areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 I still don't get the OP's apparent surprise at Johnson's age. Are we supposed to have thought he was much older or much younger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronio Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Reda Reda Reda! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 9 hours ago, Marpals said: He was a truly awful defender, any time a player went past him (which was often) is only option was to pull them or their shirt, he would have been more suited to Rugby, Scored a few goals mind. But i think the fact he hasn't played league football for years tells you all you need to know. He was awful at CB but did a very good job for us at left-back, was key to our promotion and did a job at this level. The reason he is playing non-league football is more as a result of his persistent injury issues than his ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomtheOwl95 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 The move to left back was the making of him. Fantastic player for us that season, a key part of why we went up and then a key part of why we stayed up. Sad that injuries ended his time here. Off the pitch a gentle giant, fantastic figure for the club. Great fella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWLERTON GHOST Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 10 hours ago, james o connor said: Good cult figure , poor player. Unusually for Wednesday he was also a crock . Iorfa is like a significantly upgraded graded version of him so you rate him then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flo Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 6 hours ago, Ronio said: Reda Reda Reda! Reda Reda Reda R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZicoSterland2 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 14 hours ago, dewsburyowl58 said: Except some on here !!!! If we had Messi some on here wouldn't rate him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crookesowl Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 10 hours ago, areNOTwhatTHEYseem said: I still don't get the OP's apparent surprise at Johnson's age. Are we supposed to have thought he was much older or much younger? I thought he was at least 10 years older and it appears many others thought the same! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluey9 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Would love to see this guy in the crowd again love the bloke ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etchesketch Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 34 minutes ago, crookesowl said: I thought he was at least 10 years older and it appears many others thought the same! Are you kidding? Ten years older? That would have made him 32 instead of 22 when we signed him. Nobody else has commentated about his age on this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 46 minutes ago, crookesowl said: I thought he was at least 10 years older and it appears many others thought the same! Does it? Where?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 There always has to be one or two miserable wazzocks in a thread like this who feel obliged to tell us how rubbish they thought someone is. So predictable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 On 22/03/2019 at 09:31, areNOTwhatTHEYseem said: I could be wrong, but I believe what happened is that 31 years ago he was born, and then 31 years later he turned 31. You know a similar thing happened to me when I turned 32. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cross owl Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 3 hours ago, ZicoSterland2 said: If we had Messi some on here wouldn't rate him. Not surprising really . Just a show boating potter who got lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Newsome Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 (edited) 13 hours ago, Groundhopping Owl said: I don't think that's quite true, I think the reason he ended up there is because they were the highest-ranked club willing to offer him a contract that wasn't just pay-as-you-play. At the time Eastleigh were chucking money around like crazy, they had loads of players dropping down the league's like Ryan Cresswell to sign for them. 4k a week wont be far out. Since then Eastleigh's owner has lost interest in his toy and they are having to cut their cloth. Where do people get this idea that pay as you play contracts are a thing anyway? Edited March 23, 2019 by Not Jon Newsome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roaminowl Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 36 minutes ago, Not Jon Newsome said: Where do people get this idea that pay as you play contracts are a thing anyway? Where do you get this idea that pay as you play contracts are not a thing anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costello 77 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Pay as you play is a euphemism for a contract that's heavily geared towards appearances etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhopping Owl Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 30 minutes ago, Costello 77 said: Pay as you play is a euphemism for a contract that's heavily geared towards appearances etc.. Yep - lower weekly pay vs higher appearance fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocksyuto Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 16 hours ago, TomtheOwl95 said: Sad that injuries ended his time here. Those words seem to be the new thing for Wednesday is recent times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalowlisback Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 To be honest I thought he would be close to 40 years old, don't know why - always thought he was a lot older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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