Jamie Lyon

[Keffola]

Dce has to owe a little bit of his paycheck to Jamie Lyon. Just pass it to him early and watch him weave his magic.

 

[lafai]

Easily the greatest centre of all time

 

[JJ]

easily the greatest centre of all time

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Stranga]

He's a good, solid club player that's for sure.

Not enough talent or heart to make an impression at the next level though.

 

[Tommy Smith]

Great club player.

But due to his bemusing lack of desire to represent his state and country he'll always rank just below his great contemporary, Justin Hodges.

 

[JJ]

Load of shit Lyon>>>>>>>Hodges

 

[Canard]

Great club player.

Weak of constitution, and will always have a cloud over him for his dogging of Parra and his State.

 

[Bgoodorgoodatit]

Pretty much this.

 

[stormbati]

Great player end of discussion.

 

[Nice Beaver]

Quite easily the best centre of the past decade.

 

[Packy]

He's a great. The fact that he has played a fair bit of 6 only enhances his ability as a centre. Better short kicking game than many full time halves.

 

[Liddell]

Quite easily the best centre of the past decade.

At club level.

 

[Nice Beaver]

At club level.

Easily the best centre for the past decade over the duration of a season.

Whether Justin Hodges or Michael Jennings etc played 2 or 3 more games a year than him does not change that fact.

 

[roostersrule2]

Hodges, Inglis and Lyon are the best centre's of the past decade. Choose anyone of those and you're not wrong. You could probably make a case for Jenko too but he's an easy fourth IMO.

 

[POPEYE]

At club level.

At any f**king level, if NSW supporters hadn't put shit on the bloke when he first returned to Australia he might not have rejected hand and knees begging to help save them . . . picked consistently in the Origin side he could have made the same impact he has at Manly

 

[Kiwi]

Why on Earth would there be a question mark over him for the time he spent in England?? :crazy:

He's been nothing but a class above most for the best part of a decade no matter who the opposition and his time in England does nothing to change or diminish that.

I agree his time in England should not count against him, and TBH neither should his choice not to play origin or any form of rep footy.

I'd personally rate Lyon as one of the best centres I've seen play the game.

 

[Kiwi]

Quite easily the best centre of the past decade.

I wouldn't say easily, but definitely one of the best

 

[betcats]

If you are ranking two similarly talented centres for an all time list and one played well or dominated at origin and international level for years and one didn't then you are going to be the rep player above the non rep player.

I hate him but I have Hodges above Lyon simply for the fact he got his against the best NSW and the world could throw at him for years right up until the season he retires from all footy, meanwhile Lyon refused to compete at that level. That has to count for something.

 

[Nice Beaver]

If you are ranking two similarly talented centres for an all time list and one played well or dominated at origin and international level for years and one didn't then you are going to be the rep player above the non rep player.

I hate him but I have Hodges above Lyon simply for the fact he got his against the best NSW and the world could throw at him for years right up until the season he retires from all footy, meanwhile Lyon refused to compete at that level. That has to count for something.

Take your point.

I guess it depends if you rank their skills equally.

Although I definitely consider Hodges a great centre, I personally don't think his skills rank up there with Lyon's, nor his importance to his team.

But hey, opinions are like arseholes!

 

[Patorick]

He is very good.

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