Lyon's move to Pommieland could be true - Sun Herald

[Hurriflatch]

Lucrative England move on cards for Lyon
By Greg Prichard
August 15, 2004
The Sun-Herald

Jamie Lyon is considering a mammoth offer to join English glamour club St Helens, whose chairman Eamonn McManus confirmed that the former Parramatta, NSW and Australian centre was at the top of their hit list.

St Helens have emerged as favourites to get Lyon's signature purely because of financial reasons. The English giant can afford to pay a fortune up front, while NRL clubs either don't have much money left under the salary cap or are only prepared to talk incentive deals.

The Sun-Herald understands that St Helens are prepared to pay $500,000 a year for Lyon, who is playing with home-town team Wee Waa in the Group 4 country competition in north-western NSW.

Lyon, who was on $250,000 a season with Parramatta and remains contracted to them until the end of 2006, walked out on the Eels after the first round of this season, citing a dislike of living in Sydney.

He eventually reached an agreement with Parramatta that allowed him to play for Wee Waa and recently it emerged that the Eels were prepared to release him to a non-Sydney club, citing the reason Lyon left Parramatta as justification for those terms.

That ruled out Manly, probably the only NRL club that would splash out to get the chunky star.

Wests Tigers were among the NRL clubs that were interested, but they were not in a position under the salary cap to pay Lyon a great deal for next year and would have had to scale the initial payment down and increase it in subsequent years.

Lyon's uncle and manager, Mick Smith,

is shopping Lyon around to NRL clubs at about $300,000 a season, but any club that signed him would have to pay an additional release fee of $150,000 to Parramatta.

Apart from salary cap concerns, there is a wariness among NRL clubs about Lyon because of the way he left Parramatta and his recent management merry-go-round, which saw Lyon dump Allan Gainey for Smith.

Parramatta are no longer having to pay him and Lyon is understood to be finding it tough to meet mortgage requirements.

St Helens are looking for a centre to replace Martin Gleeson, who was suspended by the English Rugby League for four months for his part in a betting scandal and released by the club.

 

[nöyd]

Just leave already you cat :arrow:

 

[half]

jamie lyon is so lame he makes chris walker seem cool

unless st helens is gonna give us a heap of money, we must make him suffer

 

[BlueNGoldBlood]

GOOD RIDDANCE :evil:

 

[nöyd]

jamie lyon is so lame he makes chris walker seem cool

Damn that's lame :lol:

 

[bartman]

St Helens received a 200,000 pound transfer fee for releasing centre Martin Gleeson to Warrington. That's $500,000 right there folks... They've lost a rep centre, and would want to replace with similar quality.

I think Jamie burnt a lot of bridges and harmed his reputation with the way his saga of leaving Parramatta played out. Escpaing to England is probably his best (only?) option for now, and St Helens would have no problem in giving Parra a cool $150K straight up.

In a way I'm kinda glad that young Jamie now must be realising the consequences of letting people down...

1. That you don't just get to do whatever you want and be treated like a hero in Wee Waa, and
2. that there's no automatic money train that takes care of your mortgage

...without you having to make some sacrifices.

 

[bartman]

Here's a link to an article about it from Saturday's UK Independent paper. Nothing hugely new about Jamie, and nothing confirmed, but also mentions Langi signing.

http://sport.independent.co.uk/rugby_league/story.jsp?story=551221

 

[Eels Dude]

At least if he plays in the UK we don't have to play the traitor.

 

[Utey]

Go to the UK. I couldnt bear to see him play for other teams. They guy has no heart and no respect for the club that made him.

 

[strider]

As long as he doesn't
1. get released by us to there
2. play half a season there
3. go - oh i don't like it here any more
4. come back to australia and play for you know who.

My crystal ball is firing up - I can see this panning out :roll:

 

[Jake the snake]

Jamie Lyon is SCUM, Jamie Lyon is also a DOG merkin. Let him play for other NRL team as I want him to get smashed especially when he plays us. I can hear the chants of traitor or Judas being sung aloud every time he plays us. And even though I will have a season ticket I'll even by a ticket to the terrace so I can personally give the f**king traitor a mouthful.

 

[Davester]

Jamie Lyon looks like he doesn't understand loyalty and how he's affected his club. Going to St. Helens will show that he has no heart for the Parramatta Eels, their supporters....and not only them he shows no heart for his own country and the NRL by choosing an English club over his own club or another NRL club. Don't be surprised if he becomes an English citizen and plays in the 2005 Tri-Nations for them. That Wee Waa homesick story won't work as an excuse no more if he goes there. He understands one kind of language and that's $$$$$ ....you ain't talking about that, he won't listen to ya.

Cheers! and congrats on the win again

 

[Twizzle]

This make a total mockery of his reasons for leaving Parra, I mean, how many pigs are there around St Helens.

 

[strider]

I think its been pretty clear for a LONGGGGG timethat being a little homesick was only a small part of the reason Jamie walked.....he obviously has a problem with Smithy.

And I believe there is most definitely alot of effort being put in to working some way fro Jamie to go to Manly....all this pissing around with other clubs and England is just a way to get him out of his contract with Parra.....once he's out, he's shown he has absolutely no sense of loyalty or responsibility and he'll sook again just to get his way.

It saddens me to say it, but you are a joke Jamie Lyon

 

[eel_man70]

why waste a thread on that scum anymore ? Get lost Lyon, you dogged us for the last time !! :evil:

 

[El Diablo]

My favourite bit of the article

Parramatta are no longer having to pay him and Lyon is understood to be finding it tough to meet mortgage requirements

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Parraren]

Gee, I didn't know Wee Waa was near St Helens in the UK #-o

I'm sure he'll enjoy the "country life" over there :roll:

Not only is Lyon a pea heart, he's a lying dog pea heart.

 

[Hurriflatch]

Maybe, Lyon will have to sleep behind the bar at the Wee Waa bowling club when the bank repo's his home.

 

[True EEL]

what was he suppossed to say in public.....????

BS is a wanker and i hate him and can't play for him any more?????

come on......... :?

 

[Eels Dude]

what was he suppossed to say in public.....????

BS is a wanker and i hate him and can't play for him any more?????

come on......... :?

If that's how he feels he should come out and say it. He should stop beating around the bush, he's lied enough as it is.