On the bench: 💥 Kick-off🏆 AZ - PEC Zwolle is begonnen!#azpec #TOTOKNVBBeker #coybir pic.twitter.com/6tfQMiW8u0— AZ (@AZAlkmaar) December 18, 2018
On the bench: 💥 Kick-offPSV - AZ is begonnen!#psvaz pic.twitter.com/1BVkfKazAz— AZ (@AZAlkmaar) December 22, 2018 78. Wissels AZ: 🔁 Wijndal voor Ouwejan.🔁 Johnsen voor Svensson.#psvaz 2-1— AZ (@AZAlkmaar) December 22, 2018 They lost 3-1.
I'm watching Seinfeld and just saw the "And you're supposed to be my latex salesman" scene That old thread title all makes sense now
Starts in friendly: 📋 Line-up AZ1⃣1⃣ Velthuizen; Svensson, Weigelt, Hatzidiakos, Wijndal; Vejinovic, Reijnders, Helmer; Gudmundsson, Johnsen, Rotariu.📺 Kijk live mee via: https://t.co/W7HJ9lRTbP#AZinBelek 🇹🇷 #sloaz— AZ (@AZAlkmaar) January 11, 2019 Scores: 33. GOAL! 💥 Johnsen wordt weggestuurd, blijft rustig en tikt de 0-1 achter Danek. #sloaz #AZinBelek 🇹🇷 pic.twitter.com/iSlsUCOtmJ— AZ (@AZAlkmaar) January 11, 2019
71. Wissel AZ:➡️ Goudmijn⬅️ Johnsen#sloaz 0-1 pic.twitter.com/S0r56sFSCY— AZ (@AZAlkmaar) January 11, 2019
Starts in friendly: 1. Het oefenduel in Zaanstad is begonnen.📋 XI AZ: Velthuizen; Svensson, Hatzidiakos, Wuytens, Wijndal; Gudmundsson, Til, Vejinovic; Stengs, Johnsen, Helmer.#azgra pic.twitter.com/5BoHyo1OLO— AZ (@AZAlkmaar) January 15, 2019
On the bench: 💥Kick offAZ - FC Utrecht is begonnen!#azutr #AZ #Eredivisie pic.twitter.com/DeuZ2DzRvW— AZ (@AZAlkmaar) January 19, 2019
On the bench: 💥 Kick-offAZ - Vitesse is begonnen!#azvit #TOTOKNVBBeker #AZ pic.twitter.com/mMv4jXiky3— AZ (@AZAlkmaar) January 22, 2019
What's holding him back there? Is it just he has better competition or the playing style isn't to his benefit? Coach doesn't favor him?
He's too much a target man. According to comments made by people who know the coach Bjorn has deficiencies in being a striker that is capable of dropping back to create space and possibilities to the midfielders to combine. He has to learn that otherwise he's toast. An extreme example was the masterclass Robin van Persie gave against Ajax in that sense. Bjorn should take a good look at the video of that match to learn what van de Brom means with it.
On the bench: 📋 Starting XI#azemm #Eredivisie #coybir ❤️ pic.twitter.com/YflSLxyoWe— AZ (@AZAlkmaar) February 2, 2019
52. Gedwongen wissel AZ:🔁 Johnsen voor de geblesseerde Seuntjens.#azemm 4-0— AZ (@AZAlkmaar) February 2, 2019 86. GOAL!⚽️ Johnsen scoort op aangeven van Stengs: 5-0!#azemm #BJ9 pic.twitter.com/ZUEpi2NTXu— AZ (@AZAlkmaar) February 2, 2019
But that's his game. Why AZ bought a tall striker who did reasonably well on a team content to whip the ball in to him and expect him to be van Persie is odd. I'd like my Pinto to be a Shelby too, but it ain't.