lets release a talented player that cost us nothing because he's had a bad run with injuries...

It's odd that every other player has a rough schedule for return to fitness, yet Wheeler's get's injured and just drops off the radar. Happened last season and it's now happening this season. Odd.

He hasn't dropped off the radar. Simmons said last week that he was about two weeks away from returning. On Twitter, Wheeler himself has said he is due to play in the u20s this weekend.

indeed it is, at his age he should be bouncing back from knocks in days, not weeks.

It wasn't a knock. It was a muscle tear. Jon Wilkin has just had one too, to his calf, and he is on crutches. Should he be bouncing back in a couple of days as well? Don't be silly. If it had been a knock, he probably would have missed one match or played through the pain.

If he has yet another muscle injury, the question needs to be why he has so many, he's way past unlucky. Not a pop at Gary at all but a serious question for the conditioning and medical team!

I suspect a lot of these problems are to do with asking kids to perform at SL level against physically mature and experienced pros before they have matured physically themselves. If this is the case we can expect Wheeler's tally of appearances to begin increasing from next season.

Says who? You a qualified doctor with inside knowledge on what his injuries are?

LMS back for this week?

Yes

We could be adding Lee Smith and Ben Jones Bishop to our list and possibly Harauki.
But we have got Cross back.