Stefan Johansen

To be fair to McGuire, he's not the only one who does this.

Fans are fickle by nature and generally judge a player from game-to-game, rather than forming an overall picture of their ability and accepting that dips in performance levels are inevitable (for most players) throughout the season.

 

By the way you've mixed (deliberately) quotes from his first couple games last season and his poor start to this season, don't let facts get in the way of your point though

I stand by my point, his total contrast in form was ridiculous and he was our worst performer outwith ambrose at the start of the season and shoulda been benched for kayal ..
He's turned it around and fair play to him..

A lot of those quotes were also tongue and cheek as well as wind ups, your stance has been embarrassingly blinkered and i don't expect you'll have been able to see that..

 

There is no doubt that earlier in the season, his passing was horrendous on occasion....losing the ball a chronic number of times in games, and his overall performances were a shadow of what they were last year - and especially based against what they have been in recent weeks.

Why? A combination of factors - new (although not AS new to him obviously) manager...match fitness....position played it.

It all adds up - but slating a guy on here who accurately said earlier in the season Johansen was playing pish in comparison seems a bit harsh. Simply, because the guy was playing pish in comparison.

 

I don't see what the big deal is, he was poor at the start of the season, and was rightly criticised, and over the past month or so, he has found form again, and looks a much better player, so will of course get praised. You can't really defend a player's current form based on past exertions. Any player in world football will get pelters if they go through a poor run of form, which is exactly what happened with Johansen in the opening few months of this season.

 

* you man - sick of your "common sense" and pish.

 

He was pretty crap from the first qualifiers in July, most the team were right enough, but he was particularly poor for me. I've always said he's our best passer though and I stand by that, just wasn't always as sure about his overall game.

 

Think it's pretty good to point out the fickleness in our support, might stop some of the abuse next time there's a wee dip in form to somebody else.

 

That will never happen. If someone goes through a bad run of games, in Johansen's case it was over the period of a few months, then fans are of course going to criticise. If it is simply one or two games, then I agree with you, but when it is over a sustained period of time, then it's inevitable that the player will get stick. If Lionel Messi went a few months and his level of performance dropped well below par, it would be no different.

 

Complete and utter bell end and fickle idiot in last 2 posts..

Gave you more credit than you deserved..

Fickle, righty o..

 

If you read through every individual player thread on here, you will see more than likely that every single one of them have been criticised at times. Izaguirre got slaughtered for playing below par, Stokes has had it likewise, Brown also etc etc

 

Had to check re how far I had gone at start of season, where he was poor - below is as harsh as I was, back in August, and I stand by it. Reminded me of another aspect, however, regarding Brown. His return has also made a difference in terms of "coincidence" with Johansen really picking it up where he left off last season.

 

There will always be one or two that go OTT. I think Johansen was very fortunate to retain his place in the team at times though near the start of the season. We had Kayal who had done all that was asked of him whenever he played, and he was always overlooked for a player who was out of sorts. In fact, the very same is happening just now with Mulgrew. He is going through a pretty shocking run of form in my opinion at the minute.

I think the term "scapegoat" gets thrown around too often. It usually gets used when someone is hellbent on defending a player no matter how poorly he is playing. Seen it said numerous times when discussing Ambrose.

 

I feel he looks a lot better with Commons out of the team, he is able to control play much better. He's first name on the team sheet at the minute