citizens_1976 said:The criticism of Adam Johnson on this forum actually winds me up. He certainly isnt shit, he certainly isnt average, he is a bloody good player. People who question his intelligence on a football field are cretins. His off the ball movement in comparison to most wingers is sublime. Them little diagonal runs he makes across the box or across the defenders cause absolute havoc. He is a superb dribbler, he is great to watch and when he played for us last season, we looked a far better side with him in the team. He gives us width and when he did not play last season, we were very narrow and very predictable to watch. He might not be super consistent, but neither are Nani and Bale, wingers don't tend to be really consistent. He is a decent passer of the ball as well, for some people to question his vision is pretty ridiculous really. Does Ashley Young have fantastic vision? Does Gareth Bale have fantastic vision? I would actually like people to name me a winger with "fantastic" vision because there are few and far between in todays game. I cannot understand why he is the scapegoat, i really like him as a player and i thought other City fans would like him too, but i guess people want to get on his back every time he has a bad game and to be honest, i don't think he has that many bad games either. I know it might be a stupid thing to say, but he was more consistent than Milner, Balotelli, Dzeko and Kolarov last season, even if they were new signings and i do not see them getting the same amount of criticism.
AJ is a quality player, lay off the lad and get behind him.
peterctid said:citizens_1976 said:The criticism of Adam Johnson on this forum actually winds me up. He certainly isnt shit, he certainly isnt average, he is a bloody good player. People who question his intelligence on a football field are cretins. His off the ball movement in comparison to most wingers is sublime. Them little diagonal runs he makes across the box or across the defenders cause absolute havoc. He is a superb dribbler, he is great to watch and when he played for us last season, we looked a far better side with him in the team. He gives us width and when he did not play last season, we were very narrow and very predictable to watch. He might not be super consistent, but neither are Nani and Bale, wingers don't tend to be really consistent. He is a decent passer of the ball as well, for some people to question his vision is pretty ridiculous really. Does Ashley Young have fantastic vision? Does Gareth Bale have fantastic vision? I would actually like people to name me a winger with "fantastic" vision because there are few and far between in todays game. I cannot understand why he is the scapegoat, i really like him as a player and i thought other City fans would like him too, but i guess people want to get on his back every time he has a bad game and to be honest, i don't think he has that many bad games either. I know it might be a stupid thing to say, but he was more consistent than Milner, Balotelli, Dzeko and Kolarov last season, even if they were new signings and i do not see them getting the same amount of criticism.
AJ is a quality player, lay off the lad and get behind him.
AJ geat plus is that he has a great football brain. He usually picks out the right pass and is movement is excellent. What I think we should be doing with him is moving him up front. He can finish, is quick and he good movement. Wenger did it with Henry, AJ could also do it.
citizens_1976 said:The criticism of Adam Johnson on this forum actually winds me up. He certainly isnt shit, he certainly isnt average, he is a bloody good player. People who question his intelligence on a football field are cretins. His off the ball movement in comparison to most wingers is sublime. Them little diagonal runs he makes across the box or across the defenders cause absolute havoc. He is a superb dribbler, he is great to watch and when he played for us last season, we looked a far better side with him in the team. He gives us width and when he did not play last season, we were very narrow and very predictable to watch. He might not be super consistent, but neither are Nani and Bale, wingers don't tend to be really consistent. He is a decent passer of the ball as well, for some people to question his vision is pretty ridiculous really. Does Ashley Young have fantastic vision? Does Gareth Bale have fantastic vision? I would actually like people to name me a winger with "fantastic" vision because there are few and far between in todays game. I cannot understand why he is the scapegoat, i really like him as a player and i thought other City fans would like him too, but i guess people want to get on his back every time he has a bad game and to be honest, i don't think he has that many bad games either. I know it might be a stupid thing to say, but he was more consistent than Milner, Balotelli, Dzeko and Kolarov last season, even if they were new signings and i do not see them getting the same amount of criticism.
