The way it's going on here Francis will soon be responsible for the plague, world war 2, the fires in Australia and the credit crunch.

He is a decent player, we've had far worse. It wouldn't be an issue for us if we ever produced a half decent outside back, but we never have and none of the current lot are capable of replacing Francis.

im not calling meli in any way, just the visa system in aus as i have said meli has not been in trouble so why is there no descision after 8/10 weeks.

No he has never been a decent player, he was dropped whilst playing in the NRL because he was not good enough and we should drop him because he is not good enough to play in NL1 never mind SL.

How do you know none of the current crop of youngsters are capable of replacing Meli if they are not given the chance to prove themselves? Until we start to give the youngsters some game time they are nover going to improve and we will never know if they have what it takes to make it or not.

Would love to have someone like Darren Albert in the side again, one of our best wingers in recent times

I was told that Meli, was a fan favourite over at NZ Warriors

How gutted must he be? Fan favourite to Guy Folkes (sp?)

It is right that we have had worse as some people have pointed out.

The difference is that Meli isn't a young English player and probably commands a large salary. I'd rather see an academy player on the wing and the saved money spent on someone else (preferably a centre).

The whole team had bucketloads of incompetence in the Grand Final, not just Meli.

And I don't seem to remember any of our players lighting up the world in the world cup!

IMO, Meli's been beaten down by fans so much last season, he's bound to be low on confidence. I for one hope he comes back. And I'll be having his name on the back of my shirt if he does (sorry Gardner!).

stick the young lad eastmond on the wing in his place, at least (by the sounds of it) he wants to play for the club!

Is Meli still in Oz/NZ?

That was my question 10 posts ago but you`ll get no sense on her when it comes to Meli

Mmmm, I reckon if you look a bit further you'll find that, in his earlier career, he won a couple of awards - maybe Warriors player of the season or even NRL winger of the year (something which implied he was pretty good, anyways) before his form dropped off and he found his way into the reserves.

19 man squad named today, so we will find out.

It would also be nice for an official statement from the club on the situation.

Aye, I think he may have been one of the NRL's top scorers the year the Warriors reached the GF. But by the time he left he was not in the least bit popular wherever I looked.

As I mentioned earlier, however, IMO he is a clumsy player who will always have mistakes in him, but he also has his strengths and is by far the best option we have at present.

Agreed. By Far.