Strachan calls for Johnson relief

Sat, 07 Nov 18:04:11 2009

Middlesbrough boss Gordon Strachan is urging his players to take the pressure off winger Adam Johnson.

The 22-year-old has scored nine goals so far this season and played a part in many more, and the new manager knows Boro cannot continue to rely upon him one man so heavily.

"If you look at the statistics, you will realise how important he's been to the club this season," said Strachan. "The rest of us have to be able to say, 'You can have an off-day and not be at your best'. We have to be a more rounded team."

Johnson missed a game-saving penalty in last Saturday's 1-0 home defeat by Plymouth, but his manager is not dwelling on that.

He said: "I think he's entitled to do something wrong every now and again. His record is phenomenal this season, but we have to be a whole team and not rely on one or two players."

 

Comment 1 - 1 of 1

Sort comments by: Most recent | Most rated
  1. Recently, I came across an age-gap site called ~~~Age M­ i n gle--C O M ~~~ It's a nice and free place-- for­ Younger Women and Older Men, or Older Women and--­ Younger Men, to interact with each other. Age gap is--­ not problem there. You may check out or tell your--­ friends.

    From lisacurl61, on Sat 7 Nov 3:59PM
Sort comments by: Most recent | Most rated

Not already a Yahoo! user ? to get a free Yahoo! Account