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Brennan Johnson

Kandi1977 said:
His final output is really good, but there's no doubt he needs to further develop many aspects of his game, primarily attacking with the ball, and his defending. His attacking runs without the ball is first class, but he needs to add more to his game.
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And that's why the best option for the club is get another RW option (someone that has more to their game)

In that model, Johnson becomes depth, and we can rotate/leverage against different opposition.

As others have said repeatedly, Johnson's output, ability to be there for the back post tap in, is valuable, having him as the only real RW option (Deki more valuable in center) is not good.

fernadez said:
I did have another thought about this, and it might be giving Ange credit which is baseless.

Maybe he's revolutionizing football and Johnson is playing at a striker but from the right wing, so he's got no really defensive duties and is there to finish of moves. Solanke shouldn't therefore be thought of a conventional forward, it's a feature of the tactic that we don't really create for him and his primary role is to close down and win ball back.

Sounds mad, but so are a lot of things about the way we set up.
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Bedfordspurs said:
Like pool used to do with mane, Firmino and Salah
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That's fine, but you need to adjust the rest of team appropriately. e.g. your midfield is going to have to work a lot harder (Pool of that era had a bunch of workhorses in midfield), and your FB would need to be a little less up the pitch (again, unless the whole back line shifts?)
 
Raziel said:
And that's why the best option for the club is get another RW option (someone that has more to their game)

In that model, Johnson becomes depth, and we can rotate/leverage against different opposition.

As others have said repeatedly, Johnson's output, ability to be there for the back post tap in, is valuable, having him as the only real RW option (Deki more valuable in center) is not good.




That's fine, but you need to adjust the rest of team appropriately. e.g. your midfield is going to have to work a lot harder (Pool of that era had a bunch of workhorses in midfield), and your FB would need to be a little less up the pitch (again, unless the whole back line shifts?)
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Pool did it by having high full backs butl more holding midfielders
It’s what I think will happen more when the next manager comes in
He will change it because we will have better midfield options
And I fully agree we need options on the right, more so if we see kulu as a CM
 
indospurs said:
Johnson play with Djed at Forest, they were a perfect combo down the right

Johnson isn't a dribbly player, but he reads the game very well and knows when to do the run ins for the 'tap ins'

no he isn't a blood and thunder brave type of plyer, more on acceleration and top speed - he can strike and propel us forward, i'm happy with his contribution, top scorer for us before his injury this season
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And not forgetting he is pretty high up on assists too.
 
Muttley said:
That comment may come back to haunt him like "are we not entertained". So you can score with your left testicle and it's is deadly important but if you assist with your right testicle it's irrelevant.

To me, assists are one of the most important stats in football. Without assists, you don't have goals.
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It can be important. Jan Vertonghen's assist for Son's Puskas goal a good example of why it's not the be-all-end-all. Like any stat.
 
tommysvr said:
It can be important. Jan Vertonghen's assist for Son's Puskas goal a good example of why it's not the be-all-end-all. Like any stat.
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Is that any different from some of the goals we see though? A player takes a lame shot that the keeper was saving comfortably, but it deflects off a defender and goes in. What's the difference?

Personally, I think Ange is talking utter nonsense. Not the first time and won't be the last.
 
Muttley said:
Is that any different from some of the goals we see though? A player takes a lame shot that the keeper was saving comfortably, but it deflects off a defender and goes in. What's the difference?

Personally, I think Ange is talking utter nonsense. Not the first time and won't be the last.
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Yeah? I agree, you can have brick goals just like you can have brick assists.
 
Muttley said:
Is that any different from some of the goals we see though? A player takes a lame shot that the keeper was saving comfortably, but it deflects off a defender and goes in. What's the difference?

Personally, I think Ange is talking utter nonsense. Not the first time and won't be the last.
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The point is he is saying using assists as a STATISTIC is useless because there are many scenarios around how a player can get an assist, it's not automatically demonstrative of a great piece of play by a player to get the assist. He's not saying assists aren't important, I would have thought the point is pretty obvious and what many many other people have said - not sure what the big deal is here....
 
Muttley said:
That comment may come back to haunt him like "are we not entertained". So you can score with your left testicle and it's is deadly important but if you assist with your right testicle it's irrelevant.

To me, assists are one of the most important stats in football. Without assists, you don't have goals.
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Yes but.
Assists aren't this monolithic concept that is the same across all circumstance. Sometimes (and often enough to be very significant) the bulk of the work for a goal is done either by the scorer or the person/process that got the ball to the 'assister'
I remember it being said about Modric that he was crucial in assisting the assist, but you don't get Opta stats and Fantasy Football points for that.
 
When did “assists” even become a thing? It feels a relatively recent stat.
Of course if you set up a goal you deserve credit for it but I kind of see where Ange is coming from on this.
Creating the pass that ultimately leads to a goal may be more important than the player who got the last touch before the goal. Often it will be one and the same but not always.
Obviously if you are bonused on assists then it is important to the player (I don’t even know if that happens?). I don’t think Ange is dismissing assists, just the stat around what defines an assist.
Still love Vertonghen claiming the assist for Sonny’s Burnley goal though.

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Muttley said:
Is that any different from some of the goals we see though? A player takes a lame shot that the keeper was saving comfortably, but it deflects off a defender and goes in. What's the difference?

Personally, I think Ange is talking utter nonsense. Not the first time and won't be the last.
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No he's not. As any other stat, it's pointless without any context.
 
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