It’s been in less than a month, but what a change. Since mid-September, when the defeat in the London derby against Arsenal caused the avalanche of hate against Brennan Johnson: fans filled their social networks with insults and abusive messages, causing the footballer will close his official Instagram profile. Fade to total black. Disappear. Do not read. Criticism about his performance made him want to step aside. “I hate that we have normalized this“, declared his coach, Ange Postecoglou, to talk about what happened.
Behind closed doors, however, support has been maximum. His few goals – five since he had arrived a year earlier – were not even a problem for the coach, who continued to trust Johnson as a starter. And everything changed.
“We are talking about a young boy who Maybe he’s lacking confidence at the moment, things haven’t worked out for him.. But he comes here every day, he works like the best, he asks for opinions to improve, he is doing everything right. It hurts him a lot. It’s not like he’s going out and doesn’t care or is late. What is your crime? His crime is that he is not performing at the level that people expect of him“Added Postecoglou.
“He is a young boy who perhaps lacks confidence, things have not worked out for him”
Ange Postecoglou Tottenham Trainer
The most viral ‘meme’ of the Spurs
What has happened since then is a scoring streak that has not been seen at Tottenham since Harry Kane in 2018. Six games, six goals scored: Coventry, Brentford, Qarabag, Manchester United, Ferencvaros and Brighton. All in a row. In fact, after scoring against Coventry in the Cup (in the 88th minute and culminating the comeback), he did not seem happy nor did he celebrate the final whistle.
Such has been the boom with Brennan Johnson that his partner James Maddison took advantage of to upload a story in your account after one of the matches. In it you see Johnson’s face on an original photo of Ronaldo Nazario with Brazil that has been baptized “Brenaldo”. So he had to explain himself to the media: “I thought it was funny and we put it in the team group. I don’t think I’ll tell him to get off social media again,” he said.
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