Michael Johnson

[SmithyHibee]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2262486/Michael-Johnson-picture--Manchester-City-youngster-takeaway.html
Remember him being touted as the next big thing!

[1875HFC]

this reminds me....where is Danny Galbraith these days?

[Peevemor]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2262486/Michael-Johnson-picture--Manchester-City-youngster-takeaway.html
Remember him being touted as the next big thing!

Looks big enough to me.

[JohnStephens91]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BAmhsSXCAAA24l_.jpg:large

[SteveHFC]

Michael Johnson :wink:

[lyonhibs]

Michael Johnson :wink:

No way??!!!

Was he not the next big thing at Man City a few years ago? Looks like he has hit the pies something rotten since then, if that is indeed him.

[JohnStephens91]

Michael Johnson :wink:

Correct. I had to look at the photo a few times when my friend showed me it, total waste of his talent.

[JimBHibees]

Apparently still on 25k a week at City. Pretty shocking to be in that nick even if he has had a load of injuries.

[JohnStephens91]

Apparently still on 25k a week at City. Pretty shocking to be in that nick even if he has had a load of injuries.

He was released earlier today and was on £40,000 a week.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/9802663/Michael-Johnson-once-tipped-for-England-stardom-is-finally-released-by-Manchester-City.html

[GraniteCityHibs]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jan/15/michael-johnson-released-manchester-city?intcmp=239

[JimBHibees]

He was released earlier today and was on £40,000 a week.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/9802663/Michael-Johnson-once-tipped-for-England-stardom-is-finally-released-by-Manchester-City.html

Wow.

[frazeHFC]

Now

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/01/15/article-2262486-16F1F47E000005DC-924_306x464.jpg

Then

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/01/15/article-2262486-01771BB3000004B0-150_306x464.jpg






Was a great prospect too!

[CB_NO3]

Boy has done well for himself. Probably earned about a million pound to spend on bevy, bookies, kebabs and fish suppers.

[Geo_1875]

£1m a year and hasn't played since 2009. No wonder the game is ****ed.

[Green&White]

Boy has done well for himself. Probably earned about a million pound to spend on bevy, bookies, kebabs and fish suppers.

8.3 million since he last kicked a ball!!!!

[SteveHFC]

We should offer him a trial :cool2:

[DarrenSQH]

Bet he beats Kuqi over 20 metres.

[JimBHibees]

£1m a year and hasn't played since 2009. No wonder the game is ****ed.

2m per year. Totally agree with your second point.

[JohnStephens91]

We should offer him a trial :cool2:

He can use East Mains as a fat camp and pay us for the privilege, maybe £1000 a week seeing as how he was making 40 times that for being a fat sloth.

[hfc rd]

Injuries have taken their toll on Johnson. Great player who had a lot of potential but always on the treatment table.

[SMAXXA]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2262486/Michael-Johnson-picture--Manchester-City-youngster-takeaway.html
Remember him being touted as the next big thing!

Been released by Man City, looks massive now from what he was. Waste of tallent by the looks of it

[hfc rd]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2262486/Michael-Johnson-picture--Manchester-City-youngster-takeaway.html
Remember him being touted as the next big thing!

Blimey. You wouldn't think for one second that is actually him if you saw him on the street.

[cam75]

Il bet he still has a trophy bird tho?:-)

[blaikie]

And people on here thought GoC was over weight ....

[Haymaker]

42 professional games.

What a shocking waste of talent.

[Broken Gnome]

So was he just on the payroll at City but never training? How the hell did he keep a wage like that for so long while, well, growing like that?

[Broken Gnome]

I'm fairly sure he was a 2005-07 Hearts rumour as well...

[yekimevol]

two years of injury's took the determination out of him and he got in with the wrong type of crowd. If someone can get him right, they have one hell of a player.

Would not mind trying to get him up here and away from manchester. Giving paddy and proper professionals like clancy, mcpake and big ben a shot of straightening him out, might be a damaged gem we can fix.

[hibsbollah]

two years of injury's took the determination out of him and he got in with the wrong type of crowd. If someone can get him right, they have one hell of a player.

Would not mind trying to get him up here and away from manchester. Giving paddy and proper professionals like clancy, mcpake and big ben a shot of straightening him out, might be a damaged gem we can fix.

The cliche you're reaching for here is 'the boy is a rough diamond, he just needs a bit of polishing'.

[Wotherspiniesta]

two years of injury's took the determination out of him and he got in with the wrong type of crowd. If someone can get him right, they have one hell of a player.

Would not mind trying to get him up here and away from manchester. Giving paddy and proper professionals like clancy, mcpake and big ben a shot of straightening him out, might be a damaged gem we can fix.

Eh? Have you seen the nick of him? Nae chance!

You can understand him having a frustrating time through injuries, but there's no way he should be getting into that sort of state as a professional athlete.

If he was looking for an inspiration of coming back from long term injury, he should look no further than Jack Wilshere. A fellow Englishman who had the world at his feet as a youngster, and was then crippled by injury. Think he was out for the game for about 18 months? He kept in shape, got fit and looks every bit the player he was before his injury hell.

[VickMackie]

two years of injury's took the determination out of him and he got in with the wrong type of crowd. If someone can get him right, they have one hell of a player.

Would not mind trying to get him up here and away from manchester. Giving paddy and proper professionals like clancy, mcpake and big ben a shot of straightening him out, might be a damaged gem we can fix.

If someone ha paid me 8 million quid for **** all I wouldn't be coming to Scotland to play for 100k a year. With the nick of him I'm pretty certain he doesn't give a **** about football now.

