Where's this three months out talk come from? He'll be back in Feb apparently? Was on the back of the Echo today anyway. No permanent damage.
To be honest, I think he's looked a little bit ropey in the last couple of games, defensively. I don't mean poor. Just a bit unstable or indecisive in defence.
Good point you make there. Whilst I have rejoiced at the attacking options Johnson has given us since his arrival, I have always been sceptical about his ability to actually
defend. If you check through my posts I have been voicing this concern ever since we were first linked with him, and my opinion has not wavered one iota.
He has been caught out far too many times this season and has been quite a liability at times. The only stand out
defensive performance that comes to mind was the United game at Anfield. Now before people start kicking off and slating me here, please remember that when you pay such a substantially large amount of money for a
defender, then you would expect his most outstanding attribute to be the ability to
defend. Well I would anyway.
Sorry for going off topic here, but it had to be said. I think that during his settling in period, such has been the prevalence of his attacking displays, that they have deflected from the real issue at hand here, his
defensive performances. I really rate Johnson as an attacker but he has a hell of a lot to do, to prove himself as a
defender.
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