Some of his bullet passes are great, another skill of his is grubbering through behind the defense.

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40 Seconds (ish) in is a good example of his creative side, and a perfect example of grubbers behind the defense at 3.22

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1.04 Phelps gives a long ball to Roberts to put him in (granted it needs some finishing) 2.57 Phelps links into the line and finds a hole, steps his way through and then provides Gleeson with a walk in.

Spot on mate.

I've said it before but for me we looked at our best when Phelps was at FB.

He's got a far superior rugby brain to Amos.

Amos Roberts is the best fullback in superleague

Phelps could have been better

I don't have any confidence with Phepls in the full back role defensively. I don't think he reads the game well positionally in defence and his tackling (he has managed to injure himself twice I think trying to tackle players) and decision making are questionable IMO.

He's a good on attack but then Roberts is better.

Dave

Next you'll be telling us that Coley didn't deserve sending off

He's had a rough season with injury lets hope he comes back fired up to finish the season

I'm not entirely sure about Phelps defensively either, but you can't argue he doesn't put his body on the line, and anyway, Phelps seems to have gone from good fullback to poor fulback on here without playing a game.

I like Phelps at fullback and I think he comes into the line well but then I saw Roberts there and there really is no contest between the 2.

I think Roberts is a better fullback than Phelps. He's been a quality fullback for years in the NRL, the only reason he wasn't the number 1 fullback at his club was because Mininchello was one of the best fullbacks the aussies had.
Phelps does have a good passing game and he can kick well too which is what you'd expect of a junior halfback. However as a fullback, his defence is not as good as Roberts, he has made some errors dealing with kicks whilst at fullback, and he doesn't return the ball as well as Roberts, and doesn't have the capability of making those defence splitting breaks from the back that Roberts does.
As for who creates more, well Phelps has 4 assists in 5 games at fullback, Roberts has 9 assists in 8 games at fullback. Then scoring, Phelps is 3 in 5 and Roberts is 7 in 8.
Phelps does have excellent skills to create tries for other people, but he's not the gamebreaker that Roberts is. Roberts certainly has the better record this season even when taking into account that Phelps has played fewer games.
I think Phelps is a good fullback and very creative, but I think this season Roberts is better.

I realise that Roberts was excellent at FB but I guess they are two different styles. Phelps played a far more structured game whist Roberts was a major threat on kick returns or when he sniffed half a chance.

I honestly think Phelps at one suits our style better. If you look at the clips above you can see just how effective Phelps was at joining the line late and acting as almost a 2nd HB. His passing is excellent and also looking at the clips his kicking both at short and long ranges is good as well. I remember the Wire away game were Roberts scored a quality individual try but I also remember him passing the ball into the crowd rather than into Gouldings waiting hands ready for a walk in. Phelps wouldn’t have scored the try Amos did but I’d put my house on him making the pass to Goulding.

Different styles of player and I guess it boils down to what you prefer to see and imo we looked a lot more structured with Phelps at one.