Johnson said he was afraid Sproule would keep running up and over into the park. He had a nice sense of humour, old Jonno..
Johnson's humour was designed to make him seem the most important person in the Club and deflect any praise from the players. It is a team game but not in his mind.
He was the manager - I mean that would make him quite important anyway Anyway, do we really want to get into that one ? There is more than enough melodrama to occupy us in the present