syston_fox Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 I know he's not the most popular guy on this site but I thought he put in a good solid performance today. At times his passing was a bit poor but considering he's been out so long I thought it was a pretty good performance. If anything I would say he was one of the better players out on the pitch today and for once didnt even have the worst hair - Luton's number 9 (akinbiyi wannabe) took that award! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libertine Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 Agreed. He was really good first half but drifted off a bit in the second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby or not Toby Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 my honest opinion is that he is awful, he can't run pass tackle head mark! gotta be as bad as junior lewis and lee marshall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyB Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 You beat me to it. Today I think he was one of our best players, he kept things simple and controlled the midfield something I think we’ve been lacking recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simi Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 He was ok today. Hughes was absent for alot of the game and Johnson to be fair did cover him. Some of his passing was bad at times but as you say he has been out with injury for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royston. Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 You can tell his legs have gone. No team worth their salt would give him the time and space he so desperately needs to do anything worthwhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Lass Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 He was good in the first half but then we got our Johnson back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webbo Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 personally i didn't think he was any worse than anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuliasz Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 He wasn't outstanding but certainly not a patch on how bad he has been. Hughes was abysmal today so it needed someone to do something in the middle and I thought for once, he provided it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gist Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 I didn't think he was that bad today his ball through to the build up to our goal was good but he seems to dislike pushing forward when we get the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Lass Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 He was given man of the match today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwell Pablo Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 He was given man of the match today That says more about the match than it does Andy Johnson . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syston_fox Posted 3 February 2007 Author Share Posted 3 February 2007 I didn't think he was that bad today his ball through to the build up to our goal was good but he seems to dislike pushing forward when we get the chance. and when he did push forward he seemed reluctant to shoot. Ive no idea what his shooting ability is like but he needs to have a crack now and again especially when the ball sits up for him as nicely as it did at one point today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thracian Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 What a ridiculous decision. He'd have made a good marionette. I regarded him as the nearly man. He was so often nearly there, nearly making a good pass, nearly making a good tackle, nearly having some effect and nearly dominating a situation. Above all our team needs an injection of pace, energy and passion. Johnson demonstrated none of those things. His close control was ordinary at best and both he and Hughes only ever threatened the Luton penalty area twice as I recall - and we were at home. If I had to pick a Man of the Match today it would be Porter. For his quiet competence in various situations and his ability - even with his two free kicks at the end - to create at least a little havoc in the visiting defence. Hume was another forced too far back too often, but how he tried and what a pity Hammond was introduced so late. When he was on our attacks, such as the were, at least started to look a bit more threatening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milky Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 What a ridiculous decision. He'd have made a good marionette. I regarded him as the nearly man. He was so often nearly there, nearly making a good pass, nearly making a good tackle, nearly having some effect and nearly dominating a situation. Above all our team needs an injection of pace, energy and passion. Johnson demonstrated none of those things. His close control was ordinary at best and both he and Hughes only ever threatened the Luton penalty area twice as I recall - and we were at home.. i agree with this part. MOM, what a fooking joke! He's going to go home tonight now thinking he's had a good game, which is very annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Lass Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 What a ridiculous decision. He'd have made a good marionette. I regarded him as the nearly man. He was so often nearly there, nearly making a good pass, nearly making a good tackle, nearly having some effect and nearly dominating a situation. Above all our team needs an injection of pace, energy and passion. Johnson demonstrated none of those things. His close control was ordinary at best and both he and Hughes only ever threatened the Luton penalty area twice as I recall - and we were at home. If I had to pick a Man of the Match today it would be Porter. For his quiet competence in various situations and his ability - even with his two free kicks at the end - to create at least a little havoc in the visiting defence. Hume was another forced too far back too often, but how he tried and what a pity Hammond was introduced so late. When he was on our attacks, such as the were, at least started to look a bit more threatening. Please just give up, he was as bad as the rest of the team today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggers Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 The only passes he completed were short ones that usually went backwards. He offered nothing today that anyone else in that role could not have accomplished at least as well. Watching the game while listening to the Muppets on Radio Leicester left me wondering what drugs Barber takes before a game. I want some. Johnson's vision as to where players actually are simply isn't there...when he plays clever balls to players who haven't run - and he does it again and again. Ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gist Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 What a ridiculous decision. He'd have made a good marionette. I regarded him as the nearly man. He was so often nearly there, nearly making a good pass, nearly making a good tackle, nearly having some effect and nearly dominating a situation. Above all our team needs an injection of pace, energy and passion. Johnson demonstrated none of those things. His close control was ordinary at best and both he and Hughes only ever threatened the Luton penalty area twice as I recall - and we were at home. If I had to pick a Man of the Match today it would be Porter. For his quiet competence in various situations and his ability - even with his two free kicks at the end - to create at least a little havoc in the visiting defence. Hume was another forced too far back too often, but how he tried and what a pity Hammond was introduced so late. When he was on our attacks, such as the were, at least started to look a bit more threatening. I thought Porter was pretty good today as well. When we did get the ball down and look to get forward he would be there with his neat passing rarely giving it away, it's just a shame he didn't get that much of the ball to make more of an impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwell Pablo Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 The only passes he completed were short ones that usually went backwards. He offered nothing today that anyone else in that role could not have accomplished at least as well. Watching the game while listening to the Muppets on Radio Leicester left me wondering what drugs Barber takes before a game. I want some. Johnson's vision as to where players actually are simply isn't there...when he plays clever balls to players who haven't run - and he does it again and again. Ridiculous. It never has been, he's not that type of player, he sits gives you an option and suppousidly wins you possesion. Of course as Thracian has said he hasn't got the pace or the energy for it anymore, which is why he looks piss poor, still if he's had an average game at least it's a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicfox Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 Ive just listened to his interview on RL, christ he just does'nt seem bothered. It seems he thinks a point is a decent result, although i give him credit for calling the whole take over business abit of a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 he wouldnt be in my 1st choice 11, though he did have probly his best game for the club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lildave3 Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 Even i'll admit he had a much better game than usual. Still prefer Weso though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc_jme Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 Regardless of what has been said already in this thread, I didn't think Johnson was too good today. Infact, I think calling him average could be being a little nice. I mean sure, he ran a bit more than normal but his passing wasn't exactly up to much again. Put in a couple of challenges but nothing too special. Was OK in the first half went downhill in the second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe. Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 For an Andy Johnson performance he was outstanding! Seriously, he wasn't bad at all today really. Still think he's useless but he was one of our better players today. His tackling came through today as one of his main attributes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filbertway Posted 3 February 2007 Share Posted 3 February 2007 Why the fook does Johnson want to tap the free kicks and put the crosser under pressure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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