Stats from last night are here: www.superleague.co.uk/report/11950 Few things of note: Walmsley, Amor, Savelio and Richards made 200, 117, 103 and 76 metres respectively. Walmsley and Savelio have been playing well all year, but I said after the Hull FC game that our halfbacks would continue to look poor if our props didn't all stand up, and they all really stood up last night. Amor made more metres vs Leeds than Amor, Masoe and Richards made combined against Hull! Our left side still misses a lot of tackles, with Jones missing 5 and Wilkin missing 7 (though in fairness he did make 39). As a unit though we look stronger with Jones at centre I think (despite Keinhorst's try last night). Walsh's defence has improved since having Jones as his centre, averaging less than 2 missed tackles a game. Looking at the matches Walsh played with Turner as his centre, only twice did he have less than 2 misses. We offloaded a lot more than previous games. Before this game we were averaging just over 8 offloads a game, last night we threw 13. On the flip side of this, before this game we were averaging just under 9 errors, whereas last night this was 13. Seems to be worth the risk on the basis of last night though.

Stats from last night are here: www.superleague.co.uk/report/11950 Few things of note: Walmsley, Amor, Savelio and Richards made 200, 117, 103 and 76 metres respectively. Walmsley and Savelio have been playing well all year, but I said after the Hull FC game that our halfbacks would continue to look poor if our props didn't all stand up, and they all really stood up last night. Amor made more metres vs Leeds than Amor, Masoe and Richards made combined against Hull! Our left side still misses a lot of tackles, with Jones missing 5 and Wilkin missing 7 (though in fairness he did make 39). As a unit though we look stronger with Jones at centre I think (despite Keinhorst's try last night). Walsh's defence has improved since having Jones as his centre, averaging less than 2 missed tackles a game. Looking at the matches Walsh played with Turner as his centre, only twice did he have less than 2 misses. We offloaded a lot more than previous games. Before this game we were averaging just over 8 offloads a game, last night we threw 13. On the flip side of this, before this game we were averaging just under 9 errors, whereas last night this was 13. Seems to be worth the risk on the basis of last night though.

Yeah I agree. I think starting Walmsley on the bench works, because it means other props HAVE to lead and put their hand up to start with. Mose COULD have a good game and break loads of tackles if picked, he's certainly capable. However on the basis of this year, it's much more likely he'll make 5 carries in 80 minutes.

Exactly and he wasn't much better last year either. Very average sigining and very very half hearted lazy player who won't put his body on the line for the team.

But Mose does have that x factor. Sure if he's not bothered, then he's a drain on the team, but when he wants to bring his A game, he is pretty devastating.

Players like that will always get picked for big games as if they bring their best then they are the game breakers you need for those occasions, were as slow and steady will always be slow and steady and will not break a game.

It also depends on whether you have faith in the coaching staff, they say he has been carrying a leg injury. If that's the case then a leg injury will effect any players performance. ie Walsh

Mose was playing well a month or two back, but then seems to have been off the boil (like the rest of the team).

Maybe the coaching staff should have rested him earlier, rather than just playing him regardless of fitness.

He's not got the X factor at all. His only asset is he's big and 90% of the time he doesn't run his size. He's a average prop at best that on his day can be pretty good but them days don't come around very often.

He's not a team player at all and puts extra work Load on the pack as the guy only does 10 min spells and very rare he makes 8 carries per game and never ever makes one on one tackles. Every tackle is 2nd or 3rd man.

The front row worked as a unit on Friday and we shared the work load out much better than when we have a big fat pudding sat on the bench or walking around with his hands on hips letting the other lads run their blood to water.


Id never pick him again unless we get injurues. Imo he's behind Amor, alex, Sav, Richsrds, Thompson and Id even go with LMS before him. It's a team game and in semi finals rugby we can't carry players. It's like playing with 16 men every week.

I would still pick him, if used correctly like Beware Shadows says he can be pretty devastating and a game changer. When you look at his games in the NRL he seems a lot more effective and energised, over here in super league he gets a pass flat footed and very rarely gets second phase ball in the game plan using him as a decoy instead. Its frustrating for both player and coach that his impact is so few and far between.

We do play 16 men every week regardless if Mose is in the team or not.

I wouldn't disagree with the majority of what you have put but one thing that stats don't measure is the intimidation factor that some players bring to a team and for me Mose brings this by the bucket load. One example that springs to mind was straight after he came on against Wigan and banged McIllorum twice, OK he gave a penalty away (first tackle anyway) but he certainly made his presence felt & picked out their main protagonist to prove his point.

Before he came to Saints last year this was a main gripe from a lot of fans that other teams use to intimidate our pack and we were a bit soft when it came to the tough stuff up the middle.

I agree what your saying and teams do need a physically imposing player but is Mose one? I'm not so sure. Yes ive seen him dominate but ive also seen him get battered and he doesn't like it. The min he gets blood he goes into his shell and goes missing.

He did seem to clam up in the CC semi after that hit from Leulieu (sp) but on the other hand after that nasty clash of heads with Amor the other week he did play on (I think).

I like the fact that in last seasons grand final he put a first big hit on the Wigan pack (OK giving a penalty away again) but after Lance got cleaned out, Wellens went charging in and grabbed hold of Flower but it was Mose who came running in with his right hand cocked and gave out some much needed retribution and although i don't think he connected the intention was still there.

And then went off after 8 mins with no carries under his belt. Catalan was another pack that rattled him and didnt want to know.

He's big, he's soft and he's lazy.

I agree with the first one not the second and to some degree the third. If you remember back to when Paleaaesina played for Wigan (someone of similar size) and near the end of his stint nearly always got pin-pointed by the opposition and more often than not ended up getting beat by a man than mostly led to a try and then getting subbed. I can't remember this ever happening with Mose so maybe the short minutes are down to the coach being cautious and pre-empting this kind of event. You have to agree that most 'impact' props have some issues with lack of fitness but I put this down to their body shape rather than effort put in.

I don't think anyone can say he's not lazy.

I agree that he could be fitter but someone that is lazy doesn't work at losing a couple of stone, which he did after his injury when he first joined us. And someone who I class as lazy would not put their hand up and play over 50 consecutive games. Ok in the majority he only did small minutes but when asked to did the longer minutes for the team.

In it's simplistic form the point is to score more points than the opposition and Mose with his block-busting runs near the line and quick play the balls score a few and contributes to a lot of try's. If he is capable of doing this near the line you need to surround him with other players that are capable of getting you into this position so he can carry out his role. He is never going to do 40 plus tackles a match but a team full of 40+ tackles a match are never going to score many points and thus not win many matches. You need a balance in a team and although in many peoples books Mose maybe marmite I don't think we would have won last season's grand final without him. I think he has gone off the boil since announcing he signed for St George but he is not on his own when it comes to players leaving & packing their bags early but I feel he is a big game player and I hope when it comes to the play offs that Mose is named on the bench for Saints.

We're entering business end of the season. We can't afford to be dropping players just because we don't like them.

A coach's JOB is to get the best out of his resources.