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Re: Meli Confirms Extension Offer : Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:03 pm  
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I know of two wingers saints spoke to and believe me, Meli is better.


Yeah, he is. But you don't know what's been on the market.

The likes of Greg Eden (Potential to be as good as Billy Slater according to our new coach), Josh Griffin, Zak Hardaker, Jodie Broughton, Ashley Williams, Joel Moon, Joel Monaghan, Darryl Millard, Damien Blanch are players who have moved in the time we've been giving Meli extensions and that's just off the top of my head.

I've questioned whether it's because the focus has been entirely on the new ground. If it was that, fair enough, but I'm not convinced. Saints just seem to lack ambition. When did we last sign a young player from the Championship for example? When did we last make an impressive signing of any sort?

We've either clocked off when it comes to recruitment and squad building because of the stadium, OR it's an area McManus struggles in. Which is it?
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Re: Meli Confirms Extension Offer : Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:32 pm  
Joel Monaghan

is a decent call the rest would not bring to the party what Meli does, But Joel would be a non-fed player so would never have fit, he was a last minute buy, due to dog related issues. It was only because Warrington could afford to payoff a players entire wages for 1 year that they could snaggle him.

There was no way we could have paid off Meli for however many years that it would have taken at the time.

We only have to look at the exiles match to see what regard Meli is held in, he still makes that squad above all other overseas wingers.
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Re: Meli Confirms Extension Offer : Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:40 pm  
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The likes of Greg Eden (Potential to be as good as Billy Slater according to our new coach), Josh Griffin, Zak Hardaker, Jodie Broughton, Ashley Williams, Joel Moon, Joel Monaghan, Darryl Millard, Damien Blanch are players who have moved in the time we've been giving Meli extensions and that's just off the top of my head.


Not heard anything as funny as that in a long while. Awful, awful player who has been made to look good in a poor side. He is absolutely loving dire.
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Re: Meli Confirms Extension Offer : Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:46 pm  
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Yeah, he is. But you don't know what's been on the market.

The likes of Greg Eden (Potential to be as good as Billy Slater according to our new coach), Josh Griffin, Zak Hardaker, Jodie Broughton, Ashley Williams, Joel Moon, Joel Monaghan, Darryl Millard, Damien Blanch are players who have moved in the time we've been giving Meli extensions and that's just off the top of my head.

I've questioned whether it's because the focus has been entirely on the new ground. If it was that, fair enough, but I'm not convinced. Saints just seem to lack ambition. When did we last sign a young player from the Championship for example? When did we last make an impressive signing of any sort?

We've either clocked off when it comes to recruitment and squad building because of the stadium, OR it's an area McManus struggles in. Which is it?


Four of them players are quota players, Meli is exempt which IMO is one of the reasons we keep as the isn't any good young wingers.
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Re: Meli Confirms Extension Offer : Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:48 pm  
St pete wrote:
Four of them players are quota players, Meli is exempt which IMO is one of the reasons we keep as the isn't any good young wingers.

Utter tosh.

Makinson is already a better winger than Meli. If Makinson exists then so do others. It's just that Saints don't want to look.
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Re: Meli Confirms Extension Offer : Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:52 pm  
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Utter tosh.

Makinson is already a better winger than Meli. If Makinson exists then so do others. It's just that Saints don't want to look.


I've never said that Meli is better than makinson.

Beleive me, saints have looked for a winger and I was pretty shocked who they was. When I was told, I thought we was turning in to Bradford.
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Re: Meli Confirms Extension Offer : Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:00 pm  
There was no chance of getting Joel Monaghan. He wanted to play in the the same team as his brother, he also moved in with him and Matt King in Manchester.

Anyway, wing will always take a back seat in the salary cap era, especially now that there will be pretty much no Aussies coming over. Jodie Broughton has turned into a decent player, he would have been a great scout.
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Re: Meli Confirms Extension Offer : Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:19 am  
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Utter tosh.

Makinson is already a better winger than Meli.


I'd love to know what you're basing that judgement on.
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Re: Meli Confirms Extension Offer : Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:32 am  
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I'd love to know what you're basing that judgement on.



It's based on the fact she fancies him
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Re: Meli Confirms Extension Offer : Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:01 am  
St pete wrote:
It's based on the fact she fancies him


It's based on the fact she's a one-eyed, irrationally opinionated, clueless fool. Even though I can't see her anymore she still annoys me ;)

Meli is the best 3/4 we've had by a country mile since Gidley, and one of the top 4 or 5 wingers in the league. Monaghan (who as has already been pointed out we could never have signed due to his nationality, the money/contracts involved and the freak timing that he became available) aside there has been noone of even vaguely equivalent quality available on the market for years. And he's non-quota which bumps up his value even more. He brings qualities to the side that we will simply not be able replace. He's light years ahead of Makinson, Foster, Turner, Swift etc. at this stage of their careers and will be for at least another season. We'd be mental not to try to resign him. Our 3/4 line frankly looks utterly ineffectual for next season without him.
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