STEVE Johnson's seventh goal against the Gold Coast Suns came in the same way most of his previous six came.

Johnson, standing in the goal square on his own, received a short pass from a teammate, casually shrugged off a desperate Jarrod Harbrow tackle and, just as nonchalantly, snapped from point-blank range.

Another of his goals was slotted with a banana kick from the boundary. Former teammate Gary Ablett, no doubt wise to Johnson's propensity for flair, was still unable to lunge in time to smother the kick.

Those goals, like Johnson's other five, were kicked with an air of indifferent brilliance, as if the Geelong forward's mind was otherwise occupied.

It is an illusion though - when Johnson did not have the ball, he, like Geelong's other five forwards, was always working to find space. This night he found it in spades, with a game-high 11 uncontested marks, most of which were in Geelong's forward 50.

"I think when we work as a group together, one of us is going to get out and have a good night and Steve Johnson was sensational," fellow forward James Podsiadly said.

"His work rate was fantastic, he was everywhere."

However, there was one person who did not rave about Johnson's performance - his coach Chris Scott.

"It was nowhere near the best game I have seen Steve Johnson play," Scott said.

When pressed, Scott refused to elaborate on what area Johnson was lacking in, although he did say he thought Johnson was a "very team-orientated player".

Nevertheless, when Geelong needed a spark, Johnson provided it. He kicked the first two goals of the third quarter to swing the match the Cats' way.

He had four goals and eight touches that quarter and a further seven touches and another goal in the fourth.

Johnson has kicked 14 goals for the year, equal top for the Cats along with Podsiadly, who booted four against the Suns.