Re: The end of Jamie Foster? : Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:14 am  

SaintsFan wrote:

Indeed. Meli. He's leaving at the end of the season anyway, if the Star report is to be believed. He lets us down routinely in defence and - like tonight - is generally retiscent to bend his back. All that is required to bring Foster back is to drop Meli. That will never happen with the present coach.

I too feel sorry for Foster. His tweets are sad to read because he is clearly trying really hard to keep his spirits up and going from playing in a team that for a while was in a winning position in a Grand Final to being frozen out for two months simply because there was a change in coach must be very difficult to take.

Meli is leaving at the end of the year and was told about a month into the new season (I posted it on here) but that doesnt mean he should dropped.

What's he doing wrong?

Foster started to believe the hype and become more interested in looking good rather than playing rugby(that's what he's payed to do).

He was playing really poor at the time and was making mistake after mistake and it started to effect him and the team.

Sure enoug, Meli makes mistakes but at the moment you can't fault him and certainly doesn't deserve dropping based on the fact hes leaving.

Re: The end of Jamie Foster? : Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:15 am  

Saint Simon wrote:

He practically lost us the Catalan game on his own.

Utter rubbish. That was a brilliant team effort. How many players had the chance to stop that final try for instance? LMS just tickled one Catalan player as he passed through his hands. Your claim is ludicrous.

And the Catalan game of which you speak happened this season. I was answering the claim that his game was poor LAST season.

Meli has some right clangers, but he always gets his body there and is at least a physical presence

Oh, he's a physical presence all right! I'm sure his shirt was still whiter than snow again last night. Meli is lazy and a liability in defence, and he always lowers his game against the tough opposition/in pressure matches. At least he has been consistent in that respect anyway. I knew our number was up in the GF, for instance, when I saw he was on the wing.

Re: The end of Jamie Foster? : Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:16 am  

St pete wrote:

Meli is leaving at the end of the year and was told about a month into the new season (I posted it on here) but that doesnt mean he should dropped.

What's he doing wrong?

All the usual things that I have mentioned already.

Re: The end of Jamie Foster? : Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:17 am  

theres only one stan wall wrote:

Not big enough, hardly developed physically at all & light years behind Makinson. Defensively inept, woefully caught out of position regularly & being bitterly honest hasnt got the heart to play top flight RL, not even stand out in reserve grade from what ive seen. Swift & Percival look far better prospects without the spiceboy bullshit ego & attitude. Another Eastmond that believes his own hype & again cant see him having a future under Brown. Yet to see him beat a man...no pace for wing not sure where anyone would slot him in.

Spot on summary. Inept performances cost us games, and not helped by him building his ego before his game. Won't be sad to see him depart to swinton as a part timer whilst training to be a hair dresser. At least he had his 15 minutes of fame.

Re: The end of Jamie Foster? : Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:30 am  

A brilliant team performance Dianne? We were something like 20 points up & capitulated!! Lol. - our last try, Wheeler's was a lucky intercept when theyd worked yet another overlap & looked like scoring.
Discipline was an issue under Simmons that cost us in the second half, but the game turn was definietly the worst attempt at diffusing a kick from Foster that culminated in a try followed by him flying out of the line in the next set & costing us 12 points in 2 minutes.

Re: The end of Jamie Foster? : Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:33 am  

theres only one stan wall wrote:

A brilliant team performance Dianne? We were something like 20 points up & capitulated!! Lol. - our last try, Wheeler's was a lucky intercept when theyd worked yet another overlap & looked like scoring.
Discipline was an issue under Simmons that cost us in the second half, but the game turn was definietly the worst attempt at diffusing a kick from Foster that culminated in a try followed by him flying out of the line in the next set & costing us 12 points in 2 minutes.

No doubt about it, foster failing to take the kick cost us.

Re: The end of Jamie Foster? : Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:45 am  

theres only one stan wall wrote:

A brilliant team performance? We were something like 20 points up & capitulated!! Lol. - our last try, Wheeler's was a lucky intercept when theyd worked yet another overlap & looked like scoring.

Did you seriously not read irony into my statement?

Re: The end of Jamie Foster? : Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:00 am  

Jamie needs to decide what he wants to do with his life - Is it Golf, his hairdressers, model or rugby player? If its the latter then he needs to knuckle down and get on with it and drop the rest of the side show until he has retired. I see his tweets, 12 months ago it was all about how he was going to kick the ball at some posts with his grandad, now its about how he will be at the salon talking to customers about their hair.

Don't get me wrong he's allowed to do all those things - its his life - but if he wants to get back into the team I think he needs to put some focus into it.

Re: The end of Jamie Foster? : Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:15 am  

Foster clearly cost us the game, 12 points in two minutes when cruising. He was consistently found wanting & isnt good enough. He's done little in the reserves to warrant a recall, infact the likes of Swift & Percival and Ashe show a lot more on a consistent basis and were deserving of call ups ahead of him.
Goal kicking apart he has nothing to offer. Lacks speed, power & size and his confidence was that shot it ended up affecting his goal kicking as well.
Look at what progress Makinson has made. Not out golfing every two minutes or driving round St.Helens in the rain in an open top car, head down working hard & a desire to improve. Goal kicking a further string to his bow.
Dont see that in Foster.

Re: The end of Jamie Foster? : Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:20 am  

steve wrote:

Jamie needs to decide what he wants to do with his life - Is it Golf, his hairdressers, model or rugby player? If its the latter then he needs to knuckle down and get on with it and drop the rest of the side show until he has retired.

Huh? I don't hear you criticising Jon Wilkin for having his shop! Foster has shown wisdom there that a lot of RL players don't display: he has taken steps to secure his future post rugby. Wilkin advised him.

I see his tweets, 12 months ago it was all about how he was going to kick the ball at some posts with his grandad, now its about how he will be at the salon talking to customers about their hair.

Well, I hardly think playing in the u20s is going to give him a lot to say about the rugby is it? And since he has just opened a business he will want to promote it. Again, a wise move.