Terrible footballer
Slow, poor skills.
ill-informed people are harsh judges - you probably need to have watched him as a junior and in his right position at vfl level to see his ability.
he actually isn't slow. tested one of the quickest in afl over 20m sprints.
he would be no good at carlton as he is an out and out full forward and given fevola. would be the same as it was at essendon with lloyd, lucas.
essendon did him no favours trying him in defence etc - he is a one trick pony.
johns is very quick off the mark but due to chronic hip problems he is hopeless when the ball hits the ground as he doesn't have the strength in that area to turn quickly etc.
i don't know that an afl club in the modern era can afford to have such a one dimensional player. a side without a full forward could try him but with his knee reco he will have lost a yard of pace.