Re: mellor : Tue Jun 04, 2019 4:18 pm
Hangerman2 wrote:
Not sure anyone suggested he was irreplacable, but nonetheless, i would have preferred to have retained him more that most of our forward pack as he offers a genuine tryscoring threat whereas most of our forwards are defence machines and/or plodders in attack.
Out of our second row forwards I’d put him above Roberts and currently Ferguson (but only because Ferguson hasn’t played- not on previous showings, Ferguson is an attacking threat) He’s not Particularly above Murphy and Hewitt On showings so far, and IMO not as good as wardle or taai (who I still think of as a second row) those two certainly aren’t defensive plodders.
Was everyone waxing lyrical about him until he was suddenly playing for a contract? I don’t recall any great discussion about him last season.
remember how well Roberts played just before he signed his contract, perhaps that’s me being cynical but his form may be linked - we’ve seen it before.
As I’ve already said we will see going forward what kind of character he is by how he performs for a club all now knows he is leaving.
If the choice was between retaining him or wardle it would be wardle for me no question.