Thought I'd post this since he only seems to get mentioned when opposition fans are telling us how rubbish he is.

My Man of the Match on Sat. Safe as houses back there.

Have to agree good positioning and pulled of some key tackles.

Meli had one of his better games also.

His best game in a while, Puletua was my MOM though.

Yes. I noticed this also. His workrate was also good, which will be important in the play offs.

But that pass . . .

Never happy are you unless there is a negative point to make

His wasn't the only bad pass/dropped ball/limp carry

I know I know, it was just comically bad.

Life's never dull with that guy around!

Two try saving tackles from Wello on Saturday. One of those on Crabtree when he looked certain to score. A great game from him I thought.

Absolutely that tackle was incredible he looked certain to go over and he's a VERY BIG unit as they say - awesome tackle.

The defence all-round was awesome to be honest!

Wello was close to Man Of The Match, but there were a few who were in contention i though, he played well. Also, Meli has been one of our better performers all season, just makes the odd cock up, and when he does, its usually a shocker.

That tackle was a yummy one, I thougth Eorl had us sewn up, he had hudds players to pass to or a wello to roll over, instead in true rubbish Eorl style he guffawed it and made his team finish with NO TRIES .

WELLO MANIA !

he played well at the weekend.

Is that it... is that yer lot ? Thats like a "i best stick a quick posting on the wello thread"...c'mon give us some depth please.

Wello's best performance for months.

Well, he played, at the weekend

Wello gives confidence to our line defence which is an intangible benefit.

At the risk of starting another thread, where does Wello finish in Saints' squad sprints?

For while now there has been some talk of moving Wellens into the pack eg. to loose forward or second row.

That may be all and well but who would we play at full back?

Anyone who plays there needs to have a number of qualities.

One in particular comes to mind -

THE ABILITY TO TAKE THE HIGH BALL UNDER PRESSURE.

When the opposition put up a high ball and the receiver is going to be under pressure.

The question I (and surely many Saints fans) are asking themselves is,
"Which Saints player is under it?"

If it's Wellens then "Blood pressure normal"

If Gardner "Blood pressure somewhat raised"

If Melli then "Blood pressure way too high"

That highlights just one aspect of Wellens play.

Anyone else at full back could seriously damage our health.

Cheers

Ch.

Crabtree is embarassing. He offers as much impact going forward as a cloud.

The thing with Wello is that he's no worse than he ever was. But now that we have a relatively weak pack and such slow backs, his own lack of pace is amplified massively.

If we had someone like Greenshields at fullback we'd be scoring more than 15 points a week.

Huh? So you're blaming gorgeous Wello for us not being able to score more points? What do you want? Jarryd Hayne?



As others have mentioned, Wello has a great rugby brain and in our transitional season(s) his great rugby brain, his experience, his knowledge and his commitment to the club are vital IMO. We'll just have to forgive his relative lack of pace and hopefully Potter will ensure he is helped out in this respect because his many other talents are much needed.

He had a fantastic game on Saturday and I hope he does so again a week on Saturday.

Spot on pal.

I like wello and has been great for saints. He'd die for saints and that's why he's 1 of my fave saints players but he is just too slow.

I think he can do a job next year, his defence is as good as any fullback in the world, he's safe as houses under the kick but bring very little in attack.

I've always thought pryce would make a very good attacking fullback.

I have to say I think the importance of an attacking full back is overrated. Sure it's a great thing to have but there are hardly any good attacking full backs that are anywhere near as good as Wllo is defensively and that is the full back's number 1 priority.

It would be great if Wello had more pace but I'd still have him above nearly every other FB in the league. Webb often gets nowhere near a high ball and frequently lets them bounce yet people think he's brilliant because he's quick in attack.

I'd probably only swap him for Greenshields or Briscoe. He knows he's slow and I understand that he asked to move to 13 for this season but was refused because we've nobody to replace him at 1. Pryce doesn't have the concentration and focus required to be a good FB, you can't go missing or drift in and out of the game the way he does if you're full back

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