Re: Halfbacks : Sun Mar 08, 2015 11:56 am  

St pete wrote:

Walsh is front runner for the gary wheeler award

Harsh, he has broke his leg!

Re: Halfbacks : Sun Mar 08, 2015 12:02 pm  

Blobbynator wrote:

Harsh, he has broke his leg!

Harsh on lomax as he did knee ligaments. Works both ways. People can't call lomax biscuit when he's played 5 more games this year than walsh.

Seems on this site that some people like to put aussie, kiwis and Samoans before english players and give the overseas players more credit.

Walsh is great player and I loved seeing him play for saints but his injury record at saints is pretty bad. Calf injuries, back injuries and broken leg in one season is pretty bad luck!

Can't wait to see Walsh, burns and lomax all on the field but with Walsh and lomax injury record I can't see it ever happening.

Re: Halfbacks : Sun Mar 08, 2015 11:00 pm  

Walsh wasn't particularly injury prone in the NRL, was he? Broken leg aside, the other injuries appear to be preventable. Maybe bad conditioning over here?

Re: Halfbacks : Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:43 am  

Mugwump wrote:

Wellens has been out since the beginning of the season.

Upon arrival he scores his 199th(?) try with some top play.
He then pulls off a miracle defensive in-goal save which is right up there with KC running down Smith.

You of course forgot to mention the bit where he was turned inside out by a second row and ended up flailing round on the deck. Wello has been a great player but he's never a halfback in a million years and he's too slow for a modern fullback.

Re: Halfbacks : Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:44 am  

Carlos Alberto wrote:

Walsh wasn't particularly injury prone in the NRL, was he? Broken leg aside, the other injuries appear to be preventable. Maybe bad conditioning over here?

Interesting that Gary Wheeler struggled to make it through a game without picking up some kind of knock yet seems a little more robust at Dire so far. Maybe just bad luck

Re: Halfbacks : Mon Mar 09, 2015 11:04 am  

No1 Saint wrote:

Interesting that Gary Wheeler struggled to make it through a game without picking up some kind of knock yet seems a little more robust at Dire so far. Maybe just bad luck

Isn't his contract. Pay per Game?

Re: Halfbacks : Mon Mar 09, 2015 11:16 am  

wirefox wrote:

Isn't his contract. Pay per Game?

No. He's on a moderate salary with appearance fees built in.

Re: Halfbacks : Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:19 pm  

No1 Saint wrote:

You of course forgot to mention the bit where he was turned inside out by a second row and ended up flailing round on the deck. Wello has been a great player but he's never a halfback in a million years and he's too slow for a modern fullback.

So? There were PLENTY of missed tackles made in that game - and by players in their prime (who, by your rationale, have no excuse whatsoever).

The fact that you're more obsessed with one missed tackle by a guy who came on as a sub after missing the full season and yet played a decisive role in the victory speaks volumes.

Wellens might not be up to holding down a first team role any more. But he's worth his weight in gold as a substitute utility player.

Re: Halfbacks : Mon Mar 09, 2015 2:56 pm  

Mugwump wrote:

So? There were PLENTY of missed tackles made in that game - and by players in their prime (who, by your rationale, have no excuse whatsoever).

The fact that you're more obsessed with one missed tackle by a guy who came on as a sub after missing the full season and yet played a decisive role in the victory speaks volumes.

Wellens might not be up to holding down a first team role any more. But he's worth his weight in gold as a substitute utility player.

+1. Some of the posters on here need to get their Mums to buy them a "Paint by numbers set"

Re: Halfbacks : Mon Mar 09, 2015 4:35 pm  

Mugwump wrote:

So? There were PLENTY of missed tackles made in that game - and by players in their prime (who, by your rationale, have no excuse whatsoever).

The fact that you're more obsessed with one missed tackle by a guy who came on as a sub after missing the full season and yet played a decisive role in the victory speaks volumes.

Wellens might not be up to holding down a first team role any more. But he's worth his weight in gold as a substitute utility player.

Hardly obsessed , I just dared to point out that your view seems a little one sided. Wellens is worth his weight in gold when we have injuries. He would not make my first choice 17