Andy Johnson - YNWA.tv

[Dirk]

AJ is one of those players where my opinion of him could swing either way. By that I'm not sure if he's going through a purple patch or if he can be any good over the long term. He has the potential to be both a Marcus Stewart or an Ian Wright. My concern about that is can we really afford to make an investment on a player with potential? Houllier was barracked, and rightly so, for wasting money on players with potential who never met the grade.

 

We need class as we are rebuilding and we need to set firm foundations upon which to build. If we had a class team in all positions then I'd say take the risk on him but as we haven't I'm not so sure we can afford to.

 

It's probably a load of bollocks anyway.

[Captain]

How the fuck can anyone want Andy Johnson? What on earth do we want him for. Total waste of money?

 

I'll take TBM instead any fucking day of the week.

 

This rumour is bullshit. End of.

[Paul]

It just goes with the terriroty of being "Rashid".

Rashid referring to himself in the third person - he wants to be The Sheriff.

[fivetimes]

i dont believe it....and i also agree wholeheartedly with Rashid on this one. every team that comes up has one player who scores a few, and then fdes into nothing.

 

no way to johnson.

[Erik T]

I haven't seen much of AJ so I can't comment on whether he'd be a good signing or not. I would however like to point out that this COULD be a smookescreen from Benitez. He's replied to the statement of the new IFHRM coach that he won't sell Morientes to rivals by saying "we have other options". (he probably said "possibilities" or "opportunities" but the editors at .tv change it :-)

 

So making sure that we are linked with other strikers will hopefully make IFHRM a little nervous that we will take our money elsewhere. Of course it would have been even better with a "bigger" name like e.g. Anelka, but at the very least it doesn't hurt our case vs. IFHRM to be linked to other strikers.

[Rashid]

Oi, while you're here, I'm going to need some child support.

 

 

Smith would have been a good signing.

 

Rashid was banned here once, but he did commit one of the three cardinal sins:

1. Racist post

2. Being Scousewegian

3. Disrespecting the Big Dutchman Erik Meijer

 

The ban was a joke by Dave, a wind up!

[PaulMcC]

I don't think they ever said Smith was definitely signing. And it was meant to be Houllier after him.

[Tom R]

Andy Johnson?

 

As if.

 

It'll never happen. Not on my watch.

Half a good season while your club are riding on the buzz of being newly promoted does not make you a Liverpool player.

 

He's a decent player but he's no better than Beattie imo.

 

No, no and no again.

 

 

Oh, and no.

[PaulMcC]

Andy Johnson?

 

As if.

 

It'll never happen. Not on my watch.

Half a good season while your club are riding on the buzz of being newly promoted does not make you a Liverpool player.

 

He's a decent player but he's no better than Beattie imo.

 

No, no and no again.

 

 

Oh, and no.

 

 

He's a far more mobile player than Beattie. A while ago when Liverpool were being linked with Wright Philips some people were saying he isn't good enough and is a one season wonder. They were wrong, if Johnson signs give him a chance. He's done well this year.

[Total Longo]

AJ is one of those players where my opinion of him could swing either way. By that I'm not sure if he's going through a purple patch or if he can be any good over the long term. He has the potential to be both a Marcus Stewart or an Ian Wright. My concern about that is can we really afford to make an investment on a player with potential? Houllier was barracked, and rightly so, for wasting money on players with potential who never met the grade.

 

We need class as we are rebuilding and we need to set firm foundations upon which to build. If we had a class team in all positions then I'd say take the risk on him but as we haven't I'm not so sure we can afford to.

 

It's probably a load of bollocks anyway.

 

Never quite got my head round this "potential" argument. Maradona, Owen, even Rooney were good enough at 17 - it was plain to see that they were going to be class acts (on the pitch at least), so why waste money on a 19/20 year old player who isn't much cop, but may have "potential" to get better? it's a hell of a risk. Obviously there are exceptions like Gerrard who hadn't stopped growing and thus suffered from a lot of injury problems early on, but you could still see that he was a great player. Surely if the likes of Diarra were "ones for the future", we would have seen some evidence of their "potential" by now. Too much potentially good players and not enough actually good players were bought in GH's latter period. Give me Anelka or Morientes any day of the week over Johnson.

[Tom R]

Never quite got my head round this "potential" argument. Maradona, Owen, even Rooney were good enough at 17 - it was plain to see that they were going to be class acts (on the pitch at least), so why waste money on a 19/20 year old player who isn't much cop, but may have "potential" to get better? it's a hell of a risk. Obviously there are exceptions like Gerrard who hadn't stopped growing and thus suffered from a lot of injury problems early on, but you could still see that he was a great player. Surely if the likes of Diarra were "ones for the future", we would have seen some evidence of their "potential" by now. Too much potentially good players and not enough actually good players were bought in GH's latter period. Give me Anelka or Morientes any day of the week over Johnson.

 

What he said. And lets nor forget what potential costs when you put the word "English" in front of it.

 

We'll get Fernando Morientes for less than "AJ" (grr) Reckon that says it all really.

