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Manchester City winger Adam Johnson was the star of England's first training session at their pre-World Cup camp in Austria.

The former Middlesbrough winger impressed onlookers in a series of drills between attack and defence.

Playing on the left wing, he terrorised Liverpool veteran Jamie Carragher and rained in a string of pinpoint crosses.

Johnson is one of the players with most to do to reach the final 23, but on yesterday's showing is clearly in with a great chance of making South Africa.



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Well, I would love to see him on the left, but I think I have seen some aimed at the backpost that would be eaten up by a proper centreforward, give me Niall fucking Quinn. And unfortunately at the time Sheedy was around I was only seeing the highlights show and every fucking one was pinpoint although I am sure this wasn't always the case.

Johnson is young though and will learn, his fitness is an issue and I am sure once he is up to speed next season(Ireland boot camp would be nice, if he doesn't make the 23) then it will seem like he has even more time on the ball and I think the quality of his delivery from either side, will improve.

Calm down lads, it only confirms that Carragher is shit..

He's a shoe in to go, I reckon. I also think he'll get a decent bit of gme time.

Go on AJ get your seat booked on that plane.

He is a fantastic crosser of the ball something we and England have really lacked.

if bellamy goes like many think he will, AJ will surely start on the left next year.

AJ is a good crosser of the ball but not a great one ...yet. We can only hope he improves and finds his man more often to go with the excellent skills he shows on the ball beating his man and making room for the cross. Practice makes perfect I hope as he does practice crossing a lot.

Johnson is a different type of player to anyone else in the England squad. And he's been very involved with producing alot of our chances last season.

I think it would be daft not to take him. Theres a position open on the left. At the very least Johnson would be an option off the bench.

I think we will see Johnson on the left next season. I think Mancini only switched him as he didnt have much faith in our right wingers and wanted to play Bellamy and Johnson.

I assume he'll get the opportunity to prove that it isn't just training ground form in the up coming friendlies, he will have to try and keep up the effort for 90 mins though if he wants to get on the plane to SA

I am very confident that Johnson will make the final squad. He's just too good to leave out surely? I think he will be a sub in the World Cup at first but will seize his chance when he comes on and Capello will not be able to leave him out again.