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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025

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_mehstg said:
I find the Johnson bashing really bizarre. I first started going to the Lane in the late 80s and was a regular by the time the 90s rolled around. I implore you all to watch any game during the three seasons Gary Lineker was at the club. He did nothing (and I mean nothing) except score goals, a fair few of which were inside the six yard box... Now I get it. Different time, different position but if you don't believe me watch the 86 World Cup group game against Poland. I don't recall him having more than half a dozen touches the entire game and three of them ended up in the back of the net. Now I see where the Johnson bashing comes from. To the naked eye he looks like a winger with no pace, no trickery and who occasionally gets back to help his full back. Fine, but his awareness and ability to arrive on the scene and score is his super power (Fat Frank made a career out of that for the Chavs) and so long as he continues to do this, I am okay with the other stuff being sub par. I will probably get pelters now.
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Totally agree about lineker.. his all round footballing skill set.. wasnt great and that's being kind.. but his finishing was amazing next to and only bettered by Greaves.. but Johnson has pace as did lineker in his early days let's hope the rest of your analysis is right..
 
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