Canterbury were woeful at Brookvale against a Sea Eagles outfit that had won just one game this season.

The visitors barley completed a set and looked almost amateurish.  

“After five minutes of watching the Bulldogs with the football (against Manly) I came to the conclusion, ‘They’re not going to score a point,’” Johns said on Triple M’s The Grill Team.

“Just the skill level, the most basic fundamentals, the catch and pass is so clunky.

“Watching them play, after five minutes I had no doubt Manly were going to win, because there wasn’t enough skill, imagination or creativity in the Bulldogs side.”

Coash Des Hasler is under fire with the Bulldogs faithful calling for his head.

Now in his sixth season at Belmore, Hasler has taken the club to two grand finals during his tenure as well as delivering the side to the finals every year.

But Johns said sacking Hasler, who is yet to extend his contract beyond this season, was not the answer.  

“My problem with the Bullodgs is this. At the start of the season I couldn’t have them in my finals,” Johns said. “They can’t get there and it has nothing to do with Des. The fact is they haven’t got enough creativity and they haven’t got enough skill in the team.

“If you sack Des Hasler and you put another coach in will the Bulldogs improve? My thoughts are no they won’t because they haven’t got the cattle in the creative positions.

“The problem’s got to do with the players they’ve got in key positions and until that is addressed they can sack as many coaches as they want.”