Glen Johnson

[danperkins]

17 million quid, holy **** this guy has to be one of the worst defenders i've seen. Literally is making crucial error in every single game to our detriment, add that to Skrtel who is sub standard, Carra who is finished, Konchesky who is average, Kriagkos who is good in the air but appaling on the ground & Aurelio who is made out of biscuits.

Not a defense to brag about

[Mattshark]

17 million quid, holy **** this guy has to be one of the worst defenders i've seen. Literally is making crucial error in every single game to our detriment, add that to Skrtel who is sub standard, Carra who is finished, Konchesky who is average, Kriagkos who is good in the air but appaling on the ground & Aurelio who is made out of biscuits.

Not a defense to brag about

Yet it was the 3rd best last season.

[lickedlollipop]

Johnson is worth maybe around 4 mil.

[DannyMan2006]

17 million quid, holy **** this guy has to be one of the worst defenders i've seen. Literally is making crucial error in every single game to our detriment, add that to Skrtel who is sub standard, Carra who is finished, Konchesky who is average, Kriagkos who is good in the air but appaling on the ground & Aurelio who is made out of biscuits.

Not a defense to brag about

**** me. Play ****e tactics and people will get exposed.

Carra has never been the best in the air, Johnson has never been a solid sit back style defender. The players we have just can't play the way Roy wants.

[danperkins]

Yet it was the 3rd best last season.

With Carra a year younger, Agger is better form, Masch protecting the backline & Reina being simple outstanding.

Mate this crusade that Glen Johnson is a good defender has got to stop.

[danperkins]

**** me. Play ****e tactics and people will get exposed.

Carra has never been the best in the air, Johnson has never been a solid sit back style defender. The players we have just can't play the way Roy wants.

Johnson was just as bad defending under Rafa but was much better getting forward, apart frmo his first 6 or 7 games last season he has been a flop.

We need a new CB,RB & LB

[chadrtc]

17 million quid, holy **** this guy has to be one of the worst defenders i've seen. Literally is making crucial error in every single game to our detriment, add that to Skrtel who is sub standard, Carra who is finished, Konchesky who is average, Kriagkos who is good in the air but appaling on the ground & Aurelio who is made out of biscuits.

Not a defense to brag about

Hyperbole of the worst kind

[LFCman]

Johnson is only good for prancing around like a fairy. If he had brains he would be half dangerous.

[dww]

With Carra a year younger, Agger is better form, Masch protecting the backline & Reina being simple outstanding,hmmm?

Mate this crusade that Glen Johnson is a good defender has got to stop.

How much of that difference is down to Roy though? Clearly not playing Agger is an active choice for example. He is trying to restrict Reina from playing as a sweeper - further exposing the likes of Carragher and Kyrgiakos who are not especially fast.

Glen Johnson is not a particularly good defender but he has some strong aspects to his game which might come to the fore in a better organised and balanced unit.

[ric.williams]

he looked good going forward second half i thought. the whole team is down at the minute.

if torres didnt get injured he'd have had a field day in that second half

[DannyMan2006]

With Carra a year younger, Agger is better form, Masch protecting the backline & Reina being simple outstanding,hmmm?

Mate this crusade that Glen Johnson is a good defender has got to stop.

He is a fantastic attacking full back mate. Look at him in the second half, he was our only outlet. But ask him to sit back and he gets shown up. Why would someone play one of the best attacking full backs around in a position where he will just be asked to sit deep?

Roberto Carlos, although leagues above GJ, was the same. And funnily enough he wasn't very complimentary towards Hodgson at Inter and soon ****ed off to Real. Carlos wasn't the best at defending but it don't make him a bad player.

[danperkins]

I think Johnson can potentially be excellent going forward, lad just simply can't defend.

[Jaymo]

So glad i took the opportunity, whilst a little drunk (post night out), to tell Glen that his defending was piss poor and that he was totally to blame for Bent's second goal last week.

[danperkins]

He is a fantastic attacking full back mate. Look at him in the second half, he was our only outlet. But ask him to sit back and he gets shown up. Why would someone play one of the best attacking full backs around in a position where he will just be asked to sit deep?

Roberto Carlos, although leagues above GJ, was the same. And funnily enough he wasn't very complimentary towards Hodgson at Inter and soon ****ed off to Real. Carlos wasn't the best at defending but it don't make him a bad player.

Never said Johnson was a bad player, just simply can't defend. It just doesn't work for him defensively, was never his strong point before coming to us but gone into overdrive.

[LFCman]

I don't see how Johnson is fantastic at attacking at all. Anyone can get the ball and run up and down the line. But his distribution is utterly pathetic. Poor skills with his distribution and terrible awareness and decision making with the ball.