True. Whoever comes in (Dobson or Sneyd) needs to be, at one and the same time, a leader and someone who'll play second fiddle to Rangi. It's a difficult one, but if we can find the right combination we'll get more out of Rangi.

I think whoever will be partnering Chase next year will have to have a top all round kicking game because this is one of Rangi's weaknesses for me. Either Dobson or Sneyd are more than capable. Sneyd edges it on the goal kicking where Dobson I feel would edge it on organising the team.

Two more expensive Brian Noble mistakes.

I think Meli was also expensive mistake, scored a few tries I agree but his defence is woeful and on a big salary...

Scored more trys then any other Salford player.

11 players have missed more tackles then him.

and 11 players on a hell of a lot less than him, that's the point

I don't get it!!!

Meli the scapegoat. Although i think the rest of the season he should play in the centres.

It's an irrelevant point! Because he's well paid he shouldn't make mistakes?

Smith, Hansen, Chase, Morley, Hock, S'au, Gleeson and Tasi are all above him in the missed tackles list.

They're probably the biggest paid players at the club.

To put it in perspective with regards Meli's 'Woeful Defence', he's not even in the top 50 for all Super League players.

Only chase and Williams have a worse tackle: miss tackle ratio though, which should be used when comparing peoples defence

Meli will score you a boat load, but he'll also concede a boatload could of told you that at the start of the season!

I was hoping for Meli at centre when we signed him

I was hoping for Meli at another club when we signed him. More accurately, when Brian Noble signed him.

We just need to have scapegoats .
Not that long ago it wasMatty Smith,remember ?
Then Tim Smith or Meli.
They're paid whatever it cost to sign them up,when all we had was a blank piece of paper.
That's not relevant when it comes to how many tackles they've missed,surely.
The scapegoating will continue........MacRae, Noble,both Smiths and the daddy of them all, Steve Simms

I like Meli. I don't agree that he's a winger, he should be in the centres but he's scored some decent tries for us this year. They haven't all been in walk ins some people would have you believe either.

we've had that may scapegoats I'm surprised the club shop isn't selling it's own Feta & knitting it's own club blazers.. must be a joke in their somewhere