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Unfortunately the teams performances and his numbers don't back up your statement.
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Unfortunately every Liverpool supporters eyes in the entire world, except for yours, do.
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No no, just those on this little site.
So in your opinion two goals and one assist is a good return for 17million pounds?? Yet Insua shouldn't be in the team despite more assists??
And in your opinion, this 17million rightback has significantly improved the team since his arrival?? We are better this season with him than we were last season with Arbeloa?? That's what you're saying.
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I have found it curious to say the least why we spent so much on a RB this summer, and have posted about it, but lets say Rafa gets the sack, as you want him to. Johnson will be one of a handful of players that the incoming manager will definitely be happy to see.
Probably because he is much better at playing football than any of our other fullbacks. Our weaknesses defensively have been due to set piece defending at CB, weakness at LB, and poor passing out of defense and midfield, and while Johnson isn't rock solid, I don't think he's actually introduced any major issues.
Going forward he has been lethal in a few games, but even when he has to sit back more, he takes care of the ball really well, and keeps their flank honest due to his speed.
He's also a joy to watch. Remember when you were using attractive football as a measure of success, rather than just results? Well, Johnson has been a rare bright spot this season, and that's worth something.
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Johnson has been hopeless at trying to adapt to the zonal marking at set pieces. 1st goal against Brum highlights this. He's also got no idea how to read the game and his positional sense is shocking. He gets caught out of position far too often and continuously ballwatches. He's been indirectly at fault for a number of other goals this season. Carragher is having a mare of a season but he's had to spend so much time covering Johnson that he's just not doing his own job. Skrtel the same.
Johnson is excellent on the ball. But the final product is not there. Dani Alves is the only RB in the world who cost more than Johnson. Alves averages 15 or so assists a season.
Agree that a new manager will probably be happy to have Johnson and hopefully they will be tactically sound enough to use him properly, Rafa doesn't seem to be though.
All that being said, i would much rather have kept Arbeloa at RB and groomed Kelly as his successor and used the 10million cash we had to buy Kjaer and gotten Niko Krancjaer from Portsmouth for what they owed us.
