Made me laugh when the commentator was saying how tenacious a defender Dorgu is and so Johnson had his work cut out for him. Obviously has no clue that Johnson hasn't tried to take his man on once for us and thus Dorgu's tenaciousness was settled before the game kicked off. Only hope I can see for Johnson is if Frank can find some way to play him as a kind of false nine poacher but he'd have to play near someone who can hold the ball up and he's not worth rejigging an attack around.
Yes I could see him being effective in that role, waiting on the shoulder then running on to flick-ons from some big lad. It is an option, since Richie and Johnson are utterly hopeless at actually playing football, it might be 20 times more effective and actually yield 1 xG per game.
I think he's trying to do more in those situations recently. Also up against Dorgu he did try to take him on a couple of times IIRC.
Yes, his making runs, and timing and location of those runs is good, a strong point. And then, his finishing is generally decent.
You need more than just runs to play striker. He would occasionally at the very least be expected to keep the ball and then sometimes move it on positively. All things he's not capable of doing. I think it would be disaster with up top, not too similar to playing with Richy who actually has more of a physical presence than Johnson does.
Yeah...Im not saying he could lead the line alone....just trying to facilitate the qualities he does have (and probably only succeeding in counter-attack or quick transition mode)
