DianaJamie Lyon the King of Saints
September 11th 2006 10:52
No player in English rugby league's top division, of any nationality, has ever been fawned over by the British press quite as much as Jamie Lyon. A centre of immense talent and power, he's pretty much dominated the super league this year and made St Helens the best in the land. This weekend, his team destroyed Leeds 52-18 and Lyon scored a hat-trick of tries and 24 points. This led the Observer to write: 'If there is a finer centre in either code of rugby than Jamie Lyon then he must be playing with the gods'. He moves to Manly for next season, and the BBC website thinks that 'the rest of super league will be glad to see him go'. Methinks that now Joey is nearing the end of his career, Jamie Lyon may come to dominate rugby league in a similar way. Obviously the NRL will be tougher but the guy is a bit of a phenomenon. Maybe Manly should play him at five-eighth?
Staying with sport, The Sunday Times had a nib questioning the logic in the transfer market of Sydney FC: 'You've just sold one player regarded as your "star" for £200,000 to pay off some debt. So what do you do next? Well, surely you don't send for Benito Carbone, who once famously earned £40,000 a week for doing not an awful lot with financially challenged Bradford City in its long lost Premiership days.' Now, I remember Carbone from when he played in the Premiership for various clubs, and he balanced the (very) occasional moment of brilliance with absurd arrogance and blatant money-grubbing. And I thought Dwight Yorke was a cretin. Good luck Sydney FC.
Staying with sport, The Sunday Times had a nib questioning the logic in the transfer market of Sydney FC: 'You've just sold one player regarded as your "star" for £200,000 to pay off some debt. So what do you do next? Well, surely you don't send for Benito Carbone, who once famously earned £40,000 a week for doing not an awful lot with financially challenged Bradford City in its long lost Premiership days.' Now, I remember Carbone from when he played in the Premiership for various clubs, and he balanced the (very) occasional moment of brilliance with absurd arrogance and blatant money-grubbing. And I thought Dwight Yorke was a cretin. Good luck Sydney FC.
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Comment by StephenP
Jamie will be awesome running off Orfords passess at centre, and look for him to form a formidable partnership with winger Michael Robertson, next season.
With attacking options all over the park, I think Manly will be close to favourites for the 2007 crown, and this is comng from a diehard Parramatta supporter!!
A lot of Eels supporters will never forgive 'Killer' for the way he left our club, but knowing his extended family like I do, I know the real reason for the walk out - not that I am going to share it here!!
StephenP