Stefan Johansen

I know Rodgers has been bigging up Brown but, as I've said before, on paper the perfect midfield 3 of players currently here is:

Johansen Armstrong
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Ideally, I'd want the holding player to be more aggressive and better defensively.

 

It's harsh on McGregor, and I know he's younger than Armstrong, but I think Stuart has far more potential and when both are at their best - Armstrong is the better player.

For me, the key is the left wing position. If we can sign someone who will chip in with plenty of goals (Elyounoussi hopefully), there will be less pressure on the midfield runners to contribute with goals.

In saying that, Armstrong knows how to find the back of the net, judging by his record at United.

 

Nonsense.

 

Me neither.

 

Can someone tell me what Armstrong has ever done to be put ahead of any of other midfielders never mind in the starting eleven, please?

 

Guy clearly has ability I think that season he wasn't at his best and all that Ronny's blue eyed boy * was floating about and gathering pace among fans and sometimes when the negativity comes in its hard to shake off, the guy was class for Norway again tonight and was class for us whn he got player of the season he is someone with ability and he deserves a chance to shine under Rodgers.

 

Last two games of this season he was class as well albeit his mistake against St Johnstone which was more to do with the bobbly pitch imo Motherwell at home was exceptional in the deep lying position I really dislike to see him in.

 

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If every Celtic player was playing to the best of their ability, Johansen would be in our first team and he would be a key player for us as well. He is capable of a lot. His standards dropped noticably this past season but you could honestly say that about any Celtic player not named Sviatchenko, Tierney or Griffiths. Hopefully Johansen will get back to his normal game next season.

 

And I wonder why that was. You could claim it was because of Deila, but surely Johansen would not succumb to that. He was a Deila guy before he was a Celtic guy, after all.

 

Because Ronny wasn't a good manager for that and made increasingly bizarre decisions. That's just about the long and short of it.

 

No idea. Sometimes players just have an off season. Players are also more likely to have an off season when the team as a whole is struggling and I would say Celtic struggled for long spells last season.

 

But really? He was great during Ronny's first season. Something happened in the second season to the whole team, but if it was mutiny, why would Johansen be part of it? By all accounts, Deila was integral to Johansen turning his career around,

 

Nah, it wasn't. The last 3 months or so was great, when Denayer and Van Dijk fully clicked.

It wasn't mutiny, it was a poor manager.

 

Yes they were over the top but thats what happens when managers continue to play their favourites even when they are way off form, Lennon did it with a fair few especially Forrest even calling him world class at one point, its not really the players fault hopefully a good pre season will sort him, but after seeing a couple of his interviews i reckon he has made up his mind to go