SaintsFan wrote:
I will never forgive him for his part in our downfall in the GF. I told you that straight after the GF.
And he's been playing no better or worse than last season, or in fact any of the other seasons. He's just the same.
He played well in the Exiles games, I'll give you that.
But could you see Meli ever scoring a try of the kind Makinson scored on Friday night?
Or chasing down a player to secure a dropout like Foster did on Monday night?
Yes he has messed up in finals,players can do that,it happens to the very best of them,Billy Slater has made errors that have cost Australia dear,Don Fox missed a goal from in front of the sticks,Mark Elia had the ball punched out of his hands,Scott Gibbs made a couple of blunders in a regal trophy final.The point is even the best players mess up,get over it and move on instead of constantly banging on about mistakes in the final,remember he played a part in getting to those finals in the first place.
Meli is a big part of the reason Foster looked good last year,he made room for Foster and yes some of the tried took an element of skill from Foster to finish,but you expect that from a first team winger.On the overall team balance the left hand side is stronger having Jones and Meli there than it would be having Jones and Foster there.
Meli has scored some sensational trys over the years and offers a lot going forward,obviously in the eyes of several coaches now he is worth a place on the wing.People moan on and on about Meli not being able to catch or being out of place,but Foster does exactly that as well,now i dont want to knock Foster to much as hes young and i hope he can pull himself around from this,BUT on balance Meli has more in his favour in size,speed and experience whereas Foster only really has goalkicking.
