Johnson

Because your player moved his head towards ours - headbutt - red card, and at worst what Johnson did could be called a 'dive' - yellow card.

 

Oh great thanks for clarifying that numb nuts

 

There's nothing like a bit of intelligent banter! (And that's nothing like a bit of intelligent banter!) But good luck against Sunderland anyway.

 

Remy acted like a tit - Johnson like a big girl (not proud of that as a City fan)

Good luck on Saturday - could do with you beating the Mackems please.

 

i assume you're the little one in your avatar...

 

All i will say is the FA have just endorsed over reaction to get a player sent off, i still say 2 yellows and a telling off should have happened.

Just a question, i wonder what the reaction would have been if suarez had reacted as Johnson did? I'd put money it would have made the back pages and him being called a cheating **** on boards like this.

 

I keeping telling people that im not all bad! I blame JWM as a bad influence on me.

 

To be fair Guru, I don't think many of us have defended Johnson. Disgraceful behaviour.

 

Yeah i know, just making a point on how its brushed under the carpet for one player and made a major footballing scandel for another.

 

It's the profile of the player's involved though. Suarez might be the best player in the league right now, and can vary from brilliant to dirty cheat in 30 seconds (although he's seemed better this season). He's naturally going to grab headlines. Johnson is a mediocre defensive midfield for a club nobody outside Norfolk cares about. That player from below the conference who tried to punch a fan barely made a ripple, but was a far worse incident.

 

Fair call

 

i was disappointed by hughton's comments after the game. he defended johnson for 'not going down'. that's not really the point. he should have said he was a silly boy and that the whole incident was daft. missed opportunity. having said that, by the letter of the law the fa have made the right decision and technically we should feel aggrieved that we didn't get the final 15 minutes of tuesdays game to face 10 men. strangely, as the incident was so pathetic, i doubt many of us feel too aggrieved...

 

Ha! That's crazy but true.

But by that point it should of been about 5-0 to Newcastle anyway.

 

yes, but it wasn't. when we get criticised regularly for not taking our chances it's deemed 'not down to luck, its poor finishing' so likewise newcastle should also be critiqued. the game was very even in the 2nd half and we ended the match very much the stronger. it could have made the difference - just because we didn't deserve to win doesn't mean we wouldn't have

 

I was happy with the point to be honest. Newcastle have been excellent this season and very good away from home. Also now thinking about the Man City result look what they have done to teams since then. Maybe we are not as bad as I thought.....

 

a point was a good result.

the way i look at it (and always have done) is that we are bang average. we are a long way away from where we'd all like us to be but equally, we are nowhere near as bad as some would have you believe - if we were 'that' bad, we certainly wouldn't be on 24 points right now. we are good at grinding out results - that might not be what some fans want to see and yes, we are incredibly frustrating to watch sometimes, but its more important to be resolute and difficult to beat than playing good football if you want to stay up. ultimately the goal should be to maintain that mentality and combine it with better quality football. it's far from impossible and people obviously have opposing views as to whether the current incumbent can make the transition (i would suggest it is still too early to tell given how fractured any possible team selection has been this season) but its a slow process. some people think this season has been appalling! i think it's been slightly disappointing. i thought we'd finish about 8 points above the drop. we currently sit 5 points above it. i'll happily take that come may so we can build again next season.

 

and just to add to that, when you bare in mind how much improvement there has been amongst the top clubs, the gulf in quality between the top few and the rest is now as big as its ever been, so we might look like we've gone backwards in terms of points acquired but every team at the bottom will! the biggest gripe is the style of play - the results stand up to scrutiny and always have done. style of play is down to personal preference - results are not, and results are far, far more important.

 

I get the impression that the way Hughton is going about building our squad is very long term and we are bringing in players for different areas in different windows. We got the defence strengthened in the first window, then we got 2 strikers and a strong CM. I'm hoping the next thing will be the creativity that we can build over the top of a more solid defence. The only problem is our defence has looked pretty wayward this season. I think this summer we'll get a new RB, a decent creative CM and then whoever else is available to improve on positions around the squad.

This is obviously all conjecture from me but I'd hope that's the way Hughton is looking at it.

As for Johnson, It was just a bit pathetic and I hope Tettey starts next week because even in the 15 or so minutes he was on the pitch we looked like a different team. I would have actually rather seen Tettey on for Johnson rather than RvW off for Elmander because Tettey closes down much quicker, tracks back better and generally allows Fer to roam a bit more. I think Fer had about 3 strong burst through the middle with Tettey there. I don't think he had one in the 80 minutes Johnson was on the pitch.

 

I think this is spot on in all respects, or at least it mirrors my view, I hope we can progress and sign enough players so that Johnson is no longer needed. I have never seen a player kick so many balls out of play, it is like watching a poor kicking rugby match