Give him another year!

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I think we must be the only team in the whole of English rugby league in which both its first choice wingers are over 30, slow as carthorses (except within 10m of the line) and can't catch a ball.

I'd give him another year, I think he's proved why this season.

Has he? In what way?

6 tries in 7 games is a good start.

Scored 6 tries, been part of a left side that's been our best attacking threat, made good yards going forward...

And how many did he contribute for the opposition?

So far this year? One, the game v Huddersfield where he coughed up possession and Cudjoe went over.

He's also our 4th best metre maker.

Do they?
I don't think so.

Meli is a top player and we will miss him. There isn't another winger in Super League bar Ryan Hall capable of the performance The Pope put in on Friday night.

If it wasn't for the 2 Grand Finals he cost us, he'd probably be a club legend on par with Apollo/Freddie/George Mann/Tea Ropati/Sean Hoppe by now.

He's not half as bad as kicks as Sully was.

He's made mistakes, but who hasn't. He's a beast and I say we should give him another year. We'll not get anyone who can contribute as much as him - the best we could hope for is some dullard who's nice and safe or someone like Omari Cairo, who is like Meli, but not anywhere near as good.

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Meli's downfall is certainly those daft decisions in the GF.

Put it this way, last week we saw the best of Meli. Yet how many people see that side of Meli?? 12k at Saints. How many people have seen the cock ups??

100,000's on TV and at the GF's.

In the end you get remembered for your most published performances.

Leeds are seen as the team of the last 6 years. The losses mid-season and fans discontent are forgotten as time passes.

Legends are made in key games.

Exactly - no point having perfect rehearsals if you fluff your lines on the big night. Big games need big game players