IT’S been described as a “dog shot” by Andrew Johns but Manly forward Jack Gosiewski is set to miss just one week of football after the match review committee made a call on his late shoulder charge on Johnathan Thurston.

The Cowboys playmaker was fuming in the press conference after their win over the Sea Eagles, saying “it shits me” when asked about being targeted after passing the ball.

To make matters worse, Gosiewski did not wrap his arms in the tackle but the 24-year-old can escape with a one-game suspension if he enters an early guilty plea after he was hit with a grade one shoulder charge.

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It’s a penalty that is unlikely to please either Thurston or Johns who was beside himself in his call of the game for Channel 9.

“That is awful,” Johns said. “JT doesn’t stay down, he’s not into gamesmanship.

“He doesn’t deserve it. Other players don’t deserve to get a dog shot in the back.

“There has to be some long suspensions. One of those bumps may stop his career.”