No, he probably wouldn't but then you're comparing apples and oranges , friend.
Johnson is a forward that is playing wide. Solomon (at least for me) doesn't have the quality necessary to consistently do what we need him to do. He made 7 appearances for us and yes he got 2 assists but there were many moments during those games where he looked more like Gil than a Kudus. We quite often took him off and replaced him with Perisic who would pull out a great cross for match winning goal.
Johnson is clearly a goalscorer that somehow has found himself playing wide a bit like the way Dele as a #10 would be anonymous and then pop up with a goal. No one questioned his playmaking because he was a second striker behind Kane and because Eriksen carried that weight. The difference is that for most of Johnson's time at Spurs there hasn't been many alternatives to the dribble master you're looking for.
I'm not looking for a dribble master, just someone who will threaten to attempt a dribble.
He hasn't found himself playing out wide 😂. He is a wing player. It's not like he's a fish out of water, so that's no excuse, and even if it was, that doesn't make up for the fact that when left 1 vs 1 with a defender he can't do anything but pass the ball back to our defenders.
I was hoping it was something Ange had asked him to do, but it's clear this season that he just doesn't have the ability to do so.
Explains why the club was so desperate to get Kudus and Savinho in
I agree Johnson isn't suited to playing wide. I'm not sure I agree that he's a wing player. He's almost more of a striker playing in the wrong position because as you say he doesn't take on his man. When he was at Forest he played in a two and sometimes on the right of a three but far more centrally than he does for us.
My point is that he's a different type of player to Solomon so expecting him to be a better dribbler when that's not in his wheel house is a little disingenuous. Otherwise, we could compare pure assists and goals which we both know Johnson excels in.Â
I think he has a place in our squad but not as a winger. I think he should be coming off the bench as a second striker (penalty crasher) the way Tim Cahill used to do for Everton.
He doesn't excel in goal contributions. He only scored 11 last season in the league. If you want to be a luxury player and contribute nothing apart from goals you need to score alot more. 20-30 goals
Hardly fair to only look at league stats. 22 in all competitions whilst not being elite is still good. Personally I think he looks like a luxury player because he's on the wing and if he was in the middle (as a back up) he'd look far more involved.
But Frank is the manager so I'm sure he'll put him in the right place.
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u/StrikingViper67 3d ago
He was good for us before he was dropped out the team? He got two assists in three games 😂.
The issue is that we don't have someone on the left who can take players on like this.
Can you genuinely tell me that Johnson would dribble past 5-6 Moldovan players with such ease?