interesting last couple of pages on the thread....from "not being allowed to criticise" to the kop of the 80's never accepted shit performances to kenny's teams even got booed loads of times back in the day.....i managed to eventually get back to glen johnson!!!
i have not seen either zenit game, and missed the swansea game, so cannot say much about his form - other than it must be incrdibly volatile given the responses on here ("awesome" "shit again" "best in the country" "was he pissed?")
what i would say, is that this year he has generally been fantastic, he has had plenty of opportunities to show what he can do going forward - and shown plenty - shown what an athlete he is by getting up and down so often, and showing massive workrate, and has shown good solid defending generally, although i still feel he allows crosses in too much, and his chosen (apparent) method of defending - cutting off the angles so the ball does not get wide to his man, and then recovering if it does - tends to lead to his man getting too much space when he does get the ball...but he defends well generally, and going forward he is fantastic
then why do i get particularly wound up by him when he has a poor game? he does not have more than anyone else in the team (generally, he has less) and even playing poorly he tends to contribute, so what is it that bugs me? is it that he lets himself down? is it that he could be doing more, even when off-form? is it that his mistakes seem to be careless, and due to a lack of focus? the most annoying thing i can ever pick up when he is playing poorly is his "shuffling" passes inside which often leave the receiver in trouble because the ball not played firmly enough and there is an opponent in attendance.....
even that is on a bad day......and i know from attending matches, johnso used to get a bit of stick from the crowd generally, but thought his game over time has become sound in all aspects.....so, why does he annoy and frustrate me so much?? can only be because the expectations get heightened with him? or is it the casual lethargy that seems to take over when he is on a bad day?
fuck it, i suppose if you can have favourites, you can have "least favourites" too?!?!!?