Star Cat receives good news on foot and might take on Blues
SCANS have revealed no serious damage to Steve Johnson's foot as the Geelong midfielder looks to prove his fitness for Friday night's meeting with Carlton.
"They still said there's some chance he'll play this week," Scott said.
"But unless he's absolutely right, I wouldn't have thought we'd put him at risk.
"With these sort of things, we always tend to be conservative.
"At this time of year, with a player of Steve's calibre, we're taking that approach.
"The bottom line is we don't really know what it is at the moment."
It has been an eventful week already for Johnson, who on Monday was by the Match Review Panel for a kick to Dockers midfielder Lachie Neale during Saturday night's game.
That came just a week after he had a one-match ban for misconduct overturned at the AFL Tribunal.
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