Toast Steve Johnson

[Seeds]

Best player in our last final by a street and nearly won the Brownlow despite missing numerous games. Is the most underrated player at our club by Geelong supporters by a street which is really bizarre. Is clearly in our top 2 players. Absolute STAR and hopefully after he is retired he is remembered as such! It will be a real pity if he isn't.

 

[bulletproof]

Fair point, he has played great football under Chris Scott. I think he has got more out of him than Thompson did.

I wonder who will be remembered a better player, Johnson or Bartel?

 

[Catatonic Shock]

Yep super star no doubt.
I'd have him in the top 5 players of our current era.
Just don't ask me to narrow down the other 4.... Ablett, scarlo, selwood and bartel?

 

[Partridge]

Best player in our last final by a street and nearly won the Brownlow despite missing numerous games. Is the most underrated player at our club by Geelong supporters by a street which is really bizarre. Is clearly in our top 2 players. Absolute STAR and hopefully after he is retired he is remembered as such! It will be a real pity if he isn't.

Don't forget the elephants in the room - if the idiot didn't keep getting himself suspended he might have a Brownlow around his neck this morning. I wonder if that'll finally get it through his skull.

 

[sarah.13]

Yep super star no doubt.
I'd have him in the top 5 players of our current era.
Just don't ask me to narrow down the other 4.... Ablett, scarlo, selwood and bartel?

That means leaving out Enright, Chapman, Ottens, Milburn etc..etc.. hard isn't it.

 

[SJ]

Don't forget the elephants in the room - if the idiot didn't keep getting himself suspended he might have a Brownlow around his neck this morning. I wonder if that'll finally get it through his skull.

Missing a final last year wasn't enough for him to learn (re-offended three times in about six months this year) so I doubt it.

 

[bulletproof]

His record in finals is now significantly better than Selwood's.

 

[Hoffy95]

His tank must be up there with the best in the game. Runs forward and back and brings a style of play that is unique to the game.

Would have a Brownlow medal if he wasn't such an idiot.

 

[manboob]

Would have a Brownlow medal if he wasn't such an idiot.

QFT

 

[MinerBoy]

Gun. Would have won if not for the suspensions.

 

[CF]

nearly won the Brownlow despite missing numerous games.

Due to suspension he never came close to winning it. But I agree his season has been under rated a bit. It will be interesting to see how he goes in the Carji.

 

[CatTricks]

Prob a decent bet for early on next year.
I think now that he knows how close he got it will probably drive him to become more disciplined

 

[JackFlash]

Message to Stevie J....don't get suspended 3 times and you might win a Brownlow!

Undisciplined acts on the field and a flagrant disregard for the rules of the game cost Geelong plenty this year, Johnson was not alone in this. I am not convinced of this so called rock solid culture down there when you look at what happened this year? The message simply didn't get across, is that Chris Scott's fault or do we have dumb footballers wearing the hoops?
I know the rules are an ass, but players repeatedly got themselves in trouble week in and week out, it got to the point of who's next to get reported?

Stevie J should kick himself really hard this morning as he should be a Brownlow medallist

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

Prob a decent bet for early on next year.
I think now that he knows how close he got it will probably drive him to become more disciplined

I put some money on him early...I reckon he lasted about two games before being suspended. One suspension, fair enough that can be bad luck (he actually dodged a bullet by being suspended in the NAB Cup, which doesn't make you ineligible for the Brownlow - though it obviously costs you a game or two). But three suspensions in a season, after missing a final through suspension the previous season? He's got no-one to blame but himself. When he did play this season though, he was brilliant.

The other thing is he's cost himself any chance at a Carji and probably won't even finish in the top five, with the way the voting is done. Missing more than a couple of games kills you in the Carji and he's going to be carrying a few weeks of '0' votes, where players like Stokes, Enright and Selwood will have '7', '8' and '9' consistently.

 

[Partridge]

I put some money on him early...I reckon he lasted about two games before being suspended. One suspension, fair enough that can be bad luck (he actually dodged a bullet by being suspended in the NAB Cup, which doesn't make you ineligible for the Brownlow - though it obviously costs you a game or two). But three suspensions in a season, after missing a final through suspension the previous season? He's got no-one to blame but himself. When he did play this season though, he was brilliant.

The other thing is he's cost himself any chance at a Carji and probably won't even finish in the top five, with the way the voting is done. Missing more than a couple of games kills you in the Carji and he's going to be carrying a few weeks of '0' votes, where players like Stokes, Enright and Selwood will have '7', '8' and '9' consistently.

And unfortunately it detracts from how he has brilliantly transformed himself from a pure forward to almost a pure midfielder. Who gets tons of the ball and uses it superbly. You never know, next year he could keep the discipline under control and hopefully actually win one.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

And unfortunately it detracts from how he has brilliantly transformed himself from a pure forward to almost a pure midfielder. Who gets tons of the ball and uses it superbly. You never know, next year he could keep the discipline under control and hopefully actually win one.

It disappoints me a bit that by the end of his career, Steve Johnson may not have any individual awards to show for the two seasons where he played his best footy: 2009 and 2013. 2009 was bad luck for him, getting injured mid-season, though he could have gone down in infamy as one of the villains of the 2009 grand final, had we lost (being clearly not fit for the game). In 2013, he had reasonable warning to pull up on his aggression, after getting rubbed out in the final H&A game in 2012. Then he got suspended again in a pointless NAB Cup round robin hit-and-giggle. Then he got suspended a further two times (once against Brisbane and then in his return game against Melbourne). Just no excuse.

He could have finished 2013 with a Carji (when he's never come within a bull's roar previously) and should have finished by easily taking out the Brownlow and winning AA selection. Instead, he walks away from this season with nothing.

 

[Big Tom 2013]

Prob a decent bet for early on next year.
I think now that he knows how close he got it will probably drive him to become more disciplined

I hope you're right. Would love to see him without his silly antics.
My love-hate relationship with SJ will continue until then!

 

[Topper]

Ablett - 28 votes from 21 games = 1.33 votes per game
Stevie J - 25 votes from 16 games = 1.56 votes per game

 

[Turbocat]

Not for a first time a guys has just missed. In the old days SJ would have stopped getting votes when suspended. In that case Selwood would have won.

SJ will probably never win , but he is not alone . Budda was 2nd 4 times? He is gun player and possibly better in middle as a forward. But I wonder for the teams benefit , time for kids he will back more forward in 2014

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

He is gun player and possibly better in middle as a forward. But I wonder for the teams benefit , time for kids he will back more forward in 2014

Having one of Chapman, Bartel or Johnson roaming in the forward line at all times in 2014 would be lethal.

 

[muttonchops]

Johnson already at $51 for the Brownlow next year. Worth a punt. Nice odds.

 

[Hoffy95]

Johnson already at $51 for the Brownlow next year. Worth a punt. Nice odds.

Probably about $10 if there was a market that paid out on the highest vote getter.

 

[rocker_oz33]

Gun > unconfidently and sometimes silly boy.He will be strange old ball coach will be interesting times when that happens.

 

[Catatonic Shock]

That means leaving out Enright, Chapman, Ottens, Milburn etc..etc.. hard isn't it.

Very hard.
I'd struggle to outright say he was/is better than Enright.
Chapman there is a case but he has Otto and Dasher covered I reckon, albeit just.

 

[candiehappy]

Having one of Chapman, Bartel or Johnson roaming in the forward line at all times in 2014 would be lethal.

and Menzel !!