Re: Francis Meli : Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:19 pm  

You stupid woomaaan, Foster had his chances and more than proved his inadequacies and he had to go.
Makinson has also had his chances and has failed to impress either coaching staff or spectators, no way should he be considered before Gardner. Gaskell has had his chances only to prove he is not of the player for a Saints team.
What you must realise that these players are not children they are in fact grown men and should be able to show their talents regarding their actual first team experience. History has proven that great players show their greatness at an early age.

Re: Francis Meli : Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:25 pm  

Excellent tackle by Meli at 14-10 that could well have resulted in a match winning score for Salford tonight.

Re: Francis Meli : Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:26 pm  

Great tackle by Meli tonight, was a try saver!

Re: Francis Meli : Sat Mar 23, 2013 12:03 am  

MOM for me tonight. Excellent performance.

Re: Francis Meli : Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:08 am  

One eyed monster wrote:

MOM for me tonight. Excellent performance.

The back 3, including the now unfashionable Wello we're all very good.

Re: Francis Meli : Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:16 am  

Offside Monkey wrote:

The back 3, including the now unfashionable Wello we're all very good.

Wello ran the ball back well once or twice, but him being fullback put heaps of pressure on us. There were a few instances of where he was turned round by their excellent kicking game and it took an age for him to get back. The one where he threw a horror pass to Meli after taking too long to get back to the ball was a farce.

Re: Francis Meli : Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:20 am  

Saddened! wrote:

The one where he threw a horror pass to Meli after taking too long to get back to the ball was a farce.

Would that be the pass behind the sticks that Meli dropped?

Re: Francis Meli : Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:04 am  

It was but you can't blame Meli for that, it was a dreadful pass from Wellens that Meli did well to ground in goal under pressure in the end.

The only cock up Meli did last night was when he slid on the ball 5 yards out and ended up in goal. Although it was pretty funny as everyone around me just thought 'typical Meli'.

Re: Francis Meli : Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:18 am  

Saddened! wrote:

Wello ran the ball back well once or twice, but him being fullback put heaps of pressure on us. There were a few instances of where he was turned round by their excellent kicking game and it took an age for him to get back. The one where he threw a horror pass to Meli after taking too long to get back to the ball was a farce.

I did for get about the suicide pass, but on the whole he played well on a difficult night.
His lack of pace in the attacking line didn't really come up. Although it looked to me like Charnovk was taking up the fullback position in attack.

Re: Francis Meli : Sat Mar 23, 2013 11:46 am  

SaintsFan wrote:

Would that be the pass behind the sticks that Meli dropped?

If you try and pin blame on Meli for that then you have passed the border into complete idiocy. Wello threw a pass in dire conditions that hit the floor before it went to meli. Now a rugby ball bounces strange at the best of times but in snow it is impossible. Meli did well to ground it under pressure and not concede more than a drop out. Wello's reaction with himself shows who was at fault! If the pass had gone to Meli not to the floor and he'd have dropped it you may have had a case