Re: Next Year's Squad! : Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:07 pm  

SaintsFan wrote: Really? Here's the top ten try scorers for 2011 so far, according to engage: Kris Welham with 20 Kirk Yeaman Joel Monaghan Ryan Hall Tom Briscoe Sam Tomkins Damien Blanch with 15 Brett Hodgson with 15 Josh Charnley with 15 Jamie Foster with 15 Erm according to Engage there are seven of those players who are in the top 25 try scorers this year.

SaintsFan wrote: Really? Here's the top ten try scorers for 2011 so far, according to engage: Kris Welham with 20 Kirk Yeaman Joel Monaghan Ryan Hall Tom Briscoe Sam Tomkins Damien Blanch with 15 Brett Hodgson with 15 Josh Charnley with 15 Jamie Foster with 15 Erm according to Engage there are seven of those players who are in the top 25 try scorers this year.

Re: Next Year's Squad! : Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:09 pm  

St pete wrote:

Meli is winger
Sia is backrow
Wheeler is a crock

The point is, we only have one specialist centre in shenton. Carmont is a very good solid safe centre.

The point is all three of them are more than capable of performing at a higher level than what you call a "very good solid safe centre". The move of Meli to centre has been brilliant. He gets more work, is devastating near the line and he's not defending bombs. It's a win-win for us

Re: Next Year's Squad! : Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:13 pm  

McClennan wrote:

The point is all three of them are more than capable of performing at a higher level than what you call a "very good solid safe centre". The move of Meli to centre has been brilliant. He gets more work, is devastating near the line and he's not defending bombs. It's a win-win for us

I'd still take a out and out specialist centre before meli and sia any day. Sia hasn't got the pace and is a very good backrow. Who would you play in the backrow when you move sia centre?

Meli has done a great jon, his power has give us much needed threat outwide but I still think he's a weak link in defence against good clever teams as positionally he's not sound.

Re: Next Year's Squad! : Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:15 pm  

St pete wrote:

I'd still take a out and out specialist centre before meli and sia any day. Sia hasn't got the pace and is a very good backrow. Who would you play in the backrow when you move sia centre?

Meli has done a great jon, his power has give us much needed threat outwide but I still think he's a weak link in defence against good clever teams as positionally he's not sound.

I don't disagree with you about that but when you throw Carmont into the mix I'm obliged to argue. In fact, on behalf of the real world, I am bound by duty to do so

Re: Next Year's Squad! : Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:17 pm  

McClennan wrote:

I don't disagree with you about that but when you throw Carmont into the mix I'm obliged to argue. In fact, on behalf of the real world, I am bound by duty to do so

He made dream team last year and exiles this year.

Re: Next Year's Squad! : Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:21 pm  

Meli is as good as any Centre in SL, he's been brilliant for us at times this year. 9 tries and 10 assists in 17 appearances - that's a great return. It's fairly equivalent to the top performing Centres such as Atkins (12 tries & 9 assists), Welham (20 tries, 6 assists), Yeaman (18 tries, 4 assists), Bridge (9 tries, 8 asissts), Carmont (9 tries, 9 assists). Meli has played less games than all of those bar Bridge who he's played the same, so he stacks up very well overall.

Re: Next Year's Squad! : Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:25 pm  

Blobbynator wrote:

Meli is as good as any Centre in SL, he's been brilliant for us at times this year. 9 tries and 10 assists in 17 appearances - that's a great return. It's fairly equivalent to the top performing Centres such as Atkins (12 tries & 9 assists), Welham (20 tries, 6 assists), Yeaman (18 tries, 4 assists), Bridge (9 tries, 8 asissts), Carmont (9 tries, 9 assists). Meli has played less games than all of those bar Bridge who he's played the same, so he stacks up very well overall.

It's his positional play in defence that worries me. Especially against Wigan and wolves who have took him apart in the past.

With ball in hand, meli is all power abd does offer us a threat outwide. Near the line he's unstoppable

Re: Next Year's Squad! : Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:27 pm  

McClennan wrote: Erm according to Engage there are seven of those players who are in the top 25 try scorers this year. Aye, and even more players are in the top 50 try scorers this year. Your point is? Oh, and engage don't use a capital 'E' by the way. Just in case you were trying to be a smart arris.

McClennan wrote: Erm according to Engage there are seven of those players who are in the top 25 try scorers this year. Aye, and even more players are in the top 50 try scorers this year. Your point is? Oh, and engage don't use a capital 'E' by the way. Just in case you were trying to be a smart arris.

Re: Next Year's Squad! : Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:30 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Aye, and even more players are in the top 50 try scorers this year.

Your point is?

Oh, and engage don't use a capital 'E' by the way. Just in case you were trying to be a smart arris.

Don't shoot me down for this but i think his points is they are better than our backs

Re: Next Year's Squad! : Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:35 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Aye, and even more players are in the top 50 try scorers this year.

Your point is?

He said top try scorers and on the official Super League top try scorers list it is a top 25 and they are all in the list. It was you who chose to apply a top ten try scorers criteria not Rogues. You can't argue with him over something he never said in the first place.