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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #6135 on: September 06, 2025, 03:50:55 AM »
Oh yeah, good point.

I loved Super Tommy Johnson!

Me too!

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #6136 on: September 06, 2025, 07:38:41 AM »
Main memory of Tommy Johnson is him beng sick on the pitch, before a game.

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #6137 on: September 06, 2025, 08:50:06 AM »
I thought McGinn played excellently for the Scots last night; he's still a wonderful player to have in any team.

Offline Exeter 77

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #6138 on: September 06, 2025, 09:43:18 AM »
Main memory of Tommy Johnson is him beng sick on the pitch, before a game.
And Andy Townsend rubbing it into the grass with his foot.

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #6139 on: September 06, 2025, 11:19:47 AM »
So you remember that more than his goals, assists and silly smiley goal celebrations? Grow-up, will ya?

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #6140 on: September 06, 2025, 11:24:13 AM »
Super Tommy Johnson! He was ace.

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #6141 on: September 06, 2025, 11:30:12 AM »
Johnson said on a Villa podcast a few years ago, that he regularly threw up at half time in games before joining Villa. Anyway, I loved his infectious enthusiasm. 

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #6142 on: September 06, 2025, 11:45:07 AM »
I thought McGinn played excellently for the Scots last night; he's still a wonderful player to have in any team.

Need Emery to stop taking him off! All drive disappeared from our midfield last two games after he got hooked.

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #6143 on: September 06, 2025, 11:49:57 AM »
Maybe it's fitness concerns. He blows out of his arse after 66 minutes just like Petrov did.

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #6144 on: September 06, 2025, 01:27:20 PM »
Maybe it's fitness concerns. He blows out of his arse after 66 minutes just like Petrov did.

I think it’s pre planned and it’s about managing his workload to ensure his availability over the whole season

Online London Villan

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #6145 on: September 06, 2025, 01:30:14 PM »
I thought McGinn played excellently for the Scots last night; he's still a wonderful player to have in any team.

Need Emery to stop taking him off! All drive disappeared from our midfield last two games after he got hooked.



Like the PSG home match.

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #6146 on: September 06, 2025, 01:49:36 PM »
There's no point in keeping him on the pitch if he's running out of steam. It'll be planned by all the fitness teams and physios. They'll know exactly what his limit and his capacity is, and when he reaches it, they'll take him off the pitchIf he stayed on and was out of steam and out of energy, that's when he's more susceptible to getting booked or sent off, or getting injured, and that's something we absolutely don't want.

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #6147 on: September 06, 2025, 01:54:28 PM »
Yeah, I think sometimes people underestimate the incredible fitness levels it takes just to maintain tactical discipline in modern football.

Online London Villan

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #6148 on: September 06, 2025, 01:58:34 PM »
The PSG game would have been an exception.

Offline devilla

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #6149 on: September 06, 2025, 02:16:15 PM »
Super Tommy Johnson! He was ace.

He certainly was. He's having tough times at the moment as he's one of the players who used Kingsbridge Investments. Not sure whether it's been posted elsewhere but this documentary on iplayer is worth watching:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002d2kp/footballs-financial-shame-the-story-of-the-v11

 


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