GEELONG forward Steve Johnson doesn't do things blandly.

So when he approached a loose ball in the forward pocket in the third quarter, of course he didn't play the percentages and gather it, knowing he would be almost instantly tackled.

Instead he soccered the ball with his wrong foot while running at a 90 degree angle from goal.

The ball, like many before it, was at the mercy of Johnson's exquisite touch and rolled through for a goal, Geelong's fourth in succession against the Hawks.