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We used to have another player who played left midfield...... Robert...... Robin...... Rodney...... began with an r.

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Joeyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Really don't want this guy. He's being hyped up because he's English.

That could be crucial in the near future though. And unlike most English players, he won't cost a ridiculous amount because he's nearly out of contract.

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Boro-star-snubs-Premier-League-move-to-help-Riverside-promotion-push-article302793.html

Boro star snubs Premier League move to help Riverside promotion push

Adam Johnson has committed his immediate future to Middlesbrough to aid their promotion push - and postponed a move to his Premier League suitors.

The winger is one of the hottest properties around and is out of contract in the summer, with Chelsea, Everton and Sunderland ready to swoop.

Johnson, 22, will still cost a fee of up to £5million because he is a product of
Boro’s academy, but he has admitted he is “happy' trying to get Boro into the play offs.

He now has 12 goals this season, including a stunning long range double against Doncaster on Tuesday, and said: “I’m just getting on with the football side of things. That’s all I can do.

“The manager is right when he says that I’m enjoying playing for this club this season. This has been the best season I have had and it has felt great from a personal point of view. I just have to get on with the football and whatever happens will happen.

“If anything, all the attention gives you confidence. It’s nice to be talked about and go and show why people are talking about me.

“It’s been a good season for me and there’s nothing more I would like to see than the team going straight back up. It looks like we have lost a bit of ground but we can make it up.

“We have been struggling recently so it was nice to put on a performance like that [against Doncaster]. It just shows what we can do.”

Strachan now has three wins in 15 games in charge, two away from home by big margins, including the 5-1 demolition of QPR, which was supposed to be a turning point.

Johnson said: “A lot was made of the QPR win, but I would like to think this one will be different. Hopefully this will be where we turn the corner. We need to build on this and put a run together of wins.

“We need to push on because we are losing ground all the time. Hopefully this means we have turned the corner and we can go on a run until the end of the season.

“We have Bristol City next. Their 6-0 defeat to Cardiff is probably bad for us because they will be looking for a backlash to that defeat. We are looking forward to it though because we are full of confidence now.”.

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A double-bed and a stalwart lover, for sure
These are the riches of the poor

Dumb fucking thing to say. Does it mean he won't be a good player because he's English?

*facepalm*

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I raped myself once. My mind was telling me no but my body, my body was telling me yes.

I thought it was pretty obvious what I meant.

People (especially the media) hype English youngsters up to be better than they really are.

He could be a good player, but I remain highly doubtful.

So you're saying you don't want him because he's English?

Like I said, dumb fucking thing to say.

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I raped myself once. My mind was telling me no but my body, my body was telling me yes.

Er no, I am not saying that.

I don't want him because he's nothing special. People are only talking about him because he's half decent, young and English.

TBH from what i have seen from him (mainly in U21s action) he's a player I have liked since i first seen him. Think he has a good career in front of him.

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Keep Calm and follow Jesus Navas

What else do you want a player to be FFS?

If he was half decent, young and foreign would that be better?

Dumb series of posts.

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I raped myself once. My mind was telling me no but my body, my body was telling me yes.

He isn't better than what we've got, so why would I want him?

It's not because he's English I don't want him, it's "because he's nothing special."

English youngsters get hyped up all the time by the media.

Walcott is an example. He's nothing special imo, but there was all this hype surrounding him because he's half decent, young and English.

Stewart Downing was nothing special at Boro but under a good manager in O'Neil He is getting the best out of him. I think under Mancini, Johnson could be a good addition. Although i was thinkng, if we finish top 4 I'd love us to tempth Bayern Munich for a bid on Ribery, who can play on both wings. At this present moment in time i think we could do with another right winger.

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Keep Calm and follow Jesus Navas

I've heard Ribery is a bit of a cnut. Still, if he does the business on the pitch I can't complain.

I think he's off to Madrid though.

What young left sided players do we have who are better than him? English or otherwise?

Walcott's a completely different example. He was hyped to fuck because it was the worst kept secret in football that Wenger was interested in him and he happened to be the fastest player a lot of people, me included, had ever seen. He's a cracking player when fit too, just made of fucking glass.

Anyway, why should we not be interested in a player because he's been "hyped"?

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I raped myself once. My mind was telling me no but my body, my body was telling me yes.

something in the back of my mind was thinking Madrid had already kind of signed him in the summer but i wasn't sure.

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Keep Calm and follow Jesus Navas

We shouldn't be interested "because he's nothing special" IMO.

Petrov and Bellamy are twice the player he is, so he would barely even get a game.

As Madrid are involved, they've probably already tapped him up.

Petrov's prolly got six months left at the club, tops. Plus he's an old crock.

Bellamy's 30, plus he's an old crock.

Why wouldn't we go for talented young English players when we don't have any better at the club?

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I raped myself once. My mind was telling me no but my body, my body was telling me yes.

I'd take Johnson. Why not? It doesn't have to work out but what have we got to lose?

There are plenty of young left wingers out there that are far better than him. (E.g Diego Capel)

They aren't English though, but what's more important, their ability or their nationality?