[Hibercelona]

:hilarious

It's amazing ain't it?

He gets more money each week than most people make in a year and he does absolutely nothing.

Where do I sign up??? :confused:

[hibees 7062]

:hilarious

It's amazing ain't it?

He gets more money each week than most people make in a year and he does absolutely nothing.

Where do I sign up??? :confused:

Tynecastle :greengrin

[O'Rourke3]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2262486/Michael-Johnson-picture--Manchester-City-youngster-takeaway.html
Remember him being touted as the next big thing!

No

[frazeHFC]

Decent goal, report says Liverpool once bid/planned bidding £10m for him!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VujQvQk21Wo&feature=player_embedded

[Scouse Hibee]

Decent goal, report says Liverpool once bid/planned bidding £10m for him!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VujQvQk21Wo&feature=player_embedded


The way Liverpool throw money away I wouldn't rule him out just yet :greengrin

[The Voice Of Reason]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2262486/Michael-Johnson-picture--Manchester-City-youngster-takeaway.html
Remember him being touted as the next big thing!

No - I've never heard of him ! :greengrin

[allezsauzee]

The way Liverpool throw money away I wouldn't rule him out just yet :greengrin

Would probably still be a bargain in comparison to their signings of Downing or Henderson

[khib70]

two years of injury's took the determination out of him and he got in with the wrong type of crowd. If someone can get him right, they have one hell of a player.

Would not mind trying to get him up here and away from manchester. Giving paddy and proper professionals like clancy, mcpake and big ben a shot of straightening him out, might be a damaged gem we can fix.
Oh ma sides!

All the poor guy needs is to be taken out of the faulty care of rank amateurs like Roberto Mancini, David Platt, Patrick Vieira, Vincent Kompany and David Silva and taken over by "proper professionals" like PF etc.:confused:

Sure, a couple of nights out down George St with Gary Deegan and he'll be fine.....

If a guy is determined to go off the rails and squander his talent, no one is going to stop him. Deek and GOC are just the most recent examples, and both of them had plenty of good pros as team mates and good managers. Constant injury clearly weakens the will to work and train rather than spend the cash downtown.

And it doesn't matter where you are - Manchester or Muirhouse. If,over the last few years, Hibs players had behaved like proper professionals, rather than boyz in the hood, we would be in a lot better position now.

[lyonhibs]

two years of injury's took the determination out of him and he got in with the wrong type of crowd. If someone can get him right, they have one hell of a player.

Would not mind trying to get him up here and away from manchester. Giving paddy and proper professionals like clancy, mcpake and big ben a shot of straightening him out, might be a damaged gem we can fix.

Slight edit: They'd have 2 hellish players.

The boy is an absolute balloon, both physically and in how he - no-one else mind - has let his talent slide away.

[Sir David Gray]

I'm fairly sure he was a 2005-07 Hearts rumour as well...

Maybe now they'll actually sign him!

Once the embargo's been lifted, that is! :wink:

[Mr White]

He'd buy a few cakes of them at the very least. A man of his mass and wealth could be a valuable asset down gorgie way. Him and robbo the confectionery dream team.

[Pretty Boy]

Whilst it might seem a bit of a laugh the guy has said he's been treated at the Priory for several years for mental health issues.

I read the MEN interview with him and it isn't nice. His plea to be 'left alone to live his life in peace' doesn't make pleasant reading to me.

This isn't a bad piece by the MEN here, although the comments below probably show why Johnson didn't want to mention mental illness.

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/manchester_city/s/1598245_manchester-city-fc-michael-johnson-deserves-sympathy-and-support-from-blues-fans

[Sir David Gray]

Whilst it might seem a bit of a laugh the guy has said he's been treated at the Priory for several years for mental health issues.

I read the MEN interview with him and it isn't nice. His plea to be 'left alone to live his life in peace' doesn't make pleasant reading to me.

This isn't a bad piece by the MEN here, although the comments below probably show why Johnson didn't want to mention mental illness.

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/manchester_city/s/1598245_manchester-city-fc-michael-johnson-deserves-sympathy-and-support-from-blues-fans

Just seen the statement reported on Sky Sports News.

Quite sad to be honest. Hope he gets the help he requires.

[Platinum Scotty]

Whilst it might seem a bit of a laugh the guy has said he's been treated at the Priory for several years for mental health issues.

I read the MEN interview with him and it isn't nice. His plea to be 'left alone to live his life in peace' doesn't make pleasant reading to me.

This isn't a bad piece by the MEN here, although the comments below probably show why Johnson didn't want to mention mental illness.

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/manchester_city/s/1598245_manchester-city-fc-michael-johnson-deserves-sympathy-and-support-from-blues-fans

Excellent post.....its easy to assume things about folks without having the full information available.....i hope the boy can get the continued support he needs, and the space and time (away from public comment)

[hibsbollah]

Whilst it might seem a bit of a laugh the guy has said he's been treated at the Priory for several years for mental health issues.

I read the MEN interview with him and it isn't nice. His plea to be 'left alone to live his life in peace' doesn't make pleasant reading to me.

This isn't a bad piece by the MEN here, although the comments below probably show why Johnson didn't want to mention mental illness.

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/manchester_city/s/1598245_manchester-city-fc-michael-johnson-deserves-sympathy-and-support-from-blues-fans

I agree he deserves sympathy (empathy, in fact) because of his mental health issues. Most of the comments under the article are relatively supportive, especially by the standards of football articles comment sections online.