[kop]

AJ doesn't even qualify as young and promising. He is 23, turning 24 in a month or so. He is not class. He is a player who at the moment are enjoying some good games but who will never, ever win the PL for Liverpool FC. And that's what we want isn't it?

[Christian]

How many dudes have properly seen him play? The lad is quick, good feet and can finish??!!! I'd have him here meself - all opinions though.

[Evil_Ways]

How many dudes have properly seen him play? The lad is quick, good feet and can finish??!!! I'd have him here meself - all opinions though.

 

But if it's a case of signing Johnson instead of either Anelka or Morientes it looks like a shit fucking deal IMHO.

 

But im fairly sure that wont happen since it wouldnt make any sense.

[aws]

We need a striker.If we can't get Anelka or Morientes,we'll have to look elsewhere and I'd rather be looking in the Prem because we haven't got time for a settling-in period.

We've got limited funds - £8m max I would guess - so who is available now for that sort of money?

Answer - Yakuba?Johnson? Maybe it will be Kevin Davies ;-)

[Guest Moschops]

He's a far more mobile player than Beattie. A while ago when Liverpool were being linked with Wright Philips some people were saying he isn't good enough and is a one season wonder. They were wrong, if Johnson signs give him a chance. He's done well this year.

 

Damn straight.

 

Besides which, we've got a manager who won last year's La Liga with a striker who STILL couldn't even make the Spanish squad for the Euros and whose career before that would have had the likes of Rashid spluttering into their shandies in indignation had he ever been mentioned in connection with us.

 

I've got no idea how well Johnson would settle at a bigger club and in a more pressurised environment, but then neither did Tottenham when they picked up Defoe, and neither will Arsenal when they eventually do get hold of SWP. (The same player who, as is pointed out above, would I GUARANTEE have been criticised as an overhyped mid-table one season wonder by the same people now getting their panties in a twist over us not being able to afford him).

 

DUR.

[Tom R]

He's a good player. Nothing more. He;s not a one-season wonder imo, he has too much class for that, but I just don't think he's good enough for what he would cost.

I honestly don't think he's any better than Beattie. If anything, you could say Beattie is teh better player because he has the top level experience and more goals on his side.

It's just not worth risking £8m or so on a 24 year old Englichman with 1 year top-flight experience when for £3m or so less we could have one of the worlds finest forward players with bags of experience not only domestically (albeit not the EPL) but also in teh Champions League.

It's a total no-brainer for me.

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[MLB]

First of all, I think we need to be looking for more ambitious signings than Andy Johnson, but I do think some of the criticism of him here is unfair. True, there is always one player who comes up from the first division and scores goals, but it has to be remembered that the ones that do are usually in teams that are in the top half of the table - which suggests to me that Johnson will turn out to be more Kevin Phillips than Michael Ricketts. He has pace, a good work ethic and a clear goalscorers instinct - qualities which will guarantee a decent return at almost any level.

 

To be honest, though, I'd be more happy if we were being linked with their goalkeeper and/or Wayne Routledge. Both are quality and would be fairly cheap.

[Anubis]

Andy Johnson is a horrible ex-Birmingham little twat in the David Speedie mould, and imagine what would have happened if we'd tried to sign David Spee......doh!

[Nunavut Patrick]

 

To be honest, though, I'd be more happy if we were being linked with their goalkeeper and/or Wayne Routledge. Both are quality and would be fairly cheap.

 

 

MLB, not their 'keeper. In heaven's name no GK wearing sweatpant trackies, what his name, Zsa Zsa Kirlay, or Gabor Kraly, whatever his name is, should be let near LFC.

 

Wearing trackies, almost as bad as wearing gloves. (JB excepted)

[Brownie]

Kiraly he's called NP and indeed he looks like a tit in those trackies.

 

Add to that the fact that he suffers from a distinct lack of ability and you've got yourself one crap 'keeper.

 

Routledge is very good though.

[Stu Monty]

NEVER trust goalkeepers in trackies. NEVER.

 

Trautman played with a broken neck, that's what you want in a keeper, helps if they are really ugly too so they have nothing to lose by putting thier face on someones boot/head/knee etc.

 

"oooh it's a bit cold...and is that drizzle i see coming our way"

 

TAXI!!!

[MLB]

He's a good 'keeper. That said, there's only Martyn and Cech in the division who are actually any good, so he might just look decent by comparison to the rest of the crap that's around.

 

Routledge, for £1-2 million is well worth a look. We need competition in that position, and he's looked liked quality every time I've seen him this season.

[Dirk]

Andy Johnson is a horrible ex-Birmingham little twat in the David Speedie mould, and imagine what would have happened if we'd tried to sign David Spee......doh!

 

Couldn't agree more, he's a first class ball bag. Remember when he scored against Villa and he ran up to the Holt end and wound-up all the Villa fans. I wouldn't have been happy about that if I was a Palace fan, he's supposed to play for them not Birmingham. Tit, imo.

[Brownie]

Couldn't agree more, he's a first class ball bag. Remember when he scored against Villa and he ran up to the Holt end and wound-up all the Villa fans. I wouldn't have been happy about that if I was a Palace fan, he's supposed to play for them not Birmingham. Tit, imo.

 

Is Fowler a tit then?