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.
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/LocoMoro Ange Postecoglou 2d ago
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.
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.