Aron Johannsson in Iceland

so he might be around until 2022

 

Maybe. I like his game but he does have some very large holes in it. He is not fast, or strong or even tall, his game is based on trickery that buys him space and time. He does possess a strong shot, his ace-in-the-hole is that he is very smart.

 

The problem is that, like with Brooks or Boyd, his window of being injury-free is tiny.

 

Game today v Köln 3:30 est

 

On the bench

 

On our bench we have: Drobny, Bauer, Jóhannsson, Rashica, Langkamp, Belfodil and Friedl 👍

— SV Werder Bremen EN (@werderbremen_en) March 12, 2018

 

Victim of his own success as a impact sub?

 

It's an important game for Bremen because a win against last place Koln tonite will give them a 5 point cushion over relegation with all teams having played 26.

Club PTS GP W D L GS GD

14

SV Werder Bremen 27 25 6 9 10 24 -6
15

VfL Wolfsburg 25 26 4 13 9 28 -8
16

1. FSV Mainz 05 25 26 6 7 13 29 -14
17

Hamburger SV 18 26 4 6 16 18 -23
18

1. FC Köln 17 25 4 5 16 24 -22

 

Sounds like a rather Dempsey-ish description.

 

Bremen up 1-0. I won't start a pbp for this since AronJo is on bench.

If Koln lose this one... well. Not even a dead cat bounce.

 

Some, Dempsey is bigger and stronger.

 

No minutes for the bacon man.

 

And was an elite finisher with his head. Aron hasn't show anything in that regard.

 

Plus the royal “we” is a bit much, but to each his own.

 

AronJo much more a traditional poacher than Demps - not that there's not overlap, but Aron much less likely to try/hit the floating chip to the far corner that could be a cross, could be a shot. More likely to be in the scrum at the six and somehow end up with the ball at his foot to spank past the keeper 3 inches away.

Both wiley, just in slightly different ways. Feel like they would have played well together if they'd had more consistent time.

 

He scored with AZ doing just that a few times.

In the Netherlands he showed very good accuracy from the edge of the box.



So I think against not-too-strong rivals, he's our guy who can score from some distance. The big issue being, of course, his health.

 

Sure. It's not like he can't, obviously. But a big number of his goals are inside the 8 yard, often toe-poke, clean-up, rebound stuff. I like him, and am not trying to take anything away, but he rarely hits the far-post floating chip and his attack, even when it involves moves, tends to be based more on foot speed. Not as much of the scoop move, try-shit style.

But I got nothing against AronJo and if healthy he's in the conversation (if there is a conversation) for the next couple of years.

 

I think it's probably been said already in this thread, but I'll say it again; he can be an upgraded Wondolowski, technically at least.

 

An upgraded Wondo with the health of an old Claudio Reyna.

 

The subs were all defensive. WB was in control on a nasty, wet, surface. I thought he might come on after Koln equalized, but the response was pretty quick, and after that it was pointless.

 

I agree with you. So, for him to get a chance, the team would either be losing or tied late in a game.

 

yeah, if he starts on the bench. But that is the case for all attacking subs, it's nothing against him.

 

On the bench:

On our bench we have: Drobny, Bauer, @caldiluca3, Friedl, Junuzovic, @milotrashica and @aronjo20. #fcasvw #werder

— SV Werder Bremen EN (@werderbremen_en) March 17, 2018

 

Gets a late cameo in a 1-3 win:

What a performance this man has had 👏 He gets replaced for the last few minutes by @aronjo20 🔄 Bring it home, Aron! // (89') #fcasvw #werder 1-3 pic.twitter.com/3IXdEU8Iyf

— SV Werder Bremen EN (@werderbremen_en) March 17, 2018

 

Feels like they’re pretty much out of relegation risk now.

Sargent likely has the chance to prove himself for first team minutes in BL1 next season.