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Brennan Johnson

Raziel said:
There is a video comparing Son's heatmap last season vs. Solanke's, basically Son sits on the edge of the full box, Solanke sits in the 6 yard box, that's what Johnson was aiming for (wrong player)

Johnson always seems more effective as a sub .. against tired players or ?
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Tired players but also IMO it’s more that he is being told what to do more before hand
Just a guess
And son was wrong, not Johnson for me
 
dingdongo said:
There's a training clip doing the rounds (It's probably posted already somewhere) where it shows Mason shouting don't even look, just take a touch then ping it across the 6 yard box. It's interesting because we all assumed the wingers weren't looking up but it seems that's Anges instruction. Sonny and the left winger should know where it's going and be in there already.

Edit: Although we don't know if that clip is still 100% valid. Maybe Sonny prefers it cut back and that's where he was expecting it etc.
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Brennan johnson said the same. If you take time to look up it gives the defense time to get into position. It's the job of the other players to get into the area you are putting the ball into. That is what they work on in training. Put it into an area.

Dunno if right or wrong. But that's the instruction.
 
Lilbaz said:
Brennan johnson said the same. If you take time to look up it gives the defense time to get into position. It's the job of the other players to get into the area you are putting the ball into. That is what they work on in training. Put it into an area.

Dunno if right or wrong. But that's the instruction.
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Agreed, and I like this approach; it is a horrible area for the defence to sort out, because the keeper can't get there and the defenders are turning to face their own goal and trying to avoid the own goal.
 
Raziel said:
There is a video comparing Son's heatmap last season vs. Solanke's, basically Son sits on the edge of the full box, Solanke sits in the 6 yard box, that's what Johnson was aiming for (wrong player)

Johnson always seems more effective as a sub .. against tired players or ?
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Some players have the knack of making things happen when they come on as substitutes. It's not just being able to take advantage of tired legs -- it's also following the manager's instructions, but equally it can be reading the game from the bench well enough to figure out what you have to do.
 
Bullet said:
Starting vs Turkiye now
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Meh, pretty average display. Tried hard. Turkish keeper largely untroubled.
Galatasaray striker with blonde hair is a dingdonghead, got himself sent off.
Rodon and Davies defended him well, Welsh keeper largely untroubled.
 
NaijaSpurs said:
His best appearances for us so far seem to be when he comes off the bench. He needs to up his game.
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When he comes off the bench we seem to want to use him a bit more

I thought Ange got it wrong with his line up but the only decent attacks after the first 10 minutes came when we passed quickly to Brennan

The issue is we don’t do it enough and he then looks like a passenger.

It’s odd. You have that pace as a weapon and we choose to not use it
 
South spent the first 20 mins shouting to pass to him (Romero doing his trademark point, walk then pass instead of giving it first time). Then he gets 1v1 with the full back and doesn't beat him or find a team mate with the cross so........
 
fernadez said:
South spent the first 20 mins shouting to pass to him (Romero doing his trademark point, walk then pass instead of giving it first time). Then he gets 1v1 with the full back and doesn't beat him or find a team mate with the cross so........
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Passing to him when there is space to run into especially when the FB has gone walkabout should be tried....sigh...
 
O’Hara said: “Brennan Johnson. Miles off it, honestly miles off it. Hides, hides behind players. I watched him, I was there yesterday. Hiding. We signed him for £50m.”
 
End product isn't there. Not sure if it's his decision-making or maybe the instructions he's getting are poor, but either way, whatever he's doing as a player just isn't working. I really think Odobert needs to be starting ahead of him.
Also, his defensive work needs to be better. I feel like his partnership with Porro on the right is non-existent at times, but not completely lacking. I just don't see much interplay between them. I guess other side isn't much better, but I do think Udogie gives Son a lot more support. Seems like the FBs have stopped going inside as much, too.
 
glorygloryeze said:
He wasn't hiding yesterday. Just that Timber was physically string and very solid against him and also he hardly got any passes when he had space when Timber was upfield, elsewhere etc.

He has his limitations but we don't play to his strengths at all at present
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Such a pity that Solanke didn’t look up and see Johnson demanding the ball after Son deflected White’s pass to him.

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