Wheeler : Sat Feb 28, 2009 2:10 pm  

why did he back himself and step in side when he had a 1 man overlap in the last few minutes

Re: Wheeler : Sat Feb 28, 2009 2:18 pm  

joe d saint wrote:

why did he back himself and step in side when he had a 1 man overlap in the last few minutes

Because he was chilly as he had seen so little ball in the entirety he was on the pitch.

Re: Wheeler : Sat Feb 28, 2009 2:23 pm  

eddiewaringsflatcap wrote:

Because he was chilly as he had seen so little ball in the entirety he was on the pitch.

yes, but if he had give we wud have had a better chance of scoring.

sean long should have gone for the 2nd drop goal to get us the draw

Re: Wheeler : Sat Feb 28, 2009 2:25 pm  

joe d saint wrote:

why did he back himself and step in side when he had a 1 man overlap in the last few minutes

I guess because he is 18 and this is only his second senior game

Re: Wheeler : Sat Feb 28, 2009 2:27 pm  

joe d saint wrote:

yes, but if he had give we wud have had a better chance of scoring.

sean long should have gone for the 2nd drop goal to get us the draw

should of would of could of.
Ya lost end of

Re: Wheeler : Sat Feb 28, 2009 3:49 pm  

LS14 RHINO wrote:

should of would of could of.
Ya lost end of

Please please please...Manly

Re: Wheeler : Sat Feb 28, 2009 3:51 pm  

joe d saint wrote:

why did he back himself and step in side when he had a 1 man overlap in the last few minutes

Because he is a young lad and wanted to impress.

: Sat Feb 28, 2009 4:04 pm  

I was thinking of putting a post on here about Gary Wheelers decision in the last few minutes which would have read something like this:

After the final whistle, Gary Wheeler looked gutted, as though he had let everyone down with that decision. He let nobody down. What's to say anyone else in that situation wouldn't have done the same thing?
Last night, I felt proud to be a Saints fan - the proudest I had felt in a while. To see the youngsters (products of the academy system) playing in the first team and acquitting themselves so well was a pleasure to watch.

Gary Wheeler has nothing to feel sorry for and we need to get behind these youngsters - they are going to become real stars for many years to come.

I was hoping no-one would post anything negative about Wheeler on here and I feel it very unfair to send negative comments in his direction.

Nuff said.

Come on you Saints!

: Sat Feb 28, 2009 4:24 pm  

BurnleyDave wrote:

I was thinking of putting a post on here about Gary Wheelers decision in the last few minutes

Am I thinking about the right one? Is this when he decided to run in rather than pass to Armstrong about a couple of minutes from the end when we were racing towards the tryline? If it is that moment then I felt right sorry for him because it was all happening under my nose and I saw his face after he'd taken the decision and gotten himself tackled. He looked crestfallen. I think it was Long who ruffled his hair afterwards in a gesture of sympathy.

I couldn't blame him for that. At another moment it would have been the right decision. Why he made it I don't know - perhaps he thought touch was too close, perhaps he wanted to impress, perhaps he had a moment's madness. Who knows? But he'll learn from it I'm sure and that's what it's all about. He's got some ability so far as I can see and hopefully we'll keep on seeing it as the season progresses and he learns more.

The experienced players had some accounting to do last night though. Their ball handling was shocking. Whether we had won or lost, to play like that really is not good even if it does happen now and again. It probably didn't help that for some reason Potter kept changing people around. Hopefully he'll be a bit wiser next time too!

: Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:51 pm  

We could have taken the drop goal, but, that ain't the Saints way.RL has got exposure on BBC news, before 0830 on a Saturday morning, because of our defeat.We have got to look on the plus side, there were four kids on the pitch tonite, who tackled their heart out.Hull kr played well, with the dodgy referee in the middle anything could have happened. But here is a thought, he disallowed our try for a forward pass on the advice of the touch judge.However, on the Hull kr - Fox try - the touch judge indicated that there was a foot in touch, but, Smith awarded the try,even though he was 10 yards away and watching the grounding.Double standards me thinks!