The pair were touted as future stars early in their careers but have failed to play consistent good football.

They are both off contract this year and are understood to be asking in the vicinity of $1 million each a season, an astronomical figure given their current form.

And Johns did not hold back in the 60th minute of the match as the pair failed to give their side any spark.  

"This is horrible," Johns said during Channel Nine's broadcast.

"You sing their praises, the young players for the Tigers, but they have to find the fight.

"When things go wrong, they have to hang in and not go for the pretty plays."

Phil Gould echoed Johns’ sentiment.

"Andrew, that's some of the best advice I've ever heard," Gould said.

"That is a really good point you make. They've got to learn to fight."

With James Tedesco and Aaron Woods also off contract this year, Tigers coach Jason Taylor said the uncertainty was not affecting the club.

"Not at all,” Taylor said.

"We had a really good week at training and were ready to go today ... we fell away - and that's not due to anything else that's going on when you're in the game like that. That's just about decision-making, particularly defensively. Then we needed to make better decisions with the ball, in terms of controlling it."