Re: Kris welham. : Thu Jan 05, 2017 6:31 pm  

Keiththered wrote:

What is a rediculous amount?

A ridiculous amount paid by a team playing in red and white? More like a bloke in need of a spell checker.

Re: Kris welham. : Thu Jan 05, 2017 6:50 pm  

Welham was just about the worst defender I have ever seen to play in the top flight. Ironically, folk who slagged Dixon and Eden also bang the Welham drum, #homegrownblinkers

Re: Kris welham. : Thu Jan 05, 2017 7:11 pm  

Good attacking centre, cackamallababshit defender. Nobody jumped the line more than our Krissy. Spectacular when he made the tackle and cut down the play or pulled off the occasional interception, but I lost count of the number of walk in tries we conceded as a result if his ill-disciplined, headless chicken approach.

Kallum Watkins repeatedly made a complete monkey of him at the Wembley CC final in 2015. Reckon he'll struggle at Salford, but wish him well.

Re: Kris welham. : Thu Jan 05, 2017 8:45 pm  

R.B.A wrote:

Let's be honest with ourselves, Welham would walk into our team. He was quality for the majority of time that he was at Rovers and loved playing for the club. Both he and the club needed their heads smashing together for not coming to an agreement before he left.
It's done now though and everybody has moved on.

He wouldn't walk into our team he may jump out of the line into our team but wouldn't walk into it he was never quality he was average and his last three seasons he was terrible for two and ok for the last

Re: Kris welham. : Thu Jan 05, 2017 9:04 pm  

Gallanteer wrote:

A ridiculous amount paid by a team playing in red and white? More like a bloke in need of a spell checker.

Ok I made a spelling mistake. I suppose it was easier to draw attention to that instead of answering the question.

Re: Kris welham. : Thu Jan 05, 2017 9:48 pm  

Keiththered wrote:

Ok I made a spelling mistake. I suppose it was easier to draw attention to that instead of answering the question.

Allegedly he was one of the highest paid squad members last season. Equal to many aussies. Even on an increase, Welham would have been on a lot less. Welham scored more and their defence was comparable.

Welham was really bad at jumping out of the line, the rest of his game was average to good with the occasional bit of attacking excellence. Came from the same skill set as Craig Hall.

Re: Kris welham. : Thu Jan 05, 2017 10:17 pm  

Gallanteer wrote:

Allegedly he was one of the highest paid squad members last season. Equal to many aussies. Even on an increase, Welham would have been on a lot less. Welham scored more and their defence was comparable.

Welham was really bad at jumping out of the line, the rest of his game was average to good with the occasional bit of attacking excellence. Came from the same skill set as Craig Hall.

So you don't know anything about the ridiculous payment then.

Re: Kris welham. : Fri Jan 06, 2017 7:45 am  

It stands to reason that an external new signing would demand a high wage when moving to a new employer and several teams were after him. There is no doubt in my mind that Welham woukd have been cheaper to retain as a home grown employee. Its the same in all businesses (except in the public sector). In the end Thornley offered no more than Welham.

But then again, hindsight is a wonderful thing. Oh well.

Re: Kris welham. : Fri Jan 06, 2017 8:20 am  

Gallanteer wrote:

It stands to reason that an external new signing would demand a high wage when moving to a new employer and several teams were after him. There is no doubt in my mind that Welham woukd have been cheaper to retain as a home grown employee. Its the same in all businesses (except in the public sector). In the end Thornley offered no more than Welham.

But then again, hindsight is a wonderful thing. Oh well.

Thornley was a far better centre than Welham

Re: Kris welham. : Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:15 am  

fun time frankie wrote:

Thornley was a far better centre than Welham

Thought his defense was shoddy at times but to me unlike Welham, Thornley would do better in a better side.