Dixon, and youngsters. : Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:03 pm  

Dixon reminds me of Gilmour.
Young players at saints are looking very good this year. Some very good natural talent.
Be great if Wheeler stays fit.

One of the only young players im not 100% convinced with is Foster but he certainly has the potential to be a very good player.

Re: Dixon, and youngsters. : Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:52 pm  

saintcj wrote:

Dixon reminds me of Gilmour.
Young players at saints are looking very good this year. Some very good natural talent.
Be great if Wheeler stays fit.

One of the only young players im not 100% convinced with is Foster but he certainly has the potential to be a very good player.

He is nothing like Gilmour. He is more like Joynty in his prime with his size and pace.

He is showing why you need to be patient with youngsters. Last year many were saying he was rubbish and should be off loaded. Now he is looking like a player set for international honours.

Re: Dixon, and youngsters. : Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:57 pm  

saintcj wrote:

Dixon reminds me of Gilmour.
Young players at saints are looking very good this year. Some very good natural talent.
Be great if Wheeler stays fit.

One of the only young players im not 100% convinced with is Foster but he certainly has the potential to be a very good player.

My thoughts as well, his positional play is similar to Gilmour. He,s got speed and strength this year, expecting him to turn into a really class player as the season unfolds. Royce has him on the fringes near the centres, similarly with Soliola as well.

Re: Dixon, and youngsters. : Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:34 pm  

Dixon was very very unlucky not to get Man of the Match tonight.

Re: Dixon, and youngsters. : Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:42 pm  

I think he is similar to Gilly as well. He runs in a similar fashion and runs some very nice lines. Breaking the lines as a back rower or centre isn't about pace or strength, it's more about angles and he has that natural ability to angle his runs.

Re: Dixon, and youngsters. : Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:16 am  

The Chair Maker wrote:

Last year many were saying he was rubbish and should be off loaded. Now he is looking like a player set for international honours.

Easy tiger!
He's had a brilliant start to the season and confounded my expectations of him, but internatinal? a bit early for that

Re: Dixon, and youngsters. : Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:23 am  

Saint Simon wrote:

Easy tiger!
He's had a brilliant start to the season and confounded my expectations of him, but internatinal? a bit early for that

It's not like saints fans to big a youngster up

Re: Dixon, and youngsters. : Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:44 am  

Saint Simon wrote:

Easy tiger!
He's had a brilliant start to the season and confounded my expectations of him, but internatinal? a bit early for that

I said he is looking like one, not that he will become one.

His form in the friendly and the first two games has been terrific, and he is still only 21 years old, which is a baby as far as forwards go.

He should only get better as he physically matures.

Re: Dixon, and youngsters. : Sat Feb 11, 2012 1:07 am  

Dixon was exceptional today. Took both tries well and made a very impressive try saving tackle, whilst Flannery was pretty shocking.

Tommy Makinson also made 2 fine tackles on Jodie Broughton when he tried to take him on the outside.

Wheeler really stepped up today, particularly in the first half and made some really good runs.

Re: Dixon, and youngsters. : Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:14 am  

Dixon was great and sorry but there is no way flannery should start ahead of him. I'm all for rotation, but with sia, wilkin, flannagan and dixon. Flannery is a bench player at the moment. Some of his possesion tonight was awful. He may get better but on form the other 4 are ahead.

Wheeler, really showed his class, I know there are worries about his injuries, but this is 3 games in a row, must be a record for him, we need to pin him down to a new contract soon before others start sniffing around. Why? because if he is pinned down it means we are covered at centre and can resign Sia as we will not need his quota spot for the centre position. Also Wheeler just looks class.

My concern is Meli, he is starting to look exposed at centre now in defense just like he was on the wing. Ade ran hard and covered as much as he could be meli was getting pulled out the line. He maybe awesome when running with ball in hand but in defense????? Can he really hold Wheeler off his spot when shenton comes back?