Stevie Johnson Back Next Week

Geelong coach Mark Thompson has reassured DT coaches by saying $405k forward Steve Johnson's omission today was just a precautionary measure.

Johnson, owned by over 73,000 DT coaches, was a late withdrawal from Geelong's clash with St Kilda today with a hip problem.

But Thompson erased any fears DT coaches may have had of an extended spell on the sidelines for Johnson and it seems the forward should be fit for the trip north to Brisbane next week.

"He's been sore for a couple of weeks and he just got to the point where what's the point in pushing him?" Thompson said.

"It's round 14, and I know it was a big game and we would have loved to have him out there, but you'd hate to think if he'd played today, he'd miss three or four weeks with an injury that took a long time to heal."