Stefan Johansen

Thought he was poor yesterday, to be honest. Am sure he will pick up again soon.

 

Passing was extremely wayward at times last night but at least he never hid or let his head go down, he has a good attitude which I like

 

Doesn't keep possession as much as I'd want him to but he covers a lot of good ground and I'm sure he'll develop well here

 

Outstanding today, especially after taking a bkt of flak the last few weeks.

Looks like Deila will be building his team around Stefan.

 

Yip brilliant game today

His goal was great

 

He was excellent today much improved over the performance against St Johnstone.

 

Back to his best today, well near enough.

He's always had the ability but he's been dodgy recently. Great today, keep it up Stefan.

 

Great work rate, always pressing and was awarded for it in the end with his goal, sometime he forces passes but overall a great player and he's still got a lot of room to improve as he is only 23/24

 

Still not sure what his best position is?

Today he was a bit too deep for me, last season in the SPFL Lennon had him pushed right up like Ledley used to, making great late runs into the box, for me today he was't involved far enough forward a lot, considering we had basically the whole midfield to ourselves.

Just unsure if he should be a defensive minded playmaker, a centre mid who patrols the centre circle like Broony, or an attacking mid like Commons?

 

His passing and workrate was fantastic today. Good pressing for his goal as well!
Great performance Stefan

 

How could he be "too deep" when he had an outstanding game - dictating tempo, showing great range of passing, closing down, getti g stuck in, getting forward when necessary and scoring a smashing goal?

 

Just thought he was meant to be a number 10 type, brought in to long-term replace Commons and provide us with much needed creativity?

I thought he was mostly near or behind the halfway line today when I expected him further forward.

Good game from him, as I said i'm unsure (and think the manager is too) as to where he would be best in our midfield.

 

Nope - he's nowhere near suited to being like a Commons or a Mata-type player. Almost like a young Pirlo, except better :icon_mrgreen:

Where you saw him today was undoubtedly his best position - long may it continue. As I say,I think Deila will be building his midfield around him.

 

He's never been a number 10.

He was a deep lying playmaker at Stormgodset.

 

He was outstanding today..
Exactly what i've been crying out for..

 

I'm sure I was reading folk calling him an attacking mid when we were first linked with him.

In any case i'm not sure what's his best attribute - his passing, his energy or his tackling.

At the minute he seems like a weird mix of Ki, Kayal (1st season) and Ledley. I think for European games it needs to be decided whether he's staying back to protect the defence or getting forward to support our terrible attackers. Because if he's just given a free role like Commons in domestic football we'll get overrun and Legia will happen every game.

 

Had his mojo back after the goal today

 

He's kind of like Modric, a creative midfielder who doesn't actually play in the number 10 role.