He certainly did. But I'm sure most can agree that he was never even close to lacing Sculthorpe boots in when Scully was in his prime, yet it didn't stop many expecting Wilkin to become/thinking he already was a superior player. Fans tend to get carried away, in both positive and negative situations.

Yes, well, like I said in my amended post, Simmons took us to a CC semi last year too and to a Grand Final. You can hardly hold it against him that he didn't do that this year given that he was sacked!

You thought Wheeler looked bad in defence? Did you see how bad Turner was in defence; several times worse!

Didn't see that game.

I was watching the hudds game at magic sunday and hudds right centre was ripped to shreds!

Any idea who he was?

One of the big problems I have with Wheeler is the way he seems to give up chasing defenders once they are past him. On a couple of occasions he could have got back to at least hamper Wigan breaks had he simply kept his foot on the pedal.

I noticed him shooting out of the line a number of times.