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Lee Johnson

NorthumberlandMackem

NorthumberlandMackem

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Got Lommel SK promoted. Done a really good job there.

Maybe a job back in the EFL for him somewhere down the line.

Got a soft spot for the club, having went out and visited the club for work and met Steve Bould who was Head Coach at the time.

LJ got a lot of stick (harsh imo) for his tenure at Sunderland but I do believe, he turned the oil tanker in the right direction after Jack Ross and Parkys disastrous spells. Thankful Alex Neil came in and got the job done.

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NorthumberlandMackem said:
Got Lommel SK promoted. Done a really good job there.

Maybe a job back in the EFL for him somewhere down the line.

Got a soft spot for the club, having went out and visited the club for work and met Steve Bould who was Head Coach at the time.

LJ got a lot of stick (harsh imo) for his tenure at Sunderland but I do believe, he turned the oil tanker in the right direction after Jack Ross and Parkys disastrous spells. Thankful Alex Neil came in and got the job done.

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He wouldn't have got us promoted mind and 3-4 of the worst results in our history were down to him
 
NorthumberlandMackem said:
Got Lommel SK promoted. Done a really good job there.

Maybe a job back in the EFL for him somewhere down the line.

Got a soft spot for the club, having went out and visited the club for work and met Steve Bould who was Head Coach at the time.

LJ got a lot of stick (harsh imo) for his tenure at Sunderland but I do believe, he turned the oil tanker in the right direction after Jack Ross and Parkys disastrous spells. Thankful Alex Neil came in and got the job done.

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This is a classic “time is a healer” post.

Aye, bomb alley is a staple in most dressing room conversations now.

6-0 defeat away to Bolton. Hardly believe that is true, looking at us now and the short time since it was
 
Some will criticise your opinion, but if he wasn't all Brent then he wouldn't be made out anywhere near as bad as he is.

Yes we progressed after him, but we got lucky in hindsight with Alex Neil who has proven before and after that he is a top level championship manager. Some of the results under Johnson were minging but we weren't in that bad of a position table wise when he got sacked.

Did Johnson deserved to get sacked? At the time probably yes due to the calamity results, but in terms of managers we had in that period, he was one of the better ones?
 
Mowbray Boss Gilet said:
Some will criticise your opinion, but if he wasn't all Brent then he wouldn't be made out anywhere near as bad as he is.

Yes we progressed after him, but we got lucky in hindsight with Alex Neil who has proven before and after that he is a top level championship manager. Some of the results under Johnson were minging but we weren't in that bad of a position table wise when he got sacked.

Did Johnson deserved to get sacked? At the time probably yes due to the calamity results, but in terms of managers we had in that period, he was one of the better ones?
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Wouldn't say there was much between him parky and Ross like I'm probably forgetting some stinkers of results but he had 3-4 of the worst
 
Mowbray Boss Gilet said:
Some will criticise your opinion, but if he wasn't all Brent then he wouldn't be made out anywhere near as bad as he is.

Yes we progressed after him, but we got lucky in hindsight with Alex Neil who has proven before and after that he is a top level championship manager. Some of the results under Johnson were minging but we weren't in that bad of a position table wise when he got sacked.

Did Johnson deserved to get sacked? At the time probably yes due to the calamity results, but in terms of managers we had in that period, he was one of the better ones?
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Nailed it mate.
 
chopsfc007 said:
Wouldn't say there was much between him parky and Ross like I'm probably forgetting some stinkers of results but he had 3-4 of the worst
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Johnson was miles ahead of Parkinson and just ahead of Ross for me, Ross had a championship level squad in that first season and failed, Johnson improved us from a calamity Parkinson appointment.
 
The journey to where we are now starts with his appointment for me. I really enjoyed his football when it worked, and I do quite like him.

I appreciate I'm in the minority and can see why he rubs people up the wrong way, but I'm happy to see him do well. We copped some awful results with him at the helm, but also had some really good ones as well.
 
Mowbray Boss Gilet said:
Johnson was miles ahead of Parkinson and just ahead of Ross for me, Ross had a championship level squad in that first season and failed, Johnson improved us from a calamity Parkinson appointment.
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Did he have championship level squad had the likes of mcgeady and catts but 4-5 decent enough players not like we had like 9/10 decent championship level players
 
Mowbray Boss Gilet said:
Some will criticise your opinion, but if he wasn't all Brent then he wouldn't be made out anywhere near as bad as he is.

Yes we progressed after him, but we got lucky in hindsight with Alex Neil who has proven before and after that he is a top level championship manager. Some of the results under Johnson were minging but we weren't in that bad of a position table wise when he got sacked.

Did Johnson deserved to get sacked? At the time probably yes due to the calamity results, but in terms of managers we had in that period, he was one of the better ones?
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Spot on. Johnson got us moving in the right direction at the start of our upwards journey. We were dreadful on occasion, but people forget that we finished lower in the table under Neil than we were when Johnson was sacked.
 
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