Yeah because Lee had such poor attacks to back him up.Johnson had more impact but never led the attack like Lee. Ryan Harris was always there to be the glue and when Johnson has led attacks have been the times when Australia often disappointed.
Early Lee was terrifying to watch when I came into cricket during the 2000 nz v aus where we drew. Every bit as mean as Johnson.
Johnson is a force of nature when he's hot and was a classy angle troller early on but voting for him would be kind of like voting for Broad over Anderson.
Johnson had more impact but never led the attack like Lee. Ryan Harris was always there to be the glue and when Johnson has led attacks have been the times when Australia often disappointed.
They both had one good season leading the attack AFAIC. Johnson was awesome in 08/09.Lee got what one season leading the attack? It was a good one though
Johnson wasn't picked for the 2013 Ashes because he wasn't considered even close to good enough. Had been sent home from India and nobody cared. People seem far more likely to overlook the 3 solid years of crap these daysDefinitely Johnson, people seem to be forgetting that Johnson was high quality even before his 2013 Ashes series. Brett Lee could have taken a lot more wickets had Ponting simply not bowled him to the ground during 08.