Re: Meli to Salford confirmed... : Wed Jul 03, 2013 7:27 am  

rammsteinbloke wrote:

Yes, he's made high profile errors, but the mattter of the fact is, in a full strength Saints squad, Francis Meli has been first choice winger for eight seasons. Our top try scorer god knows how many seasons.

Good luck at Salford, Franny.

The matter of fact is he's cost us grand finals. This 'feature' of his game is why he was released from the NRL and was never taken back.

Re: Meli to Salford confirmed... : Wed Jul 03, 2013 7:30 am  

My biggest fear is with us letting Meli go is that instead of getting a replacement in or using Swift who looks very promising we'll sign up Ade and use him and Makinson which would be horrible.

Re: Meli to Salford confirmed... : Wed Jul 03, 2013 8:17 am  

Saddened! wrote: Wind it back further and assume we never even signed him. We could be at least a couple of Grand Finals wins ahead of where we are now. http://www.saints.org.uk/home/player.php?num=16630 He scored 140 tries in 215 appearances, without those we might not have even got to the Grand finals.

Saddened! wrote: Wind it back further and assume we never even signed him. We could be at least a couple of Grand Finals wins ahead of where we are now. http://www.saints.org.uk/home/player.php?num=16630 He scored 140 tries in 215 appearances, without those we might not have even got to the Grand finals.

Re: Meli to Salford confirmed... : Wed Jul 03, 2013 8:56 am  

Top Saint wrote:

http://www.saints.org.uk/home/player.php?num=16630

He scored 140 tries in 215 appearances, without those we might not have even got to the Grand finals.

Stop speaking sense...

Re: Meli to Salford confirmed... : Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:18 am  

Is Alwx brown from HKR still available?
I'd take a punt on him. Like Meli, he's big and strong, but he's quick,young and british too. From what I've seen, he's got mistakes in his game, but what available winger hasn't?

Re: Meli to Salford confirmed... : Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:29 am  

Just to cheer you all up, today's MEN suggests Dr Koukash has strongly denied offering Paul Wellens a deal for next season. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... et-4862090

Just to cheer you all up, today's MEN suggests Dr Koukash has strongly denied offering Paul Wellens a deal for next season. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... et-4862090

Re: Meli to Salford confirmed... : Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:30 am  

Offside Monkey wrote:

Is Alwx brown from HKR still available?
I'd take a punt on him. Like Meli, he's big and strong, but he's quick,young and british too. From what I've seen, he's got mistakes in his game, but what available winger hasn't?

Seriously?

Some people are celebrating the departure of a very good winger in Meli as a liability, I'm not sure we want to bring in a vastly less talented and vastly more error prone replacement.

Re: Meli to Salford confirmed... : Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:30 am  

Scored many crucial tries as well as some crucial errors.

If we were ambitious/ruthless he should never have got a contract renewal and been properly replaced.

It probably an indication of the current squad that he has been our best back for a few years.

And we will miss him.

Re: Meli to Salford confirmed... : Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:40 am  

Cheers Roger, a stalwart you've been. Ive always believed in you even when others didnt. The place won't ever be the same.

Not overly sure on Alex Brown but he'd come cheap and he is younger than Meli with ability. Might be worth a punt?

Re: Meli to Salford confirmed... : Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:44 am  

FearTheVee wrote:

Seriously?

Some people are celebrating the departure of a very good winger in Meli as a liability, I'm not sure we want to bring in a vastly less talented and vastly more error prone replacement.

I'm not celebrating Meli leaving. I'm a big fan.

A wing partnership of Makinson and Gardner looks less than pedestrian. Whilst Makison is a solid pro, he's yet to kick on from that (maybe next year wil be his year). Gardner, whilst an honest toilet, is fairly farcical on the whole when in his "non-catching" periods. Swift looks like he has a bit of magic, but it feels like the club are almost reluctant to involve him at times - perhaps due to his part-time status.

Someone like Brown would at least give us a bit of strike and perhaps we could coach some of the errors out of him (given how terrific our coaching staff are, hey Eamonn?)?