You'd need a manager who could use him in such a way that would be a positive. Setting up in such a way to compensate for what he can't do. And motivating him to deliver.
Case unproven.
I think that we sold Johnson at the right time, for us and for him. As I believe I said at the time.
I can concur that the car version is just as frustrating, more expensive and, in a practical sense, seemingly just as pointless (games vs Swansea notwithstanding, but then cars don't play midfield because that would just be silly) but ultimately preferable in pretty much every sense.
I did once also. I think I briefly documented the short lived adventure here.
As entirely predicably predictable, it didn't take very long to realise that as projects go, the pot was not sufficiently deep enough to sustain it. Nor was available spare time or requiste workspace.
But mostly, much of it was more fucked beneath the shiny surface than my delusions of technical ability could remedy alone.
It was a thing of beauty when it worked and great fun while it lasted though.
I caught the game yesterday. Maybe I watch him play through rose-tinted glasses but I thought he was OK in what was a dominant Spurs performance.
Only criticism you might have was execution of final ball (not his ability to select the correct option), which is often the fine margin at the top. He's not quite at the level of his teammates yet, but he's young enough and bright enough to remedy that if they're patient with him. Every player will obviously have a natural ceiling, but Brennan has shown consistently across his short career that he can step up.