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    Default Paul Wellens

    Sky are running best full back over last 25 years. At the moment Wellens and Radlinski are level on 38%. To vote for Wellens, click on his picture half way down the page on the Sky website. Can't let Pies win!!!!! COYS

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    Why no highlights reel for Wello but one for the others?
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    Quote Originally Posted by RJM25R View Post
    Why no highlights reel for Wello but one for the others?
    They also have a spreadsheet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cyprus View Post
    They also have a spreadsheet.
    It is correlated with the attendance but is factored and filtered to take in the weather and the relative success of the opposition then multiplied by the number of spanners in a Snap-on basic set.

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    I find it very hard to pick between the two.
    Wellens & Radlinski were both brilliant.

    I will say that Radlinski gets so many plaudits for his'Lazarus' performance at Murrayfield, whereas Wellens was brilliant at Cardiff 2 years later. Radlinski was atrocious that day, got a kick charged down early on that Gilmour scored off & was dreadful there all afternoon

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ralph Fridge View Post
    I find it very hard to pick between the two.
    Wellens & Radlinski were both brilliant.

    I will say that Radlinski gets so many plaudits for his'Lazarus' performance at Murrayfield, whereas Wellens was brilliant at Cardiff 2 years later. Radlinski was atrocious that day, got a kick charged down early on that Gilmour scored off & was dreadful there all afternoon
    Disagree Ralph. The tackle on Darren Albert in Cardiff was IMO a better one than the one at Murrayfield. Albert was clear and Rads caught him.

    And to disagree with most, my vote went to Sam Tomkins, from 2010 until 2013 he was virtually unplayable, the try against Saints at the Etihad was in a different class. He played well for Catalan last year and looked to have started the season well again this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RJM25R View Post
    Why no highlights reel for Wello but one for the others?
    Had too many. Couldn't get them under 4 hours.


    Although to balance the view, I remember Scott Donald waltzing around him at Old Trafford. Bad day that

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    Wellens was never quick but I think for most of his career he wasn’t as slow as he looked or as people made out. He could cover some ground and would always be there in support when a break was made.

    As he got into his late 20s he did get really slow, though, and I think that affected his defence - he started having to overcommit because he didn’t have the wheels to show players the outside, so you started to see him getting stepped, which from 1999-2006 basically never happened.

    What a career, though. A club legend, without doubt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dux View Post
    Wellens was never quick but I think for most of his career he wasn’t as slow as he looked or as people made out. He could cover some ground and would always be there in support when a break was made.

    As he got into his late 20s he did get really slow, though, and I think that affected his defence - he started having to overcommit because he didn’t have the wheels to show players the outside, so you started to see him getting stepped, which from 1999-2006 basically never happened.

    What a career, though. A club legend, without doubt.
    For me an all time great.

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