Makinson is better than Johnstone and it may be unpopular but Johnstone is overrated. Good going forward but defensively he is poor, you only need to watch the game against Salford and in particular Salford’s last try, way too far inside. As for tries scored, majority of that is down to how the team plays as well as the quality of centre inside of the winger. Would Eden have scored the amount of tries last season if he was playing for Widnes? Makinson, Davies, McGillvary and Hall are all better than Johnstone and you could argue the case for a few others as well.

I’d love to think Dominic Manfredi could get himself back and playing at the levels he was reaching in 2015 and 2016. If he could then he’d push Hall all the way.

A crying shame that he’s missed nearly 20 months of rugby now.

No he's not, stop bull crapping.

As for his defense it's generally excellent but according to you one error in 240 minutes of RL and he can't defend yet you seriously suggest Makinson, Davies, McGillvary and Hall don't makea similar number of errors.

Whislt any winger would have got that try against Catalan would they, yeah right.

Grow up Jean, this is your worst incarnation yet and if by some miracle this isn't you and there are two people that daft then it's still time to grow up.

Seriously he wasn't as good as that and no he wouldn't have pushed Hall. A one season wonder I'm afraid. Sorry but I doubt he'll play again, 20 month is to long to be away from the game.

knocker - its laughable if you think a short winger like Robinson wouldn't be smashed to bits in the modern game. He'd no doubt go OK ball in hand (although I don't remember him doing a great deal against Australia before he went to RU and he wouldn't be up against staggered defences like there were often when he played), but defensively he'd be targeted all day. He would not 'compete for the ball' against the best modern wingers on the end of an accurate kicking game. He was never that good in the air and he played in an era when kicking was nowhere near as accurate as today, when international wingers are all very big, agile men.

I personally think its sad that smaller wingers struggle nowadays. Some of the most exciting players I've ever seen were of that ilk, including Robinson and before him Des Drummond, but the game has changed enormously.

I don't know why people get so touchy about former players.

A one season wonder over two seasons Plus he’d been in and out of the side before that (as we had other top class options) and done very well.

He was brilliant in 2015 and 2016. I sense there’s little point giving any credit to any winger that isn’t Tom Johnstone or else you seem to see it as a slight on him and find some bizarre reason to shoot it down. I have those issues discussing football with my 11 year old nephew.

You are still using Robinson as your comparator and ignoring the traits i said would work which he never had.
I said Robinson wasn't a good defensive winger, that doesn't mean others cant be, who is being touchy, i certainly aren't, just pointing out your statement is not as absolute as you make out.

You mean apart from this.
Clearly he’s on the wind up (about Johnstone) whereas myself and others who’ve mentioned potential wing options haven’t been.

Tom Johnstone looks very good and it’s so pleasing to see him come back from a very serious injury the way he is doing currently. He may well play for England one but he has some decent competition going forward. The two lads who have the shirts will take some shifting but he looks in pole position to do so.

Had Dom Manfredi not got injured in 2016 I suspect Johnstone (and probably McGillvary) would be trying to shift him out of a shirt. It’s all irrelevant now though sadly as the lad has been massively unlucky.