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"JOHNSON 2 STAY!!"

andy johnson must stay at palace!! the best striker in the premiership bar henry last season and we deserve to keep him.
Sven should still consider him for the squad even in the championship.

GingerD, your wish has come true...

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Congrats :D

YEAH!!! YEAH!!! WOOHOO!!! WE LOVE JOHNSON!!!

Heh

That's a shame.

Looks like we'll have to have Crouch, Smith, Heskey or Vassell then I guess. I would have liked it to be Johnson, and was hoping he'd be given more of a chance on an international level but it looks as if that won't happen in the near future.

Was I the only one to see Johnson's miss against Chelsea in the latter half of last season? I don't care how many penalties he scored, he deserves worse than Championship football for that miss. He deserves to be shot, that's what he deserves.

Andy Johnson is not better than Owen or Rooney so there ends that.

As regards to the Championship not being a big enough test... you're joking right?

Granted the players aren't as skilled by the division is very long and tough.

Leeds United have 4 England U21 internationals in their team, an australian international, Angolian, Icelandic, Irish and American international.

What's wrong with a English international being in the championship?

I hear the Angolian international wants a move. Apparently his international coach only watches the proper divisions.

Dringo wrote:
> Andy Johnson is not better than Owen or Rooney so there ends that.

Owen doesn't play in the Premiership, hove.

> As regards to the Championship not being a big enough test... you're
> joking right?

He's proven himself as a top rate goalscorer in both the Championship and the Premiership. He's more than capable of playing with a top half Premiership club.

> Granted the players aren't as skilled by the division is very long
> and tough.

...

> Leeds United have 4 England U21 internationals in their team, an
> australian international, Angolian, Icelandic, Irish and American
> international.

OMG WORLD CLASS M8

> What's wrong with a English international being in the championship?

...nothing...but to be picked for the England squad you've got far more chance of proving your worth if you're playing at the highest level. Playing in the Premiership and the Championship is very different - and you might argue that to compete at International level its better to be playing around other players of such standard. Lets face it, when's the last time Angolia or Iceland did anything of note?

I'm fed up of this hailing of Johnson. He was good last season, yeh, GOOD, that's it. He was second top scorer, but HALF of his goals were penalties. You'd expect every clubs top scorer to score 9 out of 10 penalties, so congratulatiobns, Johnson can put it away from 12 yards.

He scored what, 10, 12 goals in open play? That's really not anything special...Get over him, he's in the Championship where he belongs imo.

Hush Defoe lover and get back to your corner