John Nick
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You are correct. Wasn't SJ runner up or somethingIt was DCE
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You are correct. Wasn't SJ runner up or somethingIt was DCE
Plenty of good halves coming through at that time obviously. Will be interesting to see where some of these young guns that look promising now are down the line?You are correct. Wasn't SJ runner up or something
Yes it is cruel but only if that's the measure of a successful career. He's got more money than my entire lifetime just from league. He's got a happy life and those are a couple of other measures. Okay maybe not comparing my hollow wallet with his but to say he's earned what he has by his early mid thirties is cool and I respect thatThe DCE comparison probably resonates more with me, maybe due to the GF in their debuts.
If only we had our shit together as a club back then......
DCE and Reynolds both have a prem, it's such a cruel blow for Shaun.
He's fully earned and deserved every cent he's ever made from the game.Yes it is cruel but only if that's the measure of a successful career. He's got more money than my entire lifetime just from league. He's got a happy life and those are a couple of other measures. Okay maybe not comparing my hollow wallet with his but to say he's earned what he has by his early mid thirties is cool and I respect that
Agreed. I'm sure he'd have wanted that premiership but when it finally comes we will remember his awesome contributionsHe's fully earned and deserved every cent he's ever made from the game.
His life and lifestyle away from the game is a credit to himself, and quite frankly none of our business.
He's a professional Rugby League player playing in the code's pinnacle competition and his individual talents have reaped his rewards.
Unfortunately in our little NRL world the measure of success is a Premiership!
Ask him how many highlight reels he'd gladly give up for a Premiership.
His lack of a prem is on us as a club rather than himHe's fully earned and deserved every cent he's ever made from the game.
His life and lifestyle away from the game is a credit to himself, and quite frankly none of our business.
He's a professional Rugby League player playing in the code's pinnacle competition and his individual talents have reaped his rewards.
Unfortunately in our little NRL world the measure of success is a Premiership!
Ask him how many highlight reels he'd gladly give up for a Premiership.
Feel like some earlier years it was just a bit of the same old story of Warriors needing to pay top dollar to hold onto him. His consistency didn’t always warrant his salary but there was never any doubt of what was his potential and his brilliance. Feel like last year was the most consistent and injury free of his career and a real shame we couldn’t take advantage of that formHis lack of a prem is on us as a club rather than him
2011 GF TeamClub management, business and footy IQ and forward planning shows we have been amateurs in our field for a long time.
We should have built a team around SJ and his style and made that our identity as we had SJ for so long.
Too many egos and retirement packages, and not enough professionalism.
Egos, pay checks, lack of training, video and players who didn’t even watch other games or opposition.
We are only now starting to get it right.
We let SJ down regardless of his eccentric personality.
Hope he becomes halves coach and commentator based in NZ.
Thanks for the memories bro.
Amazing that of all these players only SJ is playing - 13 years later2011 GF Team
1 Kevin Locke, 2 Bill Tupou, 3 Lewis Brown, 4 Krisnan Inu, 5 Manu Vatuvei, 6 James Maloney, 7 Shaun Johnson, 15 Russell Packer, 14 Lance Hohaia, 10 Jacob Lillyman, 17 Elijah Taylor, 12 Simon Mannering (c), 13 Micheal Luck, interchange: 8 Sam Rapira, 9 Aaron Heremaia 11 Feleti Mateo, 16 Ben Matulino.
A whole lot of players that could have dominated the game if we'd had the right systems in place. The ceiling for some one these guys was stratospheric. A young Locke and Benny Mutts was a sight to see.
I think Krisnan just had his coaching gig extended over in Superleague recently.Did I hear Kris Inu is working in Eels coaching
That's been the best hour of my week!![]()
Top ten highlights of Shaun Johnson's career
We look at ten of the Kiwi legend's career highlights.www.zerotackle.com
Absolutely amazing the skills he possessed throughout his career
His ceiling created unrealistic expectations from some fans and a lot of media. People wanted him to pull that crazy running game out of a hat every time we were losing or in a tight game. And when he didn’t he received criticism, much of which was in my opinion very unfair.I don’t buy into the club letting SJ down or him being mismanaged.
He had a great career and reached his potential and should be proud of what he achieved. His highlights are world leading at playing the SJ way.
In letting him down are we saying he should have been made to be more structured through coaching? His strength has been his unpredictability and coaching would have changed that. Would training what was special out of him (unpredictability) really work?
His recent transition to on organising half was only due to injury, slowing down and experience - would anyone have preferred a boring SJ without the individual highlights reel? I’m not sure he would have been an elite half when younger playing under strict structure? Just another good journeyman.
I’m happy with what we saw. The highlights, the scintillating tries. The unpredictability and the raw emotion.