Re: Tom Johnstone : Mon Jun 11, 2018 6:51 am  

PopTart wrote:

Anyway, where have you read this? I can't find any details.

Aaron Bower article in Guardian and LE

Re: Tom Johnstone : Mon Jun 11, 2018 7:19 am  

Trinity1315 wrote:

Cream always comes to the top and TJ will be back with a vengeance!
The England team selection has puzzled me for longer than I care to remember so this is no surprise.
How some of the players get near the squad is a mystery to me. One of them I refer to is O'loughlin.

Out of interest who else would you have played at loose forward other than SOL? Think it's true he is passed his best now but he was the best option for a few years. I'd play Sam Burgess there now, possibly from the domestic based players Milner might get a look in

Re: Tom Johnstone : Mon Jun 11, 2018 7:50 am  

A few years ago NZ played Isaac John (remember him) in the 2014 Anzac Test despite only filling in for his club when Soward and Wallace were injured. If they were able to do this and actually give him some time on the field, I don't see how it's not the perfect time for us to replicate.

Having said that repeating what a few have already said, Tom will get his chance.

Re: Tom Johnstone : Mon Jun 11, 2018 8:07 am  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

No doubt the likes of Makinson, Hall and McGillvary were rubbing their hands whilst Tom was being left out of our team and thus being removed from the shop window.

If I understand you correctly then that is without doubt one of the more ridiculous statements posted on here and that's saying something!

It is NOT and NEVER should be CC 's job to push TJ's international career, end of. His job is to look after the interests of WTRLFC on the field and if he doesn't think picking TJ is right for whatever reason then so be it, that's what he's paid for, he isn't paid to be TJ's second agent.

I've championed TJ from the start and I feel he's unlucky and will always suffer from 'shirt syndrome' but again that is not Chester's problem or his fault.

If I've misunderstood your post then I apologise.

Re: Tom Johnstone : Mon Jun 11, 2018 8:37 am  

If he doesn't make it into the England squad for this game, I really don't think he'll ever pull on an England shirt as long as he wears a Wakefield one. His form this season has been above Makinson, McGillvary, and Hall. He's made fewer errors, given away less penalties, missed fewer tackles, made a greater average gain and scored more tries

Re: Tom Johnstone : Mon Jun 11, 2018 8:44 am  

Egg Banjo wrote:

If he doesn't make it into the England squad for this game, I really don't think he'll ever pull on an England shirt as long as he wears a Wakefield one. His form this season has been above Makinson, McGillvary, and Hall. He's made fewer errors, given away less penalties, missed fewer tackles, made a greater average gain and scored more tries

Johnstone has 8 years on both Hall and McGillvary. That is a ludicrous statement.

[PopTart]

Re: Tom Johnstone : Mon Jun 11, 2018 8:53 am  

Egg Banjo wrote:

If he doesn't make it into the England squad for this game, I really don't think he'll ever pull on an England shirt as long as he wears a Wakefield one. His form this season has been above Makinson, McGillvary, and Hall. He's made fewer errors, given away less penalties, missed fewer tackles, made a greater average gain and scored more tries

Funnily enough Ben Jones Bishop beats TJ on most of those stats this year. Why is no one championing him for the game?

Re: Tom Johnstone : Mon Jun 11, 2018 9:03 am  

PopTart wrote:

Funnily enough Ben Jones Bishop beats TJ on most of those stats this year. Why is no one championing him for the game?

They are. His agent tweeted about it yesterday

Re: Tom Johnstone : Mon Jun 11, 2018 9:15 am  

Who's his agent Tricky?

Re: Tom Johnstone : Mon Jun 11, 2018 9:53 am  

Goes by show me the money on twitter, think he might be called Craig Harrison. Is agent for a few of our other players, Rocky and Big Dave for sure