Good signing for Salford this, put him outside the boy from Melbourne thats one heck of an attacking option.

Always thought he was decent in the centres too.

Gonna be fun next season when we play salford with Walsh's kicking game then again if the 'tactician' Brown is in charge we'll probably kick the other way

He's a big powerful player and when on his game can be top class. He's actually been very consistent for the past 4/5 years. We all know his weakness.

We should've found a replacement for Meli 2 years ago but looking at our current decisions, we're getting rid of the wrong winger who's out of contract.

IMO we should be getting rid of Meli and Gardner, and perhaps we are?

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.

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.

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.

Quote: Saddened! "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.'" 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.

Quote: Saddened! "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.'" 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.

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?

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

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.