Wigan_forever1985 wrote:A lot of people (myself included at times) still think of him as a project player but the truth is he is 26 and has been with us for 5 years.
During that 5 years he has shown improvements in areas but he is still an absolute liability. He also shot the line on one of salfords plays which had it not been for a dropped ball would of resulted in us being scored against.
Shaun Wane has shown he doesnt give a shiny one about us having a decent centre, or a goal kicker - two things we are desperately in need of
You really have no idea do you? Last year Wigan tried and came very close to signing Jarrod Croker the Canberra goal kicking centre. As for Gelling yesterday he was good, I'm not really sure he could have got out of the way of the ball that was thrown directly at him. 163 metres yesterday, saving his forwards a lot of work. His pass out of the tackle for Tom Davies first disallowed try was superb. Junior Sau was supposed to be one of Salfords strike players but Gelling outplayed him easily. As for Percival, Moon and Watkins how much do you think they're earning compared to Gelling?
I have no idea because we came "close" to signing a player?, that we didnt sign did we, so the two problems i mentioned werent addressed were they?.
I might use that excuse next time my boss asks me for the work thats due just go "you have no idea mate i was so close to finishing that report last week"
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Gelling played ok, but youve missed were he bolted the line completely leaving his winger alone and got lucky as Salford fumbled the play, and if you watch the replay you can see him lean forward to head the ball, hence why he didnt make too much of a fuss because he knew what he'd done. The sin bin was very harsh but its in Gellings DNA to do things like that.
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Wigan_forever1985 wrote:A lot of people (myself included at times) still think of him as a project player but the truth is he is 26 and has been with us for 5 years.
During that 5 years he has shown improvements in areas but he is still an absolute liability. He also shot the line on one of salfords plays which had it not been for a dropped ball would of resulted in us being scored against.
Shaun Wane has shown he doesnt give a shiny one about us having a decent centre, or a goal kicker - two things we are desperately in need of
You really have no idea do you? Last year Wigan tried and came very close to signing Jarrod Croker the Canberra goal kicking centre. As for Gelling yesterday he was good, I'm not really sure he could have got out of the way of the ball that was thrown directly at him. 163 metres yesterday, saving his forwards a lot of work. His pass out of the tackle for Tom Davies first disallowed try was superb. Junior Sau was supposed to be one of Salfords strike players but Gelling outplayed him easily. As for Percival, Moon and Watkins how much do you think they're earning compared to Gelling?
So there's the answer, cheap as chips and you get what you pay for!
We signed Wally Lewis once but he got injured before he could come over.
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Wigan_forever1985 wrote: Last year Wigan tried and came very close to signing Jarrod Croker the Canberra goal kicking centre.
I realise you have inside knowledge, no straw, but on the face of it, I find this hard to believe. Croker is arguably the best goal-kicker in the world, Canberra record point-scorer, and still a young man, with every prospect of Origin and international rep honours to come. There is not a side in the NRL that wouldn't like his signature. Why, then, would he want to come to the SL?
I like Gelling, he can put his wingman into space despite the closest attention from opposition players.
If you want to watch an International centre who comes out of the line and can't defend for toffee then watch Kallum Watkins. Ball in hand brilliant, defense wise hopeless.
Gelling is a big man who with Davis can take us 40/50 mtrs in two plays.
If not Gelling then which right centre in SL would we have?
Wiganer Ted wrote:I like Gelling, he can put his wingman into space despite the closest attention from opposition players.
If you want to watch an International centre who comes out of the line and can't defend for toffee then watch Kallum Watkins. Ball in hand brilliant, defense wise hopeless.
Gelling is a big man who with Davis can take us 40/50 mtrs in two plays.
If not Gelling then which right centre in SL would we have?
He's actually the 5th according to an article i read recently
