Michael Johnson...

From this:





To this:

http://www.mcfc.co.uk/Players/Midfielders/Michael-Johnson


A song is appropriate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-vimhW06oA

Jesus! He needs to go out on loan this season and get back to playing, or he's just gonna drink/eat his career away..

Did you not read the article about him earlier in the week? Its on F365 somewhere

Such a shame he got injured. Such a composed and initelligent player for his age. Hopefully he can get his career back on track and lose that weight

Put down the fork, Michael

Mancunians don't eat with forks Coop.

Its spoons or fingers

He's also looking a lot paler since I last saw him in action.

The Tupac Twitch wrote:Such a shame he got injured. Such a composed and initelligent player for his age. Hopefully he can get his career back on track and lose that weight

So you actually believe he's been out for a year with a groin strain? How delightfully gullible.

Kimbo wrote:

The Tupac Twitch wrote:Such a shame he got injured. Such a composed and initelligent player for his age. Hopefully he can get his career back on track and lose that weight

So you actually believe he's been out for a year with a groin strain? How delightfully gullible.

There's been quite a few solid rumours going round that Johnson missed last season because of extra curricular activities.

no wonder he keeps injuring his ankle

I bet he gets through shoes a a fair old rate too.

Tweedle wrote:Mancunians don't eat with forks Coop.

Its spoons or fingers

Too fucking right, eating with forks is gay, we just like to get stuck in !

Kimbo wrote:

The Tupac Twitch wrote:Such a shame he got injured. Such a composed and initelligent player for his age. Hopefully he can get his career back on track and lose that weight

So you actually believe he's been out for a year with a groin strain? How delightfully gullible.

I gave up on his ass a long time ago, and he doesn't know about it!

Regarding Michael Johnson, Citeh began signing much more talented midfield players it's obvious.

He's right about MLS Puro, it's PGD without the P.

Name these "more talented" midfielders.

Kimbo wrote:He's right about MLS Puro, it's PGD without the P.

Name these "more talented" midfielders.

The MLS quality (now) is as shite as the bottom half teams in the EPL. The Hulls, Wigans, Stokes...have absolutely nothing on MLS top half. The difference is that MLS is improving. In the end, everyone will see what they want to see.

Elano, Petrov.

Puro wrote:

Kimbo wrote:He's right about MLS Puro, it's PGD without the P.

Name these "more talented" midfielders.

The MLS quality (now) is as shite as the bottom half teams in the EPL. The Hulls, Wigans, Stokes...have absolutely nothing on MLS top half. The difference is that MLS is improving. In the end, everyone will see what they want to see.

Elano, Petrov.

Petrov is a pace merchant and Elano can't play in the middle as he's as weak as a little girl.

Kimbo wrote:
Petrov is a pace merchant and Elano can't play in the middle as he's as weak as a little girl.

I agree with you Kimbo bro, yet they're much better players than Johnson will ever dream of becoming. Sad but true story.

I genuinely hope I'm wrong and that Johnson can make his comeback, play a 'good' game against the bottom teams, score even a goal against any of theese bottom 12 teams, get hyped in the media and on and on.

Puro wrote:

Kimbo wrote:
Petrov is a pace merchant and Elano can't play in the middle as he's as weak as a little girl.

I agree with you Kimbo bro, yet they're much better players than Johnson will ever dream of becoming. Sad but true story.

I genuinely hope I'm wrong and that Johnson can make his comeback, play a 'good' game against the bottom teams, score even a goal against any of theese bottom 12 teams, get hyped in the media and on and on.

As i recall Johnson has never been hyped in the media, clearly you think he is overrated, i can;t think why.

Kimbo wrote:
As i recall Johnson has never been hyped in the media, clearly you think he is overrated, i can;t think why.

I don't think he's been hyped yet. It just the same old formula the media uses with these players. He ticks all the boxes for the English media:

English/white? check!

Puro wrote:

Kimbo wrote:
As i recall Johnson has never been hyped in the media, clearly you think he is overrated, i can;t think why.

I don't think he's been hyped yet. It just the same old formula the media uses with these players. He ticks all the boxes for the English media:

English/white? check!

Yeah, that's why bullshit like Walcott and Heskey get in the England squad, because we love our whiteys.

He has been hyped. He was viewed as the next Colin Bell (one of our best ever players)

Cookie Monster wrote:He has been hyped. He was viewed as the next Colin Bell (one of our best ever players)

Being hyped by half of Manchester isn't enough to qualify.

To be fair to the lad, he did look to have massive potential in the 07-08 season. I don't think staying at Citeh would be sensible for him now though. He should move to a club like Wigan or Sunderland

Looked ok, if not very very fat in the game today.

The pic was taken a whil ago when he was out injured, he played yesterday and looks pretty decent nowso im not worried about it.

Cookie Monster wrote:Looked ok, if not very very fat in the game today.

Sgoater1 wrote:The pic was taken a whil ago when he was out injured, he played yesterday and looks pretty decent nowso im not worried about it.

Well someone must be talking shit.

Kimbo wrote:

Cookie Monster wrote:Looked ok, if not very very fat in the game today.

Sgoater1 wrote:The pic was taken a whil ago when he was out injured, he played yesterday and looks pretty decent nowso im not worried about it.

Well someone must be talking shit.

Go on youtube the game is on there.

tbf I didn't see that much of the game and it was on a bad picture.

Seems his knees couldn't handle his new bulk


Man City's Michael Johnson set to miss rest of season

Manchester City midfielder Michael Johnson could be out for the rest of the season after picking up a knee injury in training.

The 21-year-old had only recently returned to City's squad after missing almost a year of action with an abdominal problem.

Johnson is expected to find out the full extent of his injury in the next few days.

"We are all disappointed for Michael," said City boss Mark Hughes.

"He has worked so hard to get back into first-team contention and shown everyone what a good player he is."

Hughes added: "Unfortunately he might be out for the season but he will receive the best possible care and attention."

Johnson, who has represented England Under-21s, has played 45 times for City but his career has been hampered by injury.

Since recovering from his long-term abdominal injury, Johnson has made two appearances for City this season and scored against Scunthorpe in his side's 5-1 defeat of Scunthorpe in the Carling Cup.

Hughes has included Johnson on the bench in recent games, but his only Premier League action this season has been as a 89th-minute replacement for Gareth Barry in City's 3-1 win over West Ham in August.

Johnson is a product of City's Academy and was captain of the team that finished runners-up in the 2006 FA Youth Cup.

Really gutted for him the guy is a great talent, it was just the other day Adebayor was saying how impressed with him he was, obviously he has big injury probs i hope he can come back from this.

It looks to me like he's going to be one of those players, like Walcott, who just never puts together a run of performances. When young players get loads of different injuries one after another, it just looks like they might not be built for the intensity of top level football, no matter how much talent they have.

I can't off the top of my head think of any players who went on to play consistently well for sides for years having spent the early part of their career suffering injury after injury, but if anyone can prove me wrong on that one, throw any suggestions down!