The poor kid, yet to play in the NRL, signs with Newcastle and already being labelled the 'Next Andrew Johns'! :roll: Tell me, what chance has this kid got when being marked against perhaps the best of all time ? Buckley's and none anyone...it wasn't long ago that Ben Jeffries was earmarked with this title (now playing for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats).
Andrew Johns is one in a million type player yet the media cannot help but to sell a story using the great man's name in which a young kid will now be burdened with being 'the next joey'. I was a little surprised the story was not from one of the so called 'League Experts' from the laughable Newcastle Herald.
Sorry to burst the bubble on this guy and the Newcastle fans, but the closest thing too Andrew Johns as a young upstart in the NRL (no, not the next Johns, simply the best of a young crop for mine) would have to be St. George's Matt Head who can do it all on the football field. He has tremendous vision, a brilliant passing / kicking game, can tackle and steers his team around the paddock taking the reins from the overrated Trent Barrett who continues to be hit and miss when wearing the red v.
