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Ex-Spurs Player Brennan Johnson

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The Dazzler99 said:
Would be interesting to see Johnson up top! Clearly our best finisher by a distance, playing alongside solanke would work well. Solanke can do the hold up play and then put the ball into space for Johnson! Or sure how it works against teams who sit deep. Johnson can’t really take a man on and is best when running into through balls.
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He can't hold the ball at all though. So we'd almost certainly have to run 2 up top and changing around our formation because of one limited player isn't a good choice.

It could work if we are pushing for a goal and throwing people forward.
 
nicoclaesen said:
It’s not hate.....
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There's literally someone a few posts up proudly declaring themselves a "Johnson hater".

Having mis-givings about certain players is natural.... It's how about how those mis-givings manifest that's the issue........



Take a leisurely read back through the old Harry Winks thread is you want a clear illustration of how hateful some of our fans can get..... Just cos they don't think he's good enough. Disgusting.

Not convinced? Look at BJ himself being driven off of social media by some cunts amongst 'our own'.

........Or how about perennial TFC wrong'n daveyboy88 declaring modern-day club legend HMSon to be "a pathetic excuse for a man".
 
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Deuterz said:
Hahahahahahaha

Go watch Gordon or Bowen in games and tell me, with a straight fucking face, Johnson contributes more throughout the 90 than them. Go on. Do it. Could do with a fucking laugh.

Can guarantee if either of those were here, Frank would have them starting every fucking week, not on the bench which is where he’s relegated Johnson.

Absolutely hilarious at times. Contributes more from an overall team perspective than Bowen. Course he does pal. Because you can definitely measure that in stats and not by watching who is more involved.

The fucker got benched by bloody Wales the other week and you & others will still swear blind he’s a top footballer outside of the tap ins.
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Like clockwork, the caped crusader appears when there's a Spurs player to shit on.

Like a puppet on a striiiiiiiiing...
 
Ionman34 said:
Just so you know, BJ's duel rate is that he wins 60% of them.

To add a little context, I got an AI overview on him;

Percentile Rankings:
Johnson's tackles are around the 56th percentile, while his blocks and clearances place him in higher brackets, often in the 60s and 70s, indicating decent defensive work for his position.
Comparison:
Compared to other attacking midfielders and wingers, Johnson's defensive contributions are considered above average, but his strengths are found in his offensive play, such as finishing and positioning.

So this belief that he contributes nothing, outside of tap in goals, is an absolute fallacy.

I went through this at the end of last season, the only winger in the Prem who contributed more, defensively, than BJ was Brian Mbeumo.

Simply put, there's an element here that only see what they want to see, where he is concerned. He contributes more, from an overall team perspective, than Bowen, who some lunatics think we should wax £80M on! He contributes FAR more than Anthony Gordon, who some people would sell their Mother's for!

He's actually up in the top percentile for wingers in the PL, at either end of the pitch.

But he can't dribble past a bloke, so sell him.

The Darwin Awards would have a field day with the nimrods on here.
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I'm surprised by those stats.I've been constantly sticking up for BJ on here so have no horse in this race, and am definitely not trying to exaggerate any stats against BJ.

I don't know how you could make a case for Brennan contributing more than Gordon. You've lost me there. Gordon is a proper all around player.
 
Don Pedro said:
I'm surprised by those stats.I've been constantly sticking up for BJ on here so have no horse in this race, and am definitely not trying to exaggerate any stats against BJ.

I don't know how you could make a case for Brennan contributing more than Gordon. You've lost me there. Gordon is a proper all around player.
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Who scores far fewer goals and contributes less defensively. 5 less goals and only 2 more assists playing more games than BJ.

BJ contributes more to a game than Gordon does. Scores more, defends better. That was last season when we were God awful as a team too.

Don't be fooled by the rhetoric. He's simply disliked because his wing play doesn't fit in with some people's idea of how a winger should play. The bottom line is that he was one of the most productive wingers, both offensively and defensively, in the PL. The numbers don't lie.
 
Ionman34 said:
Just so you know, BJ's duel rate is that he wins 60% of them.

To add a little context, I got an AI overview on him;

Percentile Rankings:
Johnson's tackles are around the 56th percentile, while his blocks and clearances place him in higher brackets, often in the 60s and 70s, indicating decent defensive work for his position.
Comparison:
Compared to other attacking midfielders and wingers, Johnson's defensive contributions are considered above average, but his strengths are found in his offensive play, such as finishing and positioning.

So this belief that he contributes nothing, outside of tap in goals, is an absolute fallacy.

I went through this at the end of last season, the only winger in the Prem who contributed more, defensively, than BJ was Brian Mbeumo.

Simply put, there's an element here that only see what they want to see, where he is concerned. He contributes more, from an overall team perspective, than Bowen, who some lunatics think we should wax £80M on! He contributes FAR more than Anthony Gordon, who some people would sell their Mother's for!

He's actually up in the top percentile for wingers in the PL, at either end of the pitch.

But he can't dribble past a bloke, so sell him.

The Darwin Awards would have a field day with the nimrods on here.
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Did your AI entity attend multiple live THFC games in order to formulate that opinion on BJ?
  • "Blocks and clearances?"
  • "Tackles?"
  • "Defensive contributions?"
You are having a Turkish.

This is the same player who I've seen on many occasions duck headers, visibly wince and recoil from 50/50 challenges, actually leave the field of play when a pass is on, get rid of the ball asap with speculative flicks to nobody in particular.
I could go on.
AI will fabricate an answer to any question posed with snippets of information gleaned from the web, and any knowledge gaps are filled by an algorithm that pretty much makes it up to suit.
Your post is laughable, and the reference to Darwin is quite frankly unwarranted, and insulting to fans with an opinion that you don't happen to agree with.
 
Ionman34 said:
Who scores far fewer goals and contributes less defensively. 5 less goals and only 2 more assists playing more games than BJ.

BJ contributes more to a game than Gordon does. Scores more, defends better. That was last season when we were God awful as a team too.

Don't be fooled by the rhetoric. He's simply disliked because his wing play doesn't fit in with some people's idea of how a winger should play. The bottom line is that he was one of the most productive wingers, both offensively and defensively, in the PL. The numbers don't lie.
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Those defensive stats are suspect.

He’s not good at all defensively, watch the games. His inability to ever hold onto the ball hurts us defensively. Hes completely reliant on other players to win their matchups and get the ball up the pitch. If you rely solely on stats to tell you who is decent than you don’t know enough about the game. There are so many things not measurable by stats.
 
bonaspur23 said:
He can't hold the ball at all though. So we'd almost certainly have to run 2 up top and changing around our formation because of one limited player isn't a good choice.

It could work if we are pushing for a goal and throwing people forward.
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Even then u would want two strikers from Solanke, Muani and Richy…. Physically goal threats that can press and unsettle.
 
Ionman34 said:
Who scores far fewer goals and contributes less defensively. 5 less goals and only 2 more assists playing more games than BJ.

BJ contributes more to a game than Gordon does. Scores more, defends better. That was last season when we were God awful as a team too.

Don't be fooled by the rhetoric. He's simply disliked because his wing play doesn't fit in with some people's idea of how a winger should play. The bottom line is that he was one of the most productive wingers, both offensively and defensively, in the PL. The numbers don't lie.
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Johnson defends better, don’t talk so stupid. He avoids physical contact.
 
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