: Mon May 11, 2009 10:54 am  

Fingerposts Finest wrote:

perhaps that's because wheeler is really a half back, the best young half back since tony myler.............................

He's a natural 6 i think, but with leon here i think his best prospects at saints lie at centre, after all Jamie lyon is a stand off who has found centre his best position.

: Mon May 11, 2009 12:42 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

He's a natural 6 i think, but with leon here i think his best prospects at saints lie at centre, after all Jamie lyon is a stand off who has found centre his best position.

I'd describe Lyon as a centre who had a go at playing stand-off.

Long term I'd like to see Wheeler in the 6 shirt, hopefully alongside Eastmond, but as you say the likelihood is that Leon will be around for a few years yet and has made the stand off position his own. So for the time being lets give him an extended run at centre. Presuming Leon stays with us until the age of 31-2, that would leave a vacant stand off shirt when Wheeler is aged around 22-3.

: Mon May 11, 2009 12:47 pm  

Dux wrote:

I'd describe Lyon as a centre who had a go at playing stand-off.

Long term I'd like to see Wheeler in the 6 shirt, hopefully alongside Eastmond, but as you say the likelihood is that Leon will be around for a few years yet and has made the stand off position his own. So for the time being lets give him an extended run at centre. Presuming Leon stays with us until the age of 31-2, that would leave a vacant stand off shirt when Wheeler is aged around 22-3.

Which would be ideal, he would be well used to the team, life in superleague etc before taking over such a pivotal role.

: Mon May 11, 2009 2:11 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

He's a natural 6 i think, but with leon here i think his best prospects at saints lie at centre, after all Jamie lyon is a stand off who has found centre his best position.

Jamie Lyon was always a centre, upuntil he signed for Manly

: Mon May 11, 2009 5:51 pm  

[quote="Eurob0y"]Jamie Lyon was always a centre, upuntil he signed for Manly[/quote

He is a world class centre and a ok stand off.

He played 6 for saints at Warrington in his 1st season and did ok.

I think he put kick up for KC to score the winner in last few secs of the game.

: Mon May 11, 2009 5:52 pm  

St pete wrote:

He is a world class centre and a ok stand off.

He played 6 for saints at Warrington in his 1st season and did ok.

I think he put kick up for KC to score the winner in last few secs of the game.

Lyon is an average stand off at best

: Mon May 11, 2009 6:09 pm  

Ski wrote:

Lyon is an average stand off at best

Surely he can't be that average, he played 6 for Manly last year when they won the NRL, and the Manly fans loved him there.

: Mon May 11, 2009 6:09 pm  

I think it's fair to say that in the last two games Wheeler has been involved in, he's probably been in our top 3 players.

: Mon May 11, 2009 6:11 pm  

Blobbynator wrote:

I think it's fair to say that in the last two games Wheeler has been involved in, he's probably been in our top 3 players.

I think thats fair

: Mon May 11, 2009 6:19 pm  

Wheeler has done a good solid job for us in the centre and he's done enough to warrant starting at centre on a weekly basis. He deserves his run in the first team and I trust Potter to get it right on when Wheeler should play and shouldn't in order to build up his belief.