Wakefield Trinity • TJ, incredible
Since Johnstone's return he's hardly been on fire but to be fair he's not had many chances. Last night he scored two fairly simple tries but nothing special. Last night was definitely a team win.
So although he's not playing incredibly he's still incredible IMHO. In those four games ??, he's still scored 3 tries, more tries than we've scored as a team in most post-COVID games.
We know he's quick he is and we know he's an acrobat but he's also got an incredible instinct when it comes to scoring tries. It's a gift that's hard to explain but he's always there and nearly always has just enough time and space to score. It's a gift, it can't be trained IMHO, he just has it. You can train and improve his defence, occasionally his positioning, even his speed but that instinct too know when it's on is a rare gift indeed.
Makinson is a quality winger but he's in a team where chances come thick and fast but his try-scoring record per game is not much better than Toms, may not be as good I have not checked.
Part of Toms confidence comes from being at the same club all his career, suits some players, whether he could take that to a bigger stage I don't know. Personally, I think he could but I really hope he doesn't as we need him. Over the last 5 years, I reckon TJ has score 30-40 tries that we wouldn't otherwise have bagged. He's been a huge difference between winning and losing, almost to the point of costing us our SL spot in his absence, see 2019.
Oh well, fingers crossed because I reckon it will be another 50 years before we uncover such a points machine if the past is anything to go by, certainly one who is as entertaining, I don't think we always appreciate what we have. I do concede that compared to a Prop or an HB it's not as physical or as mentally taxing being on the wing, but you can only be the best at what you are and he certainly is one of those.
So although he's not playing incredibly he's still incredible IMHO. In those four games ??, he's still scored 3 tries, more tries than we've scored as a team in most post-COVID games.
We know he's quick he is and we know he's an acrobat but he's also got an incredible instinct when it comes to scoring tries. It's a gift that's hard to explain but he's always there and nearly always has just enough time and space to score. It's a gift, it can't be trained IMHO, he just has it. You can train and improve his defence, occasionally his positioning, even his speed but that instinct too know when it's on is a rare gift indeed.
Makinson is a quality winger but he's in a team where chances come thick and fast but his try-scoring record per game is not much better than Toms, may not be as good I have not checked.
Part of Toms confidence comes from being at the same club all his career, suits some players, whether he could take that to a bigger stage I don't know. Personally, I think he could but I really hope he doesn't as we need him. Over the last 5 years, I reckon TJ has score 30-40 tries that we wouldn't otherwise have bagged. He's been a huge difference between winning and losing, almost to the point of costing us our SL spot in his absence, see 2019.
Oh well, fingers crossed because I reckon it will be another 50 years before we uncover such a points machine if the past is anything to go by, certainly one who is as entertaining, I don't think we always appreciate what we have. I do concede that compared to a Prop or an HB it's not as physical or as mentally taxing being on the wing, but you can only be the best at what you are and he certainly is one of those.
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