Yes, he has been my favourite player since he came here 12 years ago. Plays any position without complaint, has scored not just match defining goals but season defining ones.
The way he has been talked about and abused by so called fans is nothing short of scandalous.
Albion fans never used to be like that, now it seems we always have to have a scapegoat.
Who is it this season? Livermore or Johnstone?
They aren't scapegoats, they are genuinely not that good. I don't think many people scapegoat them, but some people (not neccessarily you, I don't know) are so thin skinned about criticism that when people point out they aren't that good, they get accused of scapegoating them.
For what it's worth, I think Johnstone is another Scott Carson, and Livermore another Karl Henry, and the sooner we dump both the better.
But the assessment of Brunt as a good club man with a decreasing role is probably spot on. He should be lauded for all he's done here, but we should have set about replacing him long before now.