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Johns Gone

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Am not one to dance on someone’s grave but this is seriously great news for the Essendon footy club, the guy was never up to scratch.. All the best Johns
 
I feel a tinge of sadness for Johns.

He battled to get himself on the park and defied a lot of people out there.

I think the club as let him down as they tried to make him into a power forward when with his injuries and fitness I think it was the wrong move. He was always about 5 kg's to big and thus was more likely to get injured or have no mobility.

The fitness program set out for Johns was not right. Maybe it was due to his injuries and circumstance but I think we could have done better with him.
 

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Sad story.

Reality was that he was never going to make it after his hip injury at 16. Many in WA were surprised Essendon took him in the rookie draft, let alone invest so much time into him. He's a good bloke and deserved the shot but sad reality was that it was never going to happen.
 
TOA. said:
Sad story.

Reality was that he was never going to make it after his hip injury at 16. Many in WA were surprised Essendon took him in the rookie draft, let alone invest so much time into him. He's a good bloke and deserved the shot but sad reality was that it was never going to happen.
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best comment i've read here. johns had the attributes to be a gun full forward - he was extremely quick off the mark (actually tested one of the quickest over 20m at essendon), strong and a decent kick. the injuries and experimenting with him in defence didn't help him. he won't be on an afl list in 2009 but i hope he recovers well, kicks bags of goals somewhere like the wafl and is given another chance. at full forward he could be valuable.
 
i'm a bit worried, if laycock and dyson get delisted as well this year, I'll have no spuds left to bag on here.. what will I do with my mondays??

johns is case in point of spuds always being spuds.. no amount of time and effort will turn johns into an AFL footballer.. good luck at freo CJ :)
 

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He never had it.
Johns had his chance in 2006 to show somthing when he played a full season in the abbsence of Lloyed and showed nothing but the ability to lay a nice hip and shoulder bump everyonce in awhile.
Wouldnt be suprized to see if Melbourne picks him up for nothing if he gets his body right.

lost respect for him when i heard about the case against the hard surface.gold digger:thumbsd:
 

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are they any good? good luck on a very good career at SANFL level
 
eth-dog said:
are they any good? good luck on a very good career at SANFL level
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Norwood made the finals this year but had an inconsistent season. They should improve next year and have a reputation for securing former ALF players (Simon Phillips and Steven Doyle were a couple of pick ups last year). He should fit in well with their forward line, especially if Taylor Walker finds himself in Crows' colours for most of the year.

Its an excellent competition with great support so he should enjoy it.
 

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