Saw an interview with him saying all his family will be cheering him and Cas on and said there wouldn't be any sentiment. He also said he couldn't remember the last time wakey beat Cas and he was demanding to not be part of a side that lost that streak ! He does seem a bit of a character tbf

Yes I do, and I have not seen every NRL winger scoring ones like he did last night. I’ll stand by my comment he is a very good SL winger, who has defensive frailties. But is that him or the system that he plays in. The NRL is a far superior league with superior facilities and coaching. If some of our 10 a penny players went to the NRL, I believe due to this superior coaching and environment they would become world class. Would you say Josh Hodgson would of been a 10 a penny hooker in the NRL or John Bateman being a 10 a penny second rower. Johnstone has all the attributes to be a once in a life time winger for Wakefield, abit like Gaz Ellis coming through, you just know they’re that bit special. And going somewhere like the NRL could be the catalyst ie Ellis.

I have.
Ive seen plenty over the years scored like that at cas,as have Hull fans watching their team,as have Wigan etc.
Acrobatic tries was not invented or perfected by your wonder boy alone.
I suppose if he stays injury free the next few years then all the NRL teams will be queuing up for his signature.
Lets wait and see eh!

He's a Cas player so what do you expect him to say, doesn't stop him not wanting Wakey to win at any other time though does it.
As for his family I bet they were cheering him on last season at Salford as well.

Yep lets wait and see, I bet you'll be the first one back on here congratulating him

Let’s not, which NRL side is going to take a player with a bilateral ACL reconstruction. I’m just over the moon the lad has over come these shocking injuries and still able to score tries like he did last night. The point I was getting at which you clearly missed due to your negative infatuation with Johnstone is players you think that are 10 a penny might just surprise you when they’re put in a more elite environments, it’s clearly been proven. Even Eden managed a hand full of games for the Broncos didn’t he. Wouldn’t he be 30 a penny in the NRL.

I think Makinson was the 1st Super League winger to perfect the one handed dive as a regular finish but he doesn't have the pace of TJ. Grace is another who can become airborne as standard but he doesn't have the strength of TJ. I have no problem with the excellent Makinson being 1st choice international although I reckon fully fit Manfredi is right up there too. What pees me off is past it guys like McGilvary and Hall hogging the slots.

just watched TJ try from last night. outstanding finish, but should have been a walk in. Millers pass selection in the build up to pass to Ashurst was a shocker!

Eden was regarded as one of the worst English imports ever in the NRL.

He could well have been, but the fact is he played in the NRL which is what's been said, but you can't seem to grasp

You don't have a point, just an eagerness to pick an argument, once again irrespective whether Eden was crap or not he still played in the NRL, unless you can prove differently, end of.

"TJ is a classy player and one of only 3 or 4 in the league I genuinely think would make it in the NRL"

My comments are directed at the above quote..he might play (big might) but to make it big in the NRL ,not a chance.
Just another Jo Average in the Aussie league.
I can see the desperation of something good coming out of Wakefield from their fans but please...be realistic,as ive said hes a good player in an average SL competition.

I wondered when it would get round to "let's knock TJ" time. The lad's a winger, and a b****y great one at that. How many great wingers can you remember that were also great defenders. In a time when apart from Nos 2,5, 6 & 7 in a team most positions are almost interchangeable TJ's is still a specialist position. Ok, his defence isn't the best but the lad will win us games. The weak defence on the flanks his generally down to the need for better coaching. As 1315Trinity alluded to earlier Offiah seems to have earned almost the status of a god, but his defence was non-existant.

That may well be the case, Towns. That's how he should view the game, being a Cas player, but it doesn't stop him being a Wakefield Trinity fan also.