The Brennan Johnson moment that resulted in Tottenham change after Ange Postecoglou impact

Brennan Johnson arriving at the back post to convert has become a regular sight for Tottenham fans in 2024. His first goal of the calendar year was in fact a sign of things to come as he slid in to give Spurs the lead against Brentford from Timo Werner's delivery.

Arriving at the club from Nottingham Forest in a £47.5million deal, goals for the Wales international didn't initially flow but he still contributed with important assists at Crystal Palace and Manchester City. Certainly needing time to adapt to a new football club and also Ange Postecoglou's ways, supporters saw a new side to Johnson in 2024 as he started to have a bigger say in attack for the Lilywhites.

Fresh from his impact off the bench in the Brentford game, the 23-year-old was to prove decisive in their following home encounter against Brighton & Hove Albion as he contributed with a last-minute winner. Again, it was the youngster doing exactly what Postecoglou demands of him by attacking the back post when his fellow winger has the ball on the opposite side of the pitch.

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Following that strike against the Seagulls, Johnson would finish the season with goals against Aston Villa and West Ham plus a further six assists in the Premier League. Maybe not able to immediately replicate his Nottingham Forest form during the first few months of his Tottenham career, Johnson ended the season in the best way possible to put himself in a good position going into the 2024/25 campaign.

Finishing his debut year in N17 with five goals and ten assists, it would only take Johnson ten games to surpass his goal tally from the previous campaign as he netted his sixth of the term in October's 3-2 defeat against Brighton at the Amex. It was his sixth goal in six games for Tottenham after chipping in with some big moments for the club, with the run starting with a last-minute winner at Coventry City in the Carabao Cup as Tottenham avoided an embarrassing exit at the first time of asking.

The player's goal at the CBS Arena was also huge from a personal perspective as days earlier he had deactivated his Instagram account in wake of abuse from fans after the North London Derby defeat to Arsenal. Speaking in his pre-match press conference prior to the Coventry match, Postecoglou slammed those abusing his player and revealed that the winger is "working his backside off" and "doing everything right" in his quest to become the player he wants to be.

That hard work on the training pitch at Hotspur Way would soon become evident to all watching on as Johnson went on that magnificent run of form as he made it seven goals in seven games for club and country. The ex-Lincoln City loanee has continued to provide the big moments for Tottenham this season, notably hitting further goals in the wins over Aston Villa and Man City as the Lilywhites hit their opponents for four.

He has also perfected the knack of arriving at the back post at the right time to find the back of the net, with his goals against Villa, Man City and Fulham very much proving that point. As James Maddison mentioned after the Man City game, Johnson's ability to be in the correct position time after time is a skill and certainly not luck.

Currently the club's top goalscorer in all competitions and making his mark in the final third at the end of last season, it is no surprise to see why the Nottingham-born player is in the running for the Tottenham Hotspur Fans' Footballer of the Year 2024 award.

Dejan Kulusevski, Micky van de Ven and Tottenham captain Son Heung-min are the other players fighting it out to win the crown. The South Korean collected the prize 12 months ago but he may not retain it this time with the aforementioned Spurs trio all enjoying strong years in a Tottenham shirt.

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