The thing is, that in my opinion Hodgson has the choice of going with Jones's defensive ability, or Johnson's ability going forward (although he was poor in that regard against Peru as well).
There's no point vilifying Johnson for not being a great defender. He's an attacking full back - if a manager is going to pick him, the manager must be aware of this and make the choice in full knowledge of that, with players in midfield who can fill the gaps left by him.
Yes, ideally we'd have a full back who is excellent going both ways, but we don't. Hodgson has to choose whether he wants one which will attack or one which will defend properly.
We have three fullbacks who are all much better than him defensively, one of whom is significantly better offensively, one who has the potential to be much better going forward, and in Cole, someone who has got his fair share of assists but has been throughout his career brilliant defensively.
The thing about Johnson is, if you neglect defensive work you need to be VERY good going forwards to compensate, he's not. I would say Dani Alves is better defensively(though pretty dodgy) than him but miles better going forward. Johnson sometimes does okay, but when you spend that much time in the opposition half you will get more chances and be more involved but he barely scores and doesn't assist much. Other fullbacks both score and assist more or the same while also being much stronger defensively.
If you're going to be as poor as he is defensively you need to be basically brilliant going forward and he isn't.
Baines is much much better defensive and much better going forwards.
Johnson got 2 assists and no goals with 20 shots this season.
Last season was laughable, 1 goal with 54 shots taken in the league alone, that is pathetic. 4 assists in 36 starts in the league, when he almost completely ignores the defensive side of his game.
Defence comes before attack at fullback. It's not even about how poor he is, tackling, blocking crosses, its positioning.
Look at Arsenal's(and Spurs) thrashings this year, the CB's are good but when the fullback is missing the CB's get pulled out of position. Defences as a whole work when the fullbacks get back and in to position 99% of the time, Johnson is woeful at this, as is Sagna, Gibbs, having a very poorly positioned fullback compromises the entire defence.
A fullback who can't be in position destroys your defence, quality attacking is a complete bonus at fullback, the fundamental nature of the role is defensive in nature and fullbacks that can't defend should not be fullbacks. I wouldn't have Johnson in the squad at all, and for the past 4 years I've have been trying anyone else there instead, and not Walker who is equally incompetent, nor trying Gibbs at right back because he's incompetent. Not trying Cole, Shaw or Baines at right back is a joke, most top fullbacks look perfectly fine if not 100% on the opposite side of the pitch, with three top left backs the chances that one of them looks comfortable on the other side is very very high. Baines or Cole at 60% of their normal quality would be a HUGE improvement at right back over Johnson.
Milner right back? 4-2-3-1 ... Barkley or Rooney on the wing?