hes slotted in great in the middle or on the half back line. melbourne would be rueing gettin rid of him

I hope he turns out okay. He was always a little patchy at Melbourne, but at his best he was really good. But you have to ask why did Melbourne want to trade him? Are his best years behind him?

I think it was a real loss losing Hadley, and at this point I'm not sure whether our trading for this year was as good as other years. But I do have a lot of faith in the football drafters for Brisbane who usually draft very intelligently

i reckon it was an awesome trade to get rid of wood for johnstone bloody awesome brown and bradshaw will love the way the ball is gonn be delivered to them by johnstone,black,lappin,power

IF he stands up we will love him.

I'm marvelling to no end, i love johnstone

Travis Johnstone will slot perfectly into the Lions line-up....We did fantastic out of that deal!

I reckon he'll be the recruit of the year. Can also play as a half back.

Should fit in beautifully at the lions. As opposed to in Melbourne where he was their first or second choice midfielder, with the lions he'll be about 5th or 6th choice behind Black, Power, Lappin, Adcock and won't be getting tagged as much and will have heaps more freedom to use his skills. Throw Riscitelli, Knotting, Shermin, Selwood and maybe Hooper in there and suddenly we're looking to have one of the best midfields in the game!

melbournes loss our most great gain for this season. Trav, i wish you all the luck and sucsess for 2008 with our great club, wecome to the brisy lions mate..

He'll be a great help in the midfield as lappin will probaly be used more up forward than running the ground.

Johnstone's disposal by foot is up there with the best of them.

I heard that David Neitz's eyes used to light up whenever he saw Johnstone with the ball as he would more than likely be hit laces out on the chest with a pinpoint pass.

I'm sure Browny will appreciate his skills greatly.

Not really sure why the Demons let him go to be honest. Maybe had something to do with his application level or attitude maybe?