TheScientist wrote:
Interesting how a player gets slated for being injured, I assume it's frustration on the fans part rather than "blaming" the player.
Also interesting to compare our attitude to Grix and his injuries (summarised as "poor bloke, gutted for him") and the saints forum view of Wheeler (summarised as stealing a living should have got rid earlier).
We have had years and years of Wheeler being injured. He was being injured when Potter was coach (he left in 2010). We have been unable to rely on him either at six or at centre. I don't think he's played three consecutive games in his entire first grade career, and he's now 26. While I've never joined in the 'stealing a living' brigade, I have been just as frustrated as everyone else.
I will be interested to see whether Wheels is a regular in your first team next season. If he is then that would lend weight to some Saints' fans suspicions that our conditioning team is not the best (although given our injury crises of the last few years, there is probably already enough to suggest there is a problem there regardless of Wheeler).
