Has Mancini made Adam Johnson worse over the last year?
This isn't a dig at Bobby but, around this time last year, he said Johnson would'nt get much gametime as he wants to make him better all-round and more aware defensively. That all sounds good, but I don't think Johnson has got any better. Infact, I think he's gone backwards.
This time last year, I thought Johnson should have been starting, his dribbling was brilliant and was creating a lot for the team. He was very exciting! In 2011, he's been quite poor. I think there's a very good player there somewhere, but he's nowhere near that at the moment. It's not just the last few games either, the last quarter of last season was the same. And he was getting quite a lot of games then too. He's no longer exciting and doesn't look half the player he was when he came. He's dropped down the England rankings too.
What's your opinion on this? Making him better defensively sounded like the right to do at the time, but has it actually made Johnson go backwards?
This isn't a dig at Bobby but, around this time last year, he said Johnson would'nt get much gametime as he wants to make him better all-round and more aware defensively. That all sounds good, but I don't think Johnson has got any better. Infact, I think he's gone backwards.
This time last year, I thought Johnson should have been starting, his dribbling was brilliant and was creating a lot for the team. He was very exciting! In 2011, he's been quite poor. I think there's a very good player there somewhere, but he's nowhere near that at the moment. It's not just the last few games either, the last quarter of last season was the same. And he was getting quite a lot of games then too. He's no longer exciting and doesn't look half the player he was when he came. He's dropped down the England rankings too.
What's your opinion on this? Making him better defensively sounded like the right to do at the time, but has it actually made Johnson go backwards?