AJ is a quality player, lay off the lad and get behind him.
citizens_1976 said:peterctid said:citizens_1976 said:The criticism of Adam Johnson on this forum actually winds me up. He certainly isnt shit, he certainly isnt average, he is a bloody good player. People who question his intelligence on a football field are cretins. His off the ball movement in comparison to most wingers is sublime. Them little diagonal runs he makes across the box or across the defenders cause absolute havoc. He is a superb dribbler, he is great to watch and when he played for us last season, we looked a far better side with him in the team. He gives us width and when he did not play last season, we were very narrow and very predictable to watch. He might not be super consistent, but neither are Nani and Bale, wingers don't tend to be really consistent. He is a decent passer of the ball as well, for some people to question his vision is pretty ridiculous really. Does Ashley Young have fantastic vision? Does Gareth Bale have fantastic vision? I would actually like people to name me a winger with "fantastic" vision because there are few and far between in todays game. I cannot understand why he is the scapegoat, i really like him as a player and i thought other City fans would like him too, but i guess people want to get on his back every time he has a bad game and to be honest, i don't think he has that many bad games either. I know it might be a stupid thing to say, but he was more consistent than Milner, Balotelli, Dzeko and Kolarov last season, even if they were new signings and i do not see them getting the same amount of criticism.
AJ is a quality player, lay off the lad and get behind him.
AJ geat plus is that he has a great football brain. He usually picks out the right pass and is movement is excellent. What I think we should be doing with him is moving him up front. He can finish, is quick and he good movement. Wenger did it with Henry, AJ could also do it.
Mmm i am not too sure about moving him up front, but i do agree that he does have a pretty good football brain, especially for a winger. His movement is class and it is a shame people do not take notice. He is a quality player for our squad at least, to sell him would be silly.
Too many people just want to offload the homegrown talent and buy exotic names from around Europe. We aren't playing football manager.
samharris said:Mancini said he's staying and Johnno has stated he's ready to fight for a place..
all good as far as Im concerned.
SamTheGuru said:citizens_1976 said:The criticism of Adam Johnson on this forum actually winds me up. He certainly isnt shit, he certainly isnt average, he is a bloody good player. People who question his intelligence on a football field are cretins. His off the ball movement in comparison to most wingers is sublime. Them little diagonal runs he makes across the box or across the defenders cause absolute havoc. He is a superb dribbler, he is great to watch and when he played for us last season, we looked a far better side with him in the team. He gives us width and when he did not play last season, we were very narrow and very predictable to watch. He might not be super consistent, but neither are Nani and Bale, wingers don't tend to be really consistent. He is a decent passer of the ball as well, for some people to question his vision is pretty ridiculous really. Does Ashley Young have fantastic vision? Does Gareth Bale have fantastic vision? I would actually like people to name me a winger with "fantastic" vision because there are few and far between in todays game. I cannot understand why he is the scapegoat, i really like him as a player and i thought other City fans would like him too, but i guess people want to get on his back every time he has a bad game and to be honest, i don't think he has that many bad games either. I know it might be a stupid thing to say, but he was more consistent than Milner, Balotelli, Dzeko and Kolarov last season, even if they were new signings and i do not see them getting the same amount of criticism.
AJ is a quality player, lay off the lad and get behind him.
Let's just hope he kicks on this season then....like he was supposed to last season,
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citizens_1976 said:peterctid said:AJ geat plus is that he has a great football brain. He usually picks out the right pass and is movement is excellent. What I think we should be doing with him is moving him up front. He can finish, is quick and he good movement. Wenger did it with Henry, AJ could also do it.
Mmm i am not too sure about moving him up front, but i do agree that he does have a pretty good football brain, especially for a winger. His movement is class and it is a shame people do not take notice. He is a quality player for our squad at least, to sell him would be silly.
Too many people just want to offload the homegrown talent and buy exotic names from around Europe. We aren't playing football manager.
Seriously? What has that got to do with it? I am guessing you are the same guy making those ridiculous unfounded statements in the other AJ thread last week. I thought it was people's obsession with SWP that was the cause of it?
I agree with you 100%. For me he is the equivalent of an old-fashioned inside-forward. He isn't being used fully on the wing.peterctid said:AJ geat plus is that he has a great football brain. He usually picks out the right pass and is movement is excellent. What I think we should be doing with him is moving him up front. He can finish, is quick and he good movement. Wenger did it with Henry, AJ could also do it.