Mark John$son wants Compo

[efcboy]

finding this amusing - sorry it is at the dockers expense...

if you go back and watch highlights of MJ at essendon he had his shoulder strapped for some time - i'm sure that had nothing to do with his current ailment though...shame on you freo for poor medical treatment!

 

[Bradesmaen]

Surely there's no way Johnson can claim this shoulder injury - which we saw no sign of during his final games - was a career ending injury.

He's lucky his career hadn't ended a year earlier anyway. Nice of him to show his gratitude like this.

Underlying issue that prevents him from playing WAFL/VFL? Who knows.

 

[sabre_ac]

More insulting is that he got to bow out with grace, something a far better player in Farmer was never afforded.

Agreed.

But thats from a fan's perspective, Johnson had nothing to do with that.

 

[Kickett Punches Read]

johnno was great for us and i reckon we were right to recruit him, but this is a pretty ordinary effort on his behalf, hope the club laughs at him and he ends up with bupkis

 

[Chops_a_must]

Ordinary.

And will stop clubs picking up older players who still might offer a few years of good service.

 

[PapaJ]

Well this just reeks of desperation on Johno's behalf. This is nothing like Michael's claim a few years back which was in a way fair enough because his livelihood, dreams and hopes were dashed due to injury - whether the Docker's were culpable or not being beside the point. But Johnson had his run, and when all said and done we gave him a bonus year - so go away Johnson and make do living in the real world like the rest of us have had to do from the start. If you're in bother, work yourself out of it, don't go being a tool about it and looking for handouts where you don't deserve it.

What a fool.