He can't help it?

This is part of the problem we have stepping up to the next level (International)!

The antipodean's produce some fine athletes. their kids hit the scene as beasts (generally). Our's look like slight kids, and often don't develop any further.

I see Foster as a fine club player for a few years to come, but even if you were to put him up against a crap winger like Meli, he'd be smashed around the park.

well thats just unlucky as there is probably 1000's of people who probably never made the grade because of their physical strength. Foster will be a good club player in a good team but he isnt a player who is going to change the game from out of nothing and his work rate cant be that good because pat richards has already took over him in most areas on the stats and thats playing 7 games less! he's made a total of 18 dummy half runs aswell. so thats basically averaging 1 a game with an other 2 chucked in along the way. how can a winger go a game with only having 1 scoot? maybe hes told not to because he isnt going to make any yards but then thats just shows that he is probably only in there because of his goal kicking and hes safe but if england want to get better we need players all over the field who can maybe do something abit more special or else where never gonna compete at international level! I hope wigan go no where near him because far as im concerned hes just an average winger in a good team who is good at goal kicking.

I'll take that point seriously, although I probably shouldn't. First of all, we have two different coaches who will ask different things of his players. I know that Simmons likes to use his wingers as extra forwards, for instance, and Gardner was very good in this respect (although Makinson isn't doing too badly for a 19 year old). I don't know what Simmons asks of his wingers during a match but that will undoubtedly have an affect on his stats. Secondly, Pat is a very, very experienced winger who is how old? Old enough to have developed physically anyway! No way is it rational to compare a 20 year old who has yet to play a full season at first grade with a 30 year old (or how ever old he is) who has been playing for years. Comparing Foster to a winger at a similar stage in development is legitimate but your comparison is ridiculous. It's like comparing Lomax to Longy.


I hope so too as I would really like Saints to keep hold of him. His improvement in the short space of time he has been playing has been immense. If he keeps that up then he could turn out to be a fantastic winger. He also has real potential at fullback, in terms of his skill set. Again, his physical build lets him down just now.

Incidentally, I didn't say he would make it as an international. I said he'd developed very quickly and it would be good if that continued.

But we're not just comparing Foster to Richards, although Richards has overtaken him having played much less games.

We are comparing him to Charnley, who is younger, less experienced and has played less games this season.

Again Charnley comes out on top, apart from goalkicking.

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Personally I dont get it with Foster at all, he's a good kicker, but I havnt seen him properly beat a man yet or score any outstanding tries, just an average winger in a decent side IMO.

foster compared to richards is a million miles better.
all richards does is kicks goals whereas foster is more oof a winger

At Leeds in March.Laughable comments been made on here. He'll get the last laugh on Friday though.

In what way?

Richards was Superleagues top try scorer last year, and he's only three behind Foster now despite playing seven games less.

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WOW

what games are u watching!!!!!!

That's why he won Man of Steel last season then having topped the try and goal charts?

A wind up surely? If not, this is a real contender for the most amusingly stupid post of 2011.

Richards' performances in 2010 set a new standard for SL wingers. It was a season of pure class from a very talented athlete. This is a man who as a younger player scored 20 tries in his last NRL season, but last year was at his physical and playing peak and delivered an absolute masterclass in wing play. At times last year (away at Hull for example) he was so good you almost felt sorry for the opposition.

I imagine Foster would be embarrassed by the comparison. He's a promising young player but that is just ridiculous.