Re: Johnstone for England : Thu Apr 08, 2021 8:41 am  

vastman wrote:

Funny because it never seemed to bother him as a player. That's not a dig at you, just funny how he expects more from others than he ever gave himself. As a player he had a few good seasons at best, never impressed me.

I'd go as far as saying he had just one stand out game.

Re: Johnstone for England : Thu Apr 08, 2021 9:38 am  

PopTart wrote:

The problem is its hard for a winger to switch sides.
So mcGilivray gets a better chance on the right as he has less competition.
TJ is competing with Makinson and Handley so has a tough position to fill.

Makinson plays on the right wing....

Re: Johnstone for England : Thu Apr 08, 2021 9:44 am  

BarnsleyGull wrote:

Makinson plays on the right wing....

That's what I thought but I wasn't sure.

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Re: Johnstone for England : Thu Apr 08, 2021 9:58 am  

snowie wrote:

which equates to 23.67 mph, over what distance is that did they say

They track the speed over a break and clock the fastest speed rather than an average speed over a distance

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Re: Johnstone for England : Thu Apr 08, 2021 9:59 am  

BarnsleyGull wrote:

Makinson plays on the right wing....

Apologies you are right.
They played him on the left for England but he plays right for Sts.
Seems like a good fit for TJ then as TM is the only one who can touch him in attack.

Re: Johnstone for England : Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:34 pm  

PopTart wrote:

NRL just announced that Addo-Carr is fastest so far this year with a top speed of 38.1 km/h.

I wonder what speed TJ hits.

Thing about Tom is he never seems flat out. He always does just enough so it's difficult to know what his top speed is. I've seen him burn off Tom Davies and David Mead in a long chase.

Re: Johnstone for England : Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:38 pm  

PopTart wrote:

NRL just announced that Addo-Carr is fastest so far this year with a top speed of 38.1 km/h.

I wonder what speed TJ hits.

He flew past me last week....must have been doing at least 60 mph in his BMW

Re: Johnstone for England : Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:06 pm  

PopTart wrote:

NRL just announced that Addo-Carr is fastest so far this year with a top speed of 38.1 km/h.

I wonder what speed TJ hits.

Think the fastest speed clocked last year in SL was Matty Ashton at wire, 36.43 so not too far off.

Johnstone hasn't been in the top 5 last 3 years in terms of top speed clocked.

Re: Johnstone for England : Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:26 pm  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

Thing about Tom is he never seems flat out. He always does just enough so it's difficult to know what his top speed is. I've seen him burn off Tom Davies and David Mead in a long chase.

A lot of people mistake being able to run fast as being the same as being a fast RL winger, including a lot of RL pundits.

Not sure TJ is all that fast in a straight line sprint, though clearly no slouch.

What really makes him 'fast' is a combination of things. He can sprint obviously but he has tremendous balance, athleticism to the point of being almost acrobatic, anticipation and timing. Above all he has few nerves, once he has the ball in hand he goes for it, never questions himself, never deviates he just wants to score. That's what really does it, whether it be an 80 yarder or some magical piece of contortion, if there is a chance then he will take it and 95% of the time will score.

That's what makes him a great SL player and I suspect will make him a true international star.

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Re: Johnstone for England : Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:35 pm  

That's a good point.
Clearly Addo-Carr is elite level across the board but how you run is as important as how fast you run.

Daz Clarke hit a top speed of 35.82kph but for a winger it's how fast you get to that top speed and how long you can maintain it.
TJ seems to be able to maintain a high speed for a long sprint. I think that's why he looks to be cruising as others are really straining to keep going.