Re: For Saddened! : Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:09 pm  

Makinson has just turned 20, a year of him being in and out of the first team won't do him any harm.

Re: For Saddened! : Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:10 pm  

St pete wrote:

I think makinson has earned his spot for next year and IMO is the best winger at the club. He's fast, safe, tackles and can finish.

He's got all making of a great fullback and i hope wello takes him under his wing this year.

What would your backs be?

its a big call, but id go for
1 Wello
2 Makinson
3 Shenton
4 Meli
5 Foster

Gardner and Meli to exchange roles as scapegoat periodically throughout the season

Re: For Saddened! : Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:11 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

Makinson has just turned 20, a year of him being in and out of the first team won't do him any harm.

I don't think age is a issue, he's earned his place IMO. He's a better player than foster, ade and meli.

Re: For Saddened! : Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:12 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

Makinson has just turned 20, a year of him being in and out of the first team won't do him any harm.

His age is irrelevant. He is too good to be 'in and out of the first team'. When a 19 year old is your best player in the GF having not even played a full season at first grade, when he turns the game around with a lovely kick which he follows up and scores a wonder try, you don't stick him back in the u20s. You snap him up.

Well, you do unless you're Saints. In which case you re-sign someone whose only plus is he can make a couple of yards more in kick returns. Or stick a defensive liability in the centre spot instead of this young good player who has been trained as a centre.

Re: For Saddened! : Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:13 pm  

St pete wrote:

I don't think age is a issue, he's earned his place IMO. He's a better player than foster, ade and meli.

yep, as the old saying goes, if he's good enough, he's old enough!

Re: For Saddened! : Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:14 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

its a big call, but id go for
1 Wello
2 Makinson
3 Shenton
4 Meli
5 Foster

Gardner and Meli to exchange roles as scapegoat periodically throughout the season

What about halfbacks?

Re: For Saddened! : Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:14 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

its a big call, but id go for
1 Wello
2 Makinson
3 Shenton
4 Meli
5 Foster

Whereas I'd go for:

1 Wello
2 Makinson
3 Shenton
4 Wheeler
5 Foster

and stick Gardner and Meli in the u20s.

Re: For Saddened! : Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:15 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Whereas I'd go for:

1 Wello
2 Makinson
3 Shenton
4 Wheeler
5 Foster

and stick Gardner and Meli in the u20s.

yep, but for the 3 weeks every month wheels is in traction, i'd go with my selection!

Re: For Saddened! : Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:16 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

yep, but for the 3 weeks every month wheels is in traction, i'd go with my selection!

Re: For Saddened! : Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:18 pm  

St pete wrote:

What about halfbacks?

honestly, i'd go lomax at 7, lance at 6. Gaskell played brilliantly but it was either him or Wello getting dropped for lance, and it wont be wello (but perhaps it should be)