'He really can be up there': Jonny Drury makes big Mikey Johnston Championship claim after winger's impressive return

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Jonny Drury discusses Mikey Johnston's potential this season for West Brom on the latest episode of the Baggies Broadcast.
Jonny is joined by West Brom Fan TV's George Kirk - and they discuss Mikey Johnston's return to the Albion side.
The former Celtic winger was rewarded for his superb display off the bench against Wrexham - with a recall to the starting line-up against Portsmouth.
He took his chance with a stunning goal - and Jonny believes Johnston has the potential to become one of the best attacking players in the division.

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00:00One of the big positives was the return of Mikey Johnston.

00:03I think he fully deserved it after his two assists against Wrexham the week before.

00:08Came back in, grabbed his chance with both hands with a fantastic goal.

00:12Was taken off, I think, in the kind of second half.

00:15George, Johnston's someone who kind of excites me and frustrates me in equal kind of measure.

00:23Lit the Championship up when he came on loan last season.

00:27And kind of numbers at times were pretty good, but didn't really feel that he hit the heights last season.

00:31You know, he's got his chance now. How important is it that he kicks on?

00:35And for me, I do genuinely believe the ability that he's got, he could be one of the best wide players,

00:44best attacking players in the Championship. I think he's got that in his kind of arsenal.

00:48We know that he can create, we've seen the goals, he can score.

00:52You know, you don't have to look back to that loan spell and only look back to Saturday

00:55to see what he can pull out of the bag. Is that the kind of challenge for Johnston now,

00:59is to show the consistency and the form that he did in that loan spell?

01:03And if he does, for me, he can be one of the best attacking players in the division.

01:07Yes, certainly. He's definitely a man with a point to prove, obviously.

01:10He's using it to fire himself up from how it looks at the moment.

01:13I mean, two assists against Wrexham, if I'm right, coming off the bench.

01:16And then another solid performance against Portsmouth, banging in a fantastic worldy goal.

01:20What's the word? Old school Mikey Johnson, I think is the best way to describe that.

01:24Stuff we're used to seeing that game when he played QPR and fizzed one in the top corner.

01:29Yeah, he's been superb. I love his footwork. He's quick on his feet.

01:32He seems like he's definitely confident in this moment in time.

01:37And if he can keep that confidence running high, then, I mean, I don't want to sound,

01:43you know, like a boys baggies fan, but the sky's the limit, really, for that lad.

01:49Because, I mean, even at his Celtic days, they knew that he'd got bags and bags of potential.

01:54He just didn't quite, I guess, make his mark there.

01:57But certainly in these, well, the last two games, he's making his mark with us.

02:00And if he could carry on playing like that, then, yeah, he's going to get loads of assists this season.

02:06It's been superb.

'He really can be up there': Jonny Drury makes big Mikey Johnston Championship claim after winger's impressive return

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