[Slick_Footwork]

Slick I do not agree with the logic, we could sell all our players and buy cheaper inferior ones and use the same argument, that they are the player we could replace easiest or would miss least, until we have no decent players left.   Who would you buy for £5 million (£15 Mil /3) who would improve our team? Let alone expecting the club to achieve that three times.  What happens if we sell SJ for the £15 million and then the club decide it would be better to spend the money in the summer window instead, when we know which league we will be playing?  We all know how well that works out!.

I would not be at all surprised to see Johnstone in an England shirt before the end of 2021, if he keeps up his current form, so to sell him to perhaps buy 3 x £5 million value players strikes me as not the wisest thing to do.  Could Johnson seriously help to keep us  in the Premier League, maybe.  Could a new 5mil player, probably not.

I'm not sure what you mean about selling all players and buying inferior quality, I never advocated that at all...

What I advocated was selling an individual for a large fee and then using that fee to improve the team in several positions. Of course I wouldn't want to just sell him and buy another keeper, that would be pointless.

I think where our views differ is that I do not believe our squad has what it takes to stay up in its current form. I do not believe Johnstone might help keep us in the Premier League. I don't think it matters who we have in goal because we concede too many shots and chances. Hence why we have the worst goals against record despite Johnstone being irreplaceable, according to the general conscious on here.

I realise that last night's excellent team performance could cloud that. But my view is based on the entire season. Injuries, suspensions and covid isolations pending as well.

I think we need 3 or 4 players incoming to give us a chance of survival. If the cash is available for those, happy days, let's reject bids for anyone. But if we haven't got any cash and someone is bidding £15m or £20m for Johnstone, then i'd be inclined to sell if that money was reinvested in the team now. If could not only buy a replacement goalkeeper, but also a defensive midfielder, a better full back. And I absolutely believe a £5m defensive midfielder could improve us, we don't even have a defensive midfielder at the club currently!

I'm not knocking Johnstone, I acknowledge he's been very good for much of the season. I just don't buy into the fact he's irreplaceable. I believe that the whole is far more important than individual parts.

And my comment was also on the basis that he's got 18 month left on his deal. If we reject bids now and do go down, he'll be worth a lot less.