Gary Wheeler : Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:50 am  

Looks a decent player, think he may cause opposition's 3/4 lines some problems!

Re: Gary Wheeler : Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:06 am  

Think he wont play when shenton returns

Re: Gary Wheeler : Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:14 am  

Good step and difficult to get ahold of, but pretty lightweight, needs to bulk up imo to deal with bigger centres and avoid being bundled into touch like he was against Nero.

Re: Gary Wheeler : Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:25 am  

Wheeler is a cracking player when fit and is a better stand off, which is his natural position, than Lomax or Gaskell for me. The trouble though is his injury record and I would give it 5 games before he is injured again

Re: Gary Wheeler : Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:32 am  

Sibbs Rhinos wrote:

Good step and difficult to get ahold of, but pretty lightweight, needs to bulk up imo to deal with bigger centres and avoid being bundled into touch like he was against Nero.

Wheeler is pretty big mate, he's really well made and stocky. Some idiot saints fans have even commented on him looking overweight.

He's got great footwork, much like Martin gleeson in his prime and also pretty safe in defence but IMO he lacks that killer speed off the mark which would complement his foot work.

Just great to see him string three games together which must be a first for him.

Re: Gary Wheeler : Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:38 am  

St pete wrote:

Wheeler is pretty big mate, he's really well made and stocky. Some idiot saints fans have even commented on him looking overweight.

He's got great footwork, much like Martin gleeson in his prime and also pretty safe in defence but IMO he lacks that killer speed off the mark which would complement his foot work.

Just great to see him string three games together which must be a first for him.

I'm still not convinced he's big enough really to deal with other bigger centre's in defence certainly, but that remains to be seen. He has outstanding footwork and I agree lacks the pace to go all the way, but get a quality winger on his outside and he could create countless tries by creating space for them with his feetwork.

Re: Gary Wheeler : Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:40 am  

who was the saints player which did the run that cullen called bridgesque but was more like tomkins style of run?

Re: Gary Wheeler : Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:41 am  

I was really impressed with the glimpses of attacking play Wheeler showed last night if he continuous in this vein of form he should be looking at a place in the England side.

Re: Gary Wheeler : Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:47 am  

Think it was wheeler mate.

Very impressed by his footwork and although he was dumped into touch by Nero (cracking effort IMO), i think that was down to a lack of balance as opposed to a lack of strength.

He was showing a very powerful hand-off at certain points.

Like to see him get a good run

Re: Gary Wheeler : Sat Feb 11, 2012 11:05 am  

looked good. saints fans go mental on their boards though at his injury record. nigel wright mk2.