Mr Dragon
Jackson Hastings is a leader and would be a great half for the next 4 years and if we could put Walsh at 6 and get a good fullback, what a side that would be!
Mr Dragon
You cant expect him to compete with NRL players, will take 3 years plus to get up to standard
'I say shut up to that': NRL great defends Johnson over retirement talk
Johnson has one year left on his current deal with the Warriors.
Sledge
Yep as mentioned, he is a number 6, thats where the Sharks used him, wtf are the Warriors thinking?'I say shut up to that': NRL great defends Johnson over retirement talk
Johnson has one year left on his current deal with the Warriors.www.nzherald.co.nz
snake77
Benji raises some good points.
A few points to argue against it. Johnson himself said he wanted to come back and lead the side around the field seeing as he was more experienced. Also, his strength was his running game, which is pretty much non-existent now. Changing the jersey or his role isn't going to dramatically change that. A lot of these guys are still thinking of the younger version, age and injuries have changed him.
At Cronulla, he was good at getting guys into space due to the threat of his running and his ball playing. His kicking was also a lot better. He also had better structures around him which fall back on coaching and the overall squad.
At the moment we look to be banking on him getting back to Auckland and his family to turn around his form. If it does great, secondly if it works, how long will that last?
A few points to argue against it. Johnson himself said he wanted to come back and lead the side around the field seeing as he was more experienced. Also, his strength was his running game, which is pretty much non-existent now. Changing the jersey or his role isn't going to dramatically change that. A lot of these guys are still thinking of the younger version, age and injuries have changed him.
At Cronulla, he was good at getting guys into space due to the threat of his running and his ball playing. His kicking was also a lot better. He also had better structures around him which fall back on coaching and the overall squad.
At the moment we look to be banking on him getting back to Auckland and his family to turn around his form. If it does great, secondly if it works, how long will that last?
gREVUS
Long live the Rainbows and Butterflies
Contributor
imo Benji has always seen Shaun Johnson as a mini me. and in many ways they are so similar, i get that. But eventually, after his rugby stint, Benji realised he had to bring something different and did, while Shaun Johnson talked differences and has delivered the same old same old
Tragic
Shaun Johnson cant deliver jackshit behind the momentum our team fails to gain, we get dominated from the first tackle. We are going nowhere until we fix that.
Once we fix getting momentum on the first 3 tackles and give our halves something to work on then we can bag out Shaun Johnson, until then we need his long(ish) kicking game to get us out of the constant field position pressure we put ourselves in.
Once we fix getting momentum on the first 3 tackles and give our halves something to work on then we can bag out Shaun Johnson, until then we need his long(ish) kicking game to get us out of the constant field position pressure we put ourselves in.
snake77
I've said previously Benji should be someone Johnson should have watched to see how he evolved later in his career. If he wants to play on past his natural gifts and be curtailed by injuries he needed to have evolved.
Benji late in his career was good to watch in a different way to the younger Benji. Calm and could come in and help his side apply pressure by a kick to the in-goal or produce something with his passing game which had evolved over his career.
The unfortunate thing is this should of been the best Warriors pack he'd play behind.
We had poor go forward before things fell apart but still with Addin Fonua-Blake and Lodge on the field there was something to work off. It was more when those two came off. Now Lodge is gone and Addin Fonua-Blake has been injured.
Afoa and Pene haven't been great this year. I was looking forward to Pene's arrival as he should have been a point of difference with his leg speed.
The fact that the coaching staff haven't promoted or named some of our bigger guys the last few weeks since Lodge departed and Addin Fonua-Blake got injured is pretty telling.
DavidMcKay1974
I saw these the other day....
In my opinion that was his best.
Back in the day, he was fast. Now he's a shadow of his former self. How sad is that?
In my opinion that was his best.
Back in the day, he was fast. Now he's a shadow of his former self. How sad is that?
jonesy101
He was showing some form and starting to look like he was winding back the clock against the Dogs in a particular game last year until that nasty hamstring tear which would be very difficult to rehabilitate from and hasn't looked the same this season sadly. Was still a solid effort in his return game last week though.
This try is my favorite, right up there with the greatest tries of all time:
This try is my favorite, right up there with the greatest tries of all time:
gpred
Contributor
Probably my favorite too. I always think of this when I think of Shaun.
I feel sorry for him, as you can tell from his interviews he is trying, but he must feel like a prisoner in his own body, the mind is willing but he just can't do what he used too.
Same happened to the likes of Darren Lockyer, but he was able to adapt and become a great playmaker. Shaun's amazing talent shot him in the foot here, as he was so gifted he never saw the need to adapt and hone other skills until it was too late, which sadly it now is.
God imagine if we had Mannering and a young Shaun Johnson in the current team, yes please.
African warrior
For me this highlights what has caused his decline...Is it me or is he carrying a lot more weight on his frame?
tajhay
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It seems to me he's at a good weight. His timing seems really off, esp with his passes. Seems very pre meditated in his plays. Don't expect him to run around players, but not having players in motion around him doesn't help him either.
Our plays in general seem very premeditated and as has been like forever, we don't do decoys or players running lines very well (or at all).
So much made of our bad defence, but our attack is just as bad.
Boats n Hoes
Our ruck speed seems pretty poor across the board, which when we do run our plays always feels like we're running against a set defence thats ready and waiting and can easily shut down anything we throw at them.
And i think what also compounds our attack is wether by instruction or we just dont have the quality in our roster to acheive it, we dont have much of a 2nd phase game to attack off......wether thats through offloading, linebreaks or tacklebreaks....which is the bread and butter of most good attacking units and breaks down defensive structure....we sort of once again are left relying on individual brilliance or an opposition mistake.
Horriors2013
That try and the one that beat the Storm and got us into the 2011 GF. My favourite tries ever.
snake77
Thanks for posting the Johnson highlights. I went down a bit of a YouTube rabbit hole watching more highlights.
Brought my son across to have a look. Also showed him the 2003 over the head pass against the Broncos and the Friend back flip pass. Had to show him the club wasn't always crap and has provided some great moments.
Brought my son across to have a look. Also showed him the 2003 over the head pass against the Broncos and the Friend back flip pass. Had to show him the club wasn't always crap and has provided some great moments.
