If Lomax was fit Wello would not be starting and Shannon would not have been looked at?

Wello is a good back-up for full back and is worthy of another year's contract? But Brown can't be sentimental and putting him in the 17 next year because he's Wello? Give the Captancy to someone else and Wello needs to understand he won't play every week but on form this year he deserves another years contract.

Don't normally comment on other boards but I really hope Walsh makes a full recovery and plays for Saints again in SL as he is a class player and will be a huge loss for our sport during his injury!
Saints will be alright for the rest of the year, your academy is top notch!

He will probably be in the top 3 for saints club player of the year - AGAIN. Yes he will get skinned by a fast winger when Wellens tries to cut across field which is what happened when Turner missed a tackle and then Dawson missed a tackle on Friday.
Wellens still reads the game better than other player in the squad and communicates that to the team, we have not got one single player in the squad capable of that attribute, similar to Sinfield and O'Loughlin.

Wellens has never been an easy beat and has been good for most of his career, hence the media recognition of "Mr Radar".
Yes, he should be retiring at the end of the season but who is available to replace his qualities......its not all about being able to run fast.

My point was that Walsh was rumoured to be on the move at the end of this year. Unlikely to happen given the injury, so rather than trying to replace Walsh I can see us getting a 6 who would play 7 until Walsh is fit.

But we seem to be struggling to find a half that we want, so Lomax may well stand in.

Is Brett Kearney any good as a 6? I seem to remember he came over to play stand off but ended up getting shifted to the back.

Think it was the other way round, he's a full back but they kept moving him forward when they had injuries.
I've seen him look classy at 6, but I can't remember if that includes a kicking game.....

He's an "ok" stand off but hasn't got great passing or kicking skills. He runs good lines and is a decent support player. He's not a playmaker.

Tommy Makinson falls onto the back of Luke Walsh's leg www.youtube.com/watch?v=FugryNlg ... kLipG775JV

Tommy Makinson falls onto the back of Luke Walsh's leg www.youtube.com/watch?v=FugryNlg ... kLipG775JV

You don't need to be so quick to "defend" Makinson. Nobody is blaming him.

I've just watched the footage frame by frame and it certainly does look like Makinson catches Walsh's trailing leg. Simply a very unfortunate accident.

I wasn't sure myself so I slowed it down in some video editing software. As Makinsons legs swing around from the tackle it traps Walsh's lower leg against the floor and as he goes to take a step you can see it go.

Looks horrible in slow motion.

Hope it doesn't weigh on Tom's mind too much.

Besides his hatrick, what an effort to try and stop that last try.

You don't need to be so quick to make jump down my throat. I wasn't defending anyone. I simply expressed my opinion, and frankly that's all it can be from anyone since when did one camera angle tell the full story?

I think it is such a shame that anyone is even writing about this.

No one is blaming Tommy he just fell onto the back of Luke's leg chasing back causing the accident (pure accident) you'll probably never see an injury like it again #sic

You don't know that he did do that. We've only got one camera angle to make an assessment and even from the one angle we have got, it doesn't look to me like he did.

Of course people are apportioning blame, why else was this scenario even raised as a possibility?