Does Euen Aitken Remind you of Chris Johns

[mickeylane]

Not sure how many on here remember Dragons 1985 centre Chris Johns before he went to Broncos in 1988- but Euen Aitken reminds me a lot of Chris Johns albeit a little slower - Chris Johns was a strong straight running centre who always split defenses...if Euen can find half a meter of pace during the off season he could end up being a SOO centre..He has the strength he just needs a little more pace...

 

[dragonssamy61]

If he ends up as good and tough a player as him that would be great

 

[dino2170]

you have no life geeeee

 

[TomRedVRiver]

you have no life geeeee

That's an ironic comment coming for you Dino ol' buddy.

 

[muzby]

Does Euan Aitken remind me of Chris Johns?

No. Euan isn't a jerk.

 

[Saint_JimmyG]

I see elements of Matt Cooper and Michael Beattie.

 

[The Doc]

you have no life geeeee

I know aye... how dare he talk about anything other then speed... speed... and more SPEED!!!
Tell us again how we need speed speed and more SPEED!!!
Come on dino... one more time ... cause the previous 12,786 times weren't enough.
For someone who is like a broken record, its funny that u would say someone has no life!!
Oh well... at least we finally heard dino say something other then "we need speed speed and more SPEED" so thank you mickeylane.

 

[The Doc]

Not sure how many on here remember Dragons 1985 centre Chris Johns before he went to Broncos in 1988- but Euen Aitken reminds me a lot of Chris Johns albeit a little slower - Chris Johns was a strong straight running centre who always split defenses...if Euen can find half a meter of pace during the off season he could end up being a SOO centre..He has the strength he just needs a little more pace...

He reminds me more of a young matty cooper...
And milne is showing a little of young gasnier touches...
Could it be???? Well, we are over due for some exciting attack...
Its looking good boys... its looking good

 

[jak]

more like roy ferguson.

 

[JohnnoMcJohnno]

Reminds me of Poppa Clay since you ask. Good hard runner capable of breaking the defence.

Should give him a run as 5/8.

 

[Dragon Revival]

I think that Aitken will be a much better player than Chris Johns who had a bit of pace and could tackle. Johns was heralded
as a centre but ended up on the wing. Aitken
is a robust and bruising centre with a step and reminds me of Bobby Fulton or Brad Izzard. I believe he will soon play State of Origin if he remains free of injury. He would never let a side down and is a match winner.

 

[Jubileeboy]

The name Chris Johns should never be spoken of in here...
Penshurst RSL, Broncos, Super League...meh

 

[Eatons Hill Dragon]

I was more upset when we lost Bill Noke at the same time to the Donkeys rather than Johns.
We still had Brad Mackay, Mark Coyne, Mick Beattie etc.
Atleast Billy came straight back to us and even Captained us to a great win over the Bullgrubs in 89 at Kogarah,
Ricky Walford and Paul Osborne were unstoppable that day.

 

[blacksafake]

If he ends out being 1/2 as good as most of the above names i'll be happy.
To me he reminds me of an ex kiwi who played for manly in the 90's by the name of Craig Innes.

 

[stg666]

he could do everything as a 15 year old . run , tackle , pass , kick in general play and goals , he dominated . looking forward to wherever he goes from here on in .

 

[Dragsters]

I know aye... how dare he talk about anything other then speed... speed... and more SPEED!!!
Tell us again how we need speed speed and more SPEED!!!
Come on dino... one more time ... cause the previous 12,786 times weren't enough.
For someone who is like a broken record, its funny that u would say someone has no life!!
Oh well... at least we finally heard dino say something other then "we need speed speed and more SPEED" so thank you mickeylane.

Full caps lock.

I think dino and John moz might have went to same school.

 

[Slippery Morris]

He definatly looks like a Matt Cooper type player. That is one that will be playing in the red V for all his career. Seems to be loving playing in the Red V and looks to be proud to be wearing the jersey. 1st guy I see to get pi$$ed with the opposition scores. He takes it to heart.

 

[gregstar]

Not sure how many on here remember Dragons 1985 centre Chris Johns before he went to Broncos in 1988- but Euen Aitken reminds me a lot of Chris Johns albeit a little slower - Chris Johns was a strong straight running centre who always split defenses...if Euen can find half a meter of pace during the off season he could end up being a SOO centre..He has the strength he just needs a little more pace...

chris johns was better in '84 than he was in '85. he suffered second year syndrome & was usually playing on the wing in '85 if he played first grade. his asset back then was pace. his best year for us was probably '87 just before he was poached.

his best footy was undoubtedly at the drongos.

 

[gregstar]

I was more upset when we lost Bill Noke at the same time to the Donkeys rather than Johns.
We still had Brad Mackay, Mark Coyne, Mick Beattie etc.
Atleast Billy came straight back to us and even Captained us to a great win over the Bullgrubs in 89 at Kogarah,
Ricky Walford and Paul Osborne were unstoppable that day.

unfortunately noke never came anywhere near repeating his form of '85. he was one of the big disappointments of mine because he had awesome potential as he showed that season. he was a dreadful trainer & lost control of his weight.

marc glanville should have been the one to step up to fill noke's boots but he was poached by newcastle. i don't know if anyone remembers glanville when he was in our under 23's but he was so far ahead of every other single player in that competition in '85 that it was astounding. he was head & shoulders the absolute gun coming through the ranks & we only lost one game during the season (and from memory he missed it.)

to this day however, the most bitter experience player-wise was letting o'connor go. i still can't forgive it. johnston, beattie were great together, but beattie's best years were actually '84-85 - he sustained a leg injury in the semi against the dogs that we won in '85 to make the grand final & was never the same after. he was solid but never again quite as good.

imo if we'd kept johns alongside keeping o'connor with johnston & walford on the wings, we would have been a far more dangerous side.

alas what ifs fill the psyche of a saints supporter. especially from that era - '84-'85 still burns.

 

[_Johnsy]

I see no resemblance in any way shape or form.