surely this is meant to say flashes of Primrose, when the little nipper flies in for another one of his tries! lol

great signing in my opinion and definitely one for the future, maybe even one to build a squad around?

Notwithstanding the above I must admit I do want more from him eventually than a good defence and backing up. When Briers retires a lot of attacking responsibility will fall on his shoulders. We need someone who will probe, take on, and run through, the line.

IMO, he needs to step up more and take more control of the game; Tomkins esq, he needs to step up and kick more, fifth play tackles go to Briers 95% of the time.

I'll be honest and say I would prefer Tomkins over Myler but we never had that choice. Myler will still need an attacking halfback partner in 2011 when Briers has gone.

He has had a great first season, his defence and support play is great and his kicking game close to the line is good enough. He has not got the long kicking game that most half backs have but he will develop that over the years. It is good that we have a different type of half back to Briers. You will rarely see Myler throwing long 20-30 meter passes along the line like Briers can but he does not really need to as Monaghan can do this.

Although Myler and Briers have not played together as much as we would have hoped they do have a good understanding together when it comes to puting kicks behind the defence such as in the Wigan game where Myler could have scored 3 or 4 times

Has he got the skill and guile to break the line with ball in hand though? That is what we need from a halfback together with a ball playing LF in my view.

Let us not forget he has a fair few years of development in front of him.

I think he will take off alot next season, and I mean alot.

What are the respective ages of Tomkins, Eastmond and Myler?

Of course he has, as have Tomkins and Eastmond.
Why do we have to castigate young players.

Let them develop and encourage them.

I've today seen Sam Tomkins give a display that took my breath away (look at the HKR speccies views on their site) but he will make mistakes.
These young players are still learning the game, give them time.

21, 21, 20.

i think he's brought what we needed, another genuine scoring threat, not from set plays but broken play, backing up, that was missing from our squad last year, whether he controls the team, i know its a major part of his position but he's doing exactly what we signed him for, and can't have any complaints about that so far

I listened to your game today and Tomkins sounded unbelievable yet again, they said he caught the ball in his in goal, stepped four and was unlucky not to score.

I dread to think what he will be like when he hits 25+!

I agree I like Myler. But who is going to make the broken play when Briers departs?

Probably not i dont think he has the footwork that Tomkins has however he makes up on this by running great lines which lead to his try on friday. Atleast 3 times a game he will get smashed by trying to hit gaps but he keeps trying to do it and eventually will get rewarded.

Im not sure if we need a LF as Monaghan and Briers can set up a line break. Look at Leeds they are similar to us as they have Burrow and Sinfield who can create the line break and Mcguire will support the break line Myler.

Past it ?

McGuire creates more line breaks for Leeds than the other two.
When Briers eventually does retire I think Myler will develop his all round game like McGuire has done and will be your main go to player, he is naturally very talented and would thrive on the extra responsibility. Briers is very demanding in terms of if he wants the ball he gets it.

The only thing is next year you will have Hodgson, he comes into the line often at 2nd receiver and plays a half backs roll. Myler may see the ball even less.

You definately won't need a ball playing LF.

You have echoed my thoughts supremely. To have a ball playing loose would confuse the on field direction greatly.

you know something that nobody else does 71?

Now 15 tries in 19 league games and 11 assists after the Wakey game

20 tries in 22 games including CC this season.

myler in my opinion is not ready for the big big game yet ,hes still very young .his defence is weak ,good support player but warrington have enough of them .smith should go with the older heads in the final ,wood higham anderson solamona bench for me ,clarke at 9 and monaghan at 7 for 20 mins same as the semi .

It's not though is it? It's more than adequate and he has knack of stealing the ball one on one. We don't have others in the team who can support up the middle as well as he can from that position.

He was targeted by Les Cats in Perpigan but bar that he has been fine. I could understand if you wanted to bring him of the bench but you are utterly stark raving mad to leave him out entirely.

a total waste of a bench spot ,if he plays he will have to start .problem is leeds will spot him in defence and thats were they would get there joy i would leave him out alltogether thats my opinion and you have yours

Myler will not be picked. Gutted for him but in Smith we trust

Don't understand why he is a waste of a bench spot. Would be good to bring on towards the end of the game, when it becomes more broken. We would normally have a number nine on the bench, and this gives us the option to move the number nines around to freshen up the play the ball.