chickenlunch 315 Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Coulson looked really good in the last few games when he was playing left wing IMO and it felt like his natural position to me, although he didn't really look bad at LB either tbf.. I can see Friend staying on but only on greatly reduced terms (I'm assuming he'll be on about £20k a week at the mo, from the Prem days). Wasn't the plan was to play him more as a CB this/last season? he hasn't really got a chance to show us what he's capable of there, and pace shouldn't be an issue if he's good. On paper Johnson should be fairly easy to replace, but like people have said - he has his moments & he's definitely not the worst player on the pitch.. so I wouldn't see a problem with them keeping him if we could agree a suitable deal. He's versatile & definitely not the worst player on the pitch when he plays. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ghostfox 0 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Marvin is a mate of mine, I hate reading anything negative , but opinions are opinions Link to post Share on other sites
Brunners 7,982 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 3 minutes ago, Ghostfox said: Marvin is a mate of mine, I hate reading anything negative , but opinions are opinions For what it's worth; most people consider him to be having a pretty decent season, but lets face it that Hull game was stupid & I'm sure even he would admit that! Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,280 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Johnson was one of our better attacking players at the start of the season. He was dribbling well, putting good balls into the box, it was the change to wing-backs which eventually saw our upturn in form but I think it worked against him as he ended up defending more than he'd previously had to. Made some decent interceptions and recoveries here and there but generally I think whilst he was doing okay at wing-back, it wasn't the best we'd seen of him this season. The red card v Hull was daft and changed the game, unfortunately it was a catalyst for us to drop off and for Hull to drive forward in the second half. Generally I find it's harsh to pin the entirety of a result on a single player in such a negative fashion but there's no doubt the difference losing him made, and regardless of how Woody maybe handled it wrongly, it all came back to the red card and Woody's job was made more difficult. Link to post Share on other sites
TLF10 4,492 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 3 hours ago, Ghostfox said: Marvin is a mate of mine, I hate reading anything negative , but opinions are opinions Do you know if he staying or going please? Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites
Maccarone 265 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 He'd probably like to stay and to be fair to the lad he's not done bad this season. Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,280 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 I wouldn't say he's just a League One player any more. He's not for the top of the Championship either but I think he'd tear League One to shreds playing the way he was at the start of this season. Link to post Share on other sites
DurhamRed 2,047 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 I can see Friend joining the coaching team Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,297 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Marvin is an OK squad player for a bottom half championship team and he won't have trouble finding a new club, but I want us to be more than that and that means we need to highten the quality in the squad. With the emergence of Coulson who is better than Johnson and a young talent with big potential I think we need to take a look at better players instead of extending contracts with players that aren't good enoug anymore. Same goes for Friend on the pitch. While there can be other reasons for extending Friends contract, I don't think is more than just a squad player now and not someone I want to be starting for us, however lesser contract as backup for LB and CB might be appealing for all parties. Link to post Share on other sites
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