BUT
Walsh will get daily treatment when needed which will sipped any recovery ..
Also, is an NRL club going to want to sign Walsh before he's recovered from this!? Better to let his Saints contract cover the injury period and try and sign him for when his actual contract finishes?

Given the new structure. I can see lomax going to 7 again till Walsh is fit. Next year. Wello gets another year at fb.

But we still need another half. Then a third for when Walsh does go.

If McDonnell plays well he could earn himself a contract. Another year at FB for Wello really is pushing it to the extremes, even now his positional play can't make up for his lack of pace and he's becoming an 'easy beat' when the line is broken.

He's been an easy beat for most of his career, certainly the last 5 years. Another year at fullback for Wello would be simply farcical. It's time up, game over, why prolong it. Can anyone actually remember when Wello used to be good? I used to be his biggest fan, I used to have arguements until I was blue in the face that he was the best fullback in the country. Now it's a similar feeling to watching one of your offspring struggle at something they are terrible at but really wish they weren't.

Give it a rest Saddened - you really are a very sad individual.

Even you with your bias against Wellens - you have to admit he has been one of our best performers since Lomax's injury.

If Lomax was fit Wello would not be starting and Shannon would not have been looked at?

Wello is a good back-up for full back and is worthy of another year's contract? But Brown can't be sentimental and putting him in the 17 next year because he's Wello? Give the Captancy to someone else and Wello needs to understand he won't play every week but on form this year he deserves another years contract.

Don't normally comment on other boards but I really hope Walsh makes a full recovery and plays for Saints again in SL as he is a class player and will be a huge loss for our sport during his injury!
Saints will be alright for the rest of the year, your academy is top notch!

He will probably be in the top 3 for saints club player of the year - AGAIN. Yes he will get skinned by a fast winger when Wellens tries to cut across field which is what happened when Turner missed a tackle and then Dawson missed a tackle on Friday.
Wellens still reads the game better than other player in the squad and communicates that to the team, we have not got one single player in the squad capable of that attribute, similar to Sinfield and O'Loughlin.

Wellens has never been an easy beat and has been good for most of his career, hence the media recognition of "Mr Radar".
Yes, he should be retiring at the end of the season but who is available to replace his qualities......its not all about being able to run fast.

My point was that Walsh was rumoured to be on the move at the end of this year. Unlikely to happen given the injury, so rather than trying to replace Walsh I can see us getting a 6 who would play 7 until Walsh is fit.

But we seem to be struggling to find a half that we want, so Lomax may well stand in.

Is Brett Kearney any good as a 6? I seem to remember he came over to play stand off but ended up getting shifted to the back.

Think it was the other way round, he's a full back but they kept moving him forward when they had injuries.
I've seen him look classy at 6, but I can't remember if that includes a kicking game.....

He's an "ok" stand off but hasn't got great passing or kicking skills. He runs good lines and is a decent support player. He's not a playmaker.

Tommy Makinson falls onto the back of Luke Walsh's leg www.youtube.com/watch?v=FugryNlg ... kLipG775JV

Tommy Makinson falls onto the back of Luke Walsh's leg www.youtube.com/watch?v=FugryNlg ... kLipG775JV

No he doesn't.

Walsh falls over himself. Makinson's nowhere near his leg.

You don't need to be so quick to "defend" Makinson. Nobody is blaming him.

I've just watched the footage frame by frame and it certainly does look like Makinson catches Walsh's trailing leg. Simply a very unfortunate accident.

I wasn't sure myself so I slowed it down in some video editing software. As Makinsons legs swing around from the tackle it traps Walsh's lower leg against the floor and as he goes to take a step you can see it go.

Looks horrible in slow motion.

Hope it doesn't weigh on Tom's mind too much.

Besides his hatrick, what an effort to try and stop that last try.

You don't need to be so quick to make jump down my throat. I wasn't defending anyone. I simply expressed my opinion, and frankly that's all it can be from anyone since when did one camera angle tell the full story?

I think it is such a shame that anyone is even writing about this.

No one is blaming Tommy he just fell onto the back of Luke's leg chasing back causing the accident (pure accident) you'll probably never see an injury like it again =#0000FF#sic

You don't know that he did do that. We've only got one camera angle to make an assessment and even from the one angle we have got, it doesn't look to me like he did.

Of course people are apportioning blame, why else was this scenario even raised as a possibility?

Its noones fault, just a freak accident

Absolutely nobody has blamed anyone.

Looks very much like it to me or else why even raise it?

It's distasteful and totally unnecessary, and not even convincing.

You've totally lost the plot here. You're letting yourself down massively.

Nobody has blamed Makinson at all. Somebody said he made contact with Walsh, which nobody is doubting apart from you, and you've got all defensive about it and thrown your toys out of the pram.

Seriously just chill out. Nobody is blaming anyone. We were simply discussing how it happened.

Just listen to yourself.

First of all someone raised this as a possibility. Why?

Secondly, everyone assumed the worst even though we see every week on Sky how different camera angles show a different scenario. Why?

Thirdly, because I disagreed with the post blaming Makinson - and still do - you accuse me of stupid things like getting defensive when actually I was simply disagreeing with the post blaming Makinson. Why?

Someone says Makinson fell on to Walsh's leg and that is what caused Walsh's leg to break, even without conclusive proof of such a scenario, and yet nobody is blaming Makinson? Get real!

I'm not defending anyone because there is nothing to defend. Nobody did anything. Walsh fell over his own feet. I find it distasteful that anyone else is even discussing this. Walsh hasn't even left hospital yet and Makinson is a very good friend of his.