You might say the same about a lot of players "what's happened too"

Look at Roby in those clips - the one thing we can see on many of those is the opposition are on the back foot giving quick play-the-balls and quick movement, hence Roby being involved a lot. So in conclusion again it points to the pack for me not giving our flair players room to work.

It is not just Lomax, I remember not long ago when Wheeler, Lomax, Ashurst ,Dixon, Magennis, Gaskell and Makinson oh yes we still had Eastmond at the time; I thought then the future looked very bright for the Saints. Four of those players are no longer with us and the other four have shown a great deal of promise. I still have a lot of faith in Lomax but I think his confidence is low at the present; with a few good performances from the saints pack he will bounce back. Wheeler is a real talent; if only he could avoid injury he would be one of the first names on the sheet. Makinson is a bit of an enigma to me, he certainly has pace but lacks the basic ability to beat an opponent. Gaskell is a player who shows good skills in some departments but at the present he lacks experience and/or a rugby brain, this manifests itself when he has the ball in hand and takes the wrong option on too many occasions. I feel this season could be the make or break for these players. If the Saints youth do not begin to take up the mantle we will become known as the Salford feeder club.

Ashe is another one. Not seen much of him and not been overly impressed when I've seen him.

If Salford want to take our 'not quite good enoughs' then let them. These lads deserve the chance to try there hand elsewhere.

It's always tricky to create top class players.

When at Saints Smith was seen as not in the running when compared to Eastmond, Leon, Lomax.

But just 2 years down the line he was in high demand.

Very difficult to predict who will come good and who will not.

He's playing fullback Saturday

I'm looking forward to seeing how he goes when given a full license to attack without the responsibility of marshaling the team.

I bet he scores atleast 1 try at fullback tommorow.

Less pressure on Lomax today, hopefully he can deliver. Although even if he makes the full back position his own, we still have a problem in the halves

What did i say ? Brilliant.

Very worrying how obvious its been yet its taken 3 years to put him there.

Agree.

Some of us were saying when he broke through that he looked the successor for the fullback role.

It suits his natural game.

He was absolutely devastating in attack today and took every bomb they put at him, and the bulls peppered him at every opportunity.

I champion swift at fullback as well as he is another with a natural running/support game but is somewhat faster than Lomax.

What was clearly noticeable was how when he linked into the line on the run around it caused the bulls defence to panic. They didnt know whether to go for him and leave the gap for the threequarters or stand back and let Jonny run at them.

He was very good.

I just can't wait for Wellens to return...

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Quote: Carlos Alberto "I just can't wait for Wellens to return...'" Nathan Brown: "What happens when Wello comes back? I can tell you when Paul Wellens is fit he will be playing. Make of it what you will." www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/2778