Quote: Geoff "All that shows is that they were kicking to his wing more than Charnley's, so he got more carries. Metres per carry were much the same for both wingers.'"
It's good to have someone who makes a lot of metres, who will keep looking for work and who returns the ball in a direct manner but it's not the be all and end all.
I mean for those who think Gelling's metres made make him a must have on the wing does the fact that Charnley only made 67 metres mean he isn't a good winger or isn't as good as Gelling?
He'll have to show some quick improvement over the next few games because he looked more out of place against Huddersfield than he did when he first played on the left wing.
He could be a fantastic winger if he sorted out his positioning and finishing but with all the talk about poor goal kicking running the risk of losing us tight games the same could be said of poor finishing.
Obviously the fact that he is used like an extra forward down the middle, just like Richards, is what makes him the preferred choice on the wing. Wane should know best of course, but he seemed massively frustrated with Gelling during the Huddersfield game.