too long.
I haven't seen any stats for him but, if there was one pass which went to a city player last night, I didn't see it.
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I think that's very harsh considering by the time he took the field the clear edict from the bench was slow the game down to a snails pace and keep the ball, as it was over as a contest and we have another game at the weekend.

Overall I think he's done okay this season. His passing has improved, as has his decision making in terms of when to keep the ball and when to move it on quickly and simply. I still think he has a habit of going for the spectacular once too often in the final third - of course it's great when he scores, but it's frustrating as hell when he just shoots into a defender's legs, or does a bunch of step overs only to run down a blind alley.

He's got the rest of this season to show he can develop into a Mancini player. I for one wish him the best and hope he does. I do agree though that his recent attitude, if you can call it that, has left me shaking my head a little. He's not anywhere near the talent of the likes of Silva, Aguero, and Balo - so he should be working his bollocks off and being grateful that he gets to play in such a top team.
 
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