Now if he has a great season next year and is able to walk away on a free to the NRL or to Wigan/Leeds/back to Saints what will we all be saying about the decision to hand him a one year deal.

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).

Why do people say "welcome gary"? I'm pretty sure he doesn't roam these boards, it's on par with people saying happy birthday to their kids on facebook. Pointless.

Players do come on here. If you were a young lad who had become a minor-league celebrity you'd likely want to check out what people had been saying about you.

Yeah because Rugby League players do nothing but play & train, and in the off season are switched off and put into storage.

They're ordinary people, I'd imagine quite a few players "roam" these boards.

A few do, one used to post too (no names mentioned)