Re: Francis Meli : Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:58 am  

SaintsFan wrote:

And how many did he contribute for the opposition?

So you bring that up in regard to Meli yet when people said the same about Foster you chose to defend him to the hilt.

Re: Francis Meli : Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:48 am  

My point was more of an explanation to Meli fans as to why there is a perception about Meli. He has looked more comfotable with centre's who are expecting a flap at the ball as they tend to take measures to help.

When Percival played, he ran interferance quite well and was ready for the ball to come out.

Meli's attack is still one of the best in SL. Not many wingers can make somethin out of a nothing ball. If he can hurt with his defense to ie exiles match, crunched Tomkins.

But on his own line is where it gets squeaky bum time. But in our history I'd say only Albert was equally good both in attack and defense. Hoppe was an amazing defender, put not as potent in attaack.

Re: Francis Meli : Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:35 am  

TheVee wrote:

I can count on one hand how many mistakes he has made in a final some people exaggerate them IMO.

It's 4, isn't it? Not bad, until you consider it is 4 out of 5 of the games we have played.

He is an enigma. A great finisher but also someone you absolutely cannot rely on when you need a steady hand in defence/under the bomb.

Re: Francis Meli : Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:41 pm  

TheVee wrote:

I can count on one hand how many mistakes he has made in a final.

that's still quite a lot of mistakes.

Re: Francis Meli : Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:52 pm  

If he was a pie eater he'd be able to count more.

We'll probably see Francis turning out on the wing for England RU soon. His defence can't be any worse than Ashton's, he makes Turner look good.

Re: Francis Meli : Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:14 pm  

Carlos Alberto wrote:

It's 4, isn't it? Not bad, until you consider it is 4 out of 5 of the games we have played.

He is an enigma. A great finisher but also someone you absolutely cannot rely on when you need a steady hand in defence/under the bomb.

He has obviously made mistakes but the only real bad one he should be slated for like he does is the one he failed to put dead v Leeds and Diskin scored. The rest anyone could make.

Re: Francis Meli : Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:22 pm  

TheVee wrote:

He has obviously made mistakes but the only real bad one he should be slated for like he does is the one he failed to put dead v Leeds and Diskin scored. The rest anyone could make.

But he thing is they didn't , Meli did and Leeds just targeted him as do other big teams knowing that he's good for a c0ckup when the pressures on

Re: Francis Meli : Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:39 pm  

No1 Saint wrote:

But he thing is they didn't , Meli did and Leeds just targeted him as do other big teams knowing that he's good for a c0ckup when the pressures on

So your saying no one else but Meli has made a mistake in a final for us?

Re: Francis Meli : Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:27 pm  

TheVee wrote:

So your saying no one else but Meli has made a mistake in a final for us?

Meli always makes mistakes in finals, or indeed in any important game, or indeed in games generally. He made a mistake in the game against Wakey but obviously that is forgotten because he scored. I'm sick of his bungling. He's got away with it for years and Saints fans take it, thinking that there is no better option but how anyone knows whether there is or not is a mystery to me since he's been the bane of our lives for eight years now.

Re: Francis Meli : Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:41 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Meli always makes mistakes in finals, or indeed in any important game, or indeed in games generally. He made a mistake in the game against Wakey but obviously that is forgotten because he scored. I'm sick of his bungling. He's got away with it for years and Saints fans take it, thinking that there is no better option but how anyone knows whether there is or not is a mystery to me since he's been the bane of our lives for eight years now.

Name a winger that doesn't make mistakes, then Name me 3 wingers in Super League that would be willing to come to Saints that can match Meli's abilities. Everyone is entitled to an opinion but seriously your lack of rugby knowledge is really annoying. He is prone to a couple of mistakes but he more than makes up for them and has done for the last 8 years!