Ashton has some way to go before he is a first team regular on the wing I think it will depend on what happens with Charley.

Ashton has had his fair share of injuries too so it's no guarantee he will be available for more games than Johnston. Who is probably the best winger in super League when fit which I think will start to be more and more as his more recent injuries are not ACL injuries but concussion and niggles so no different to a lot of players throughout the regular season. I would think tj will also score more trys than Ashton over a season too.

I would take it with a pinch of salt at the moment but crossed fingers it's true

It's got to come down to money. How much of the cap do you spend on a player with such an injury record? Wingers can be match winners of course, but I'd back Powell to get a cheaper winger of lesser ability to play at a standard / scoring rate fairly close to Johnstone's.

Fantastic player but it's a risky injury record. He really is a brilliant winger though, I feel he would strengthen our starting 13 and hopefully it would be a move that would excite him (no disrespect to wakey who have been great for him and to him in his career so far). He would look excellent everytime he played for us IMO, the only doubt would be on whether he would play enough games for that to count.

Like others have said though, I will believe it when I see it.

Probably couldn't risk spending over 100k. But surely we'd need to be around that figure to get him. I doubt it's true.

While I'd be apprehensive about his injuries, I'd also be very excited.

Hopefully he'll go down the Currie route who seems (fingers crossed) to be well over his injury woes.

Probably bulked out with trys against Salford Leigh etc, in big games against quality opposition my money would be on Johnstone makinson grace n the likes to score over the lesser players.

Powell will not be coming here to get average players over performing but to get quality players performing there's s huge difference imo.

As long as he isn't as crumbly as Gary Wheeler.

Warrington already have a speed bump in charnley, why would they want another? That’s why he’s at Wakefield and has been for years

Would be another sensational signing. I'd imagine he'd be Wakefield's top earner with Fifita and one they'd want to keep so it's another huge salary to fit in. If you can get him for not much more than what Lineham is on and swap the two it's brilliant business.

Have you ever properly watched any player who doesn't wear a Saints shirt? Even for the blatant troll, you are this attempt to mark Johnstones defence as suspect is truly pathetic. First-hand accounts and general statistics prove you wrong.

Toms defensive game is above average, however, that's not what people are interested in, it's his attacking game. You'll work it out when you grow up.

Can you imagine RedVee if this happens!! It would be like a nuclear reactor going critical! We can't speeyk!

Us not playing matches and now this if true must be really doing your noodle.

I think we should commission him the world's first and only half saints and half wire kit. Full kit obviously, he's definitely one of those, if this comes off then Johnstone on the back. You can tell that his love of wire sits uneasily though by the barbed comments like the other day about the game cancellation. Shame that saints went and shot him in the foot by cancelling with covid too, just days after every player was available for the final!!

I'd rather leave him at Wakey to be honest.

If Saddened is outraged over both of Jonny Lomax's legs suddenly falling off, then we'll point him in your direction.