No, Foster doesn't have Makinson's jets or danger from distance - but he does have the blinkers and single-mindedness for the try-line when it's in sight that Makinson doesn't quite yet. There are plenty of other tries Foster put down last year that Makinson wouldn't have.

Must agree, to be fair he didn’t have a bad game on Monday, but I still think he would be better playing gridiron as a punter. Sorry to say, but the guy will still tend to make too many mistakes, but you never know, a run away from home may do him good?

I like Makinson, I'd just like to see him at fullback, I don't think he's a natural winger. Possibly centre when he's older I guess. Where did he play in the academy? I bet it wasn't on the wing.

Makinson has the errors in him, look at the try at Widnes by Ah Van and the game-changing mistake against Catalans that was rescued by the video ref being very generous towards us. He is quicker and more athletic, but he seems to go through entire games without doing anything.

Jamie Foster is a very solid winger and one we should keep hold of. His goalkicking is a valuable asset and with his confidence restored under a proper coach he could do very well for us.

Foster looked pretty solid last night, is he likely play a full year like that though? If he does go Hull fulltime whats going to happen to his shop? Hull colours?

EXACTLY.

You've got to remember that last night was the cumulative effect of about 3/4 frustrating months outside the first team. He had a massive point to prove and was always going to play well. We've had this before when he's come back into the Saints team after being dropped for Gardner, etc.

Let's judge him in another 3 weeks (probably longer) when he's had more time there and the 'point to prove' factor has faded.

And I'm not bagging him or saying he won't prove everybody wrong, by the way.

I wish Jamie all the best! sometimes for any player it needs a change & fresh start to bring out the best, hope he makes a big success, a club with money currently!

He did last season, and won some games for us too, so there is no reason to believe he won't do the same this season.

I'd always rather a homegrown player be in our starting 17 than an import as it shows that the academy coaching staff are doing their job. However, for me now, Meli and Makinson offer much more than Foster in every facet of the game other than goalkicking and Tommy isn't making too bad a job of that. If Meli moves on and Foster plays as well as he did last night and in the 2011 season, he may have the opportunity of coming back and reclaiming the wing spot but I get the feeling he has no future at Saints.

at times, Makinson's goal kicking has been laughably bad, luckily it hasn't cost us yet.

Makinson has also been lucky twice in recent weeks that his howlers haven't cost us the games against Widnes and Catalans.

I'm not so sure his kicking is as bad as you make out, else Lomax would have been kicking more often.

As for his howlers, although he didn't handle the situation at widnes very well, he was beaten by the bounce of the ball for the try, which can happen. He has shown some VERY could takes of a high ball in traffic. As for the catalan one, well, he was impeded

I thought foster did well, he didn't do anything special but didn't make any silly mistakes that he was making at saints.

Makinson seems to have lost a little confidence, the way his head dropped at Widnes did surprise me as he'd lost his head and didn't want the ball.

At Saints? Hardly. He made mistakes in a couple of matches, that is all. He was good for us last season and not too bad at the start of this season too. Let's keep this in proportion.


Thankfully no harm done as he played a blinder on Friday night.

Foster was shocking this year, total liability and cost us games. Rush and KC was right to take him out for his own good.

Unlucky for Jamie that the team went on a good winning run with tommy and meli playing well which means Jamie can't get a kick.

He wasn't shocking. He had a couple of howlers and coincidentally so did many of his team mates. Stop exaggerating.


Tommy doesn't deserve to be dropped but he will be once Gardner is fit again. How is Meli playing well exactly? Has he suddenly become the best defender in the game? Does he dash around the pitch looking for work? Does he dive in there and help out his team mates in the tackle? Has he suddenly developed an ability to deal with a bouncing ball or catch a bomb whenever one is put up in the air?

He's scored some tries. Woo hoo! No different from any other season.