Finally someone with a football brain and talk commonsense.
In a recent game against St Helens Welham made a break and passed the ball to Albert Kelly in full flight and beside Kelly was Mantellato running shoulder to shoulder with Kelly. It just goes to show that his long strides make him look slow. In relation to scoring tries look at the stats and you will find that over 80% of tries are scored down our right side which is Sio and Kelly side of the field. Rovers have not utilised his height when bombing the opposition.

All 4 finishes were very good. If what roopy tells us is correct, then he will represent excellent value for money.

Whereas your superstar winger managed one try against even lesser opposition.

Think you'll find I did have a small mouthfull of humble pie straight after the match. As I said, long may it continue (his good form).

Yes, he looked very tidy and presentable with his new barnet. I would imagine he felt at home at Odsal, as it's bowl like nature and open terracing is similar to many grounds in the NSW cup.
Alternatively we passed, kicked or palmed the ball to him a lot. Sio's supply line also suffers in the absence of Goulding.
I like the intensity and enthusiasm of Josh Mantellato and the sum of his combined skill sets and contributions are justification for playing him in his current role for the foreseeable future.

There are quite a few parallels between JM and Pat Richards.
Pat Richards didn't have a great first season for Wigan - playing at centre didn't help. But once he started playing on the wing and kicking goals for fun, his confidence improved and he became a Wigan legend.
Pat was and still is a long legged winger who was faster than be seemed (age has slowed him now).
The moral of the story is - don't judge a player on the first few games of a season.
By the way, thanks for allowing JM to go back to Oz for his brother's wedding and not playing against us tonght!