He definitely got it, especially when Wright first arrived and Phil was starting ahead of him
welcome to Brennan Johnson
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The problem with Johnson is the original price that Spurs paid for Forest, in the region of £47 million which kind of set some sort of benchmark.
He wasn’t an unqualified success at Spurs, but was top scorer under Ang and scored the winner in a European final.
Furthermore, goalscorers always cost more.
Taking the above factors into account may have helped to get to the £35 million we supposedly paid.
In hindsight it looks ridiculous because he didn’t look to be worth £5 million for us, but his past career demonstrates that he can play.
If he does go to Everton I expect he will do ok there.
He will suit the defensive tactics of Moyes hitting teams on the break and he would not be expected to have much involvement in the build up of moves.
He wasn’t an unqualified success at Spurs, but was top scorer under Ang and scored the winner in a European final.
Furthermore, goalscorers always cost more.
Taking the above factors into account may have helped to get to the £35 million we supposedly paid.
In hindsight it looks ridiculous because he didn’t look to be worth £5 million for us, but his past career demonstrates that he can play.
If he does go to Everton I expect he will do ok there.
He will suit the defensive tactics of Moyes hitting teams on the break and he would not be expected to have much involvement in the build up of moves.
He's definitely mastered that for us!
Save Dwindlehurst
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Got a lot worse when he signed for Millwall. They really gave it to him along with Bobby Bowery and Ricky Newman who they also couldn’t stand.
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I think the wider point is the difficulty in trying to get players with experience who can blend into the first team for the workload of more games in the coming season.
It's neither the 'buy the young promising player' strategy, or the 'buy the top players' strategy or the just the 'buy everyone' strategy. And I think it's the hardest to execute. Last January felt like a 'buy the prem players from a struggling club' strategy, but it just hasn't really worked out yet.
As we are all painfully aware we do need someone who can stick the ball in the net, but sadly Brennan is no Gary Lineker (didn't he get stuck out on the wing in his Barca days?). Don't think McNeil will be either, although he could still be a solid signing for us.
Will Franca be closer to the First XI, I wonder?
It's neither the 'buy the young promising player' strategy, or the 'buy the top players' strategy or the just the 'buy everyone' strategy. And I think it's the hardest to execute. Last January felt like a 'buy the prem players from a struggling club' strategy, but it just hasn't really worked out yet.
As we are all painfully aware we do need someone who can stick the ball in the net, but sadly Brennan is no Gary Lineker (didn't he get stuck out on the wing in his Barca days?). Don't think McNeil will be either, although he could still be a solid signing for us.
Will Franca be closer to the First XI, I wonder?
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Very soon it will be time to rename this thread to:
Goodbye to Brennan Johnson - thanks for the incredible memories 😂
Goodbye to Brennan Johnson - thanks for the incredible memories 😂
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It is sounding like a straight swap, which on paper seems mad, given A) we paid £35 million for BJ in January B) we had a deal with a £20 million fee agreed for McNeil in January, and C) DM's contract runs out in a year. Nonetheless, it could still work out in footballing terms. We need a left-sided player, he can take setpieces and when he was at Burnley he was quality. Forest and Spurs fans basically agree that Johnson is good at running and tap-ins and that's it. He hasn't even been good at that for us. Moyes is not exactly patient or the arm-around-the-shoulder type of manager, so I wouldn't be surprised to see BJ flop there and be moved on to a foreign club within 12 months. Sometimes the fee paid puts unfair pressure on a player, but in Johnson's case I just think he is a terrible footballer.
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Bound to score against us in the opening game !
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Thats a given 🤗
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At least that would prove that he does exist.
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Brennan Johnson was clearly bought to add a goal threat, but never looked like scoring. Given the incredible £35m fee he has to go down as one of the worst signings in the history of Crystal Palace Football Club.
We don't seem to ever learn this valuable lesson: Don't buy players from bigger clubs, who think they are doing us a favour by signing.
Examples : (Benteke; Sakho; Nketiah; Adebayor).
We don't seem to ever learn this valuable lesson: Don't buy players from bigger clubs, who think they are doing us a favour by signing.
Examples : (Benteke; Sakho; Nketiah; Adebayor).
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Was thinking about this very point when I was sitting on the bog this morning. In a way, Johnson's crazy fee is somewhat overshadowed by the colossal amount we paid for JSL a few weeks later. However that we got such little return, or even effort from a record breaking transfer can only label it as a complete disaster and waste of money. We're luck that there are other mugs around who we can offload him to.