Maybe Saints will make a move for Briers?

Briers may think that at this stage of his career, it's not all about winning trophies, he could have the opportunity to play in front of his home fans again before retirement.

Funny how the BBC Sport web-site never has any headline links to RL unless it is bad news.
Quelle surprise that both the Bailey and Eastmond stories both get a 'side-bar' link.

Eastmond for Myler swap deal until end of season? Thoughts??

I know Eastmond could be trouble, but IF it was offered, id give it some serious thought.

Exactly what I said this morning, in relation to teletext. Eastmond and Bailey stories were both on the main BBC Sport page. Positive stories very, very rarely make it.

No , No and No again

Complete Muppetry

This is your RLFANS credibility review for 2011

In light of a comment on the Warrington forum titled Eastmond Suspended in which you suggested a Myler for Eastmond swap deal your credibility score has gone to zero more commonly known as the muppet rating.
You will be reviewed again in 2012

That soon could we not leave it for a year or three more?

Didn't Martin Gleeson do a few stints at half back for us at the back end of one year. Perhaps he could fill the gap. (On the understanding that he may be available to sign).

Im aspiring to have the credibility of Saddened





Anyway,It was just a thought not a proposal...

Quality film

You'd have to flop lower than whale pooh, to get to Saddened'S CREDABILITY LEVEL

I'm surprised there's been no speculation on what he's done. Even on Twitter all everybody is saying is "he's been suspended pending investigation". When it was Gleeson there were some great stories doing the rounds.

come to thinkm of it, isn't this an oxymoron, Saddened's credibility

few hypotheses

1) Eastmond is playing poorly and Saints obviously want rid

2) he flipped the signals at his own fans at the weekend ... apparently

I was at that game and i didnt see him do that he pointed to hes name on the back of shirt
when getting stick at the end of the game

You would have to speak to the Saints fans on their board about that. I think he pointed to his name, pointed to where something had happened on the pitch and also gave the finger.

He isn't playing. That's the problem. It isn't that he's playing poorly. He just isn't getting involved. I'm quite sure Saints want to get rid of him. Certainly most of us fans do. It's a shame that things have ended up like this. Had he been more professional about everything then we could have just enjoyed his last season with us. But he's been a plank and, apart from anything else, his attitude during a game is having repercussions upon the rest of the team. On Friday, Gaskell was playing scrum half and stand off; he's only played five games at first grade level. I think most of us could have thumped Kyle just for leaving his junior partner so isolated.


I can assure you he didn't. But he did make a sign.

It is a shame. As a wire I thank him for making Sts job so bloody hard. As a fan of Rugby League as a sport i couldn't see the back of him soon enough.

I had heard it was a one finger salute. But he has done something of ill-discipline on that pitch and I would assume that is why he has been dragged up on it.

It can't be as he won't have been paid it. Hicks was paid up, but his salary didn't count because he hadn't played that year. Eastmond would not be paid, it would be as if we had sold him. If we merely paid him up and told to go on his merry way now, then that would count in full against the cap.

My reading of it is:-

- If Saints terminate his contract, his old playing salary is discounted under the cap
- However, if they pay him a Termination Payment, then the value of that payment DOES count against the cap and is pro-rated over the remaining years of the contract

So, working this through with a non specific example:-

Player A has 1 year left on his £100k a year contract with Club B.
Player A announces that he is leaving to play for Club RU.
Player A starts being a complete Odemwingie which leads to abuse from his home fans.
Club B would like to get rid of Player A but know that, if they agree to a mutual termination, and make a payment, he'll want the remainder of £100k which, as he only has a year left, will count against this year's cap.
Club B wants to get rid of Player A and pay him nothing on termination because they can then use the £100k to sign a replacement.

If I was Club B, I would find a reason to sack Player A for gross misconduct. In those circumstances, Player A would not be "entitled" to a termination payment of a payment in lieu of the remainder of the contract. At the very least, Club B can say, 'look Player A, you've been a bad boy, you're not getting the remaining value of the contract, but we will give you, say, £30k?'. Club B would then have a few quid to spend on that replacement.

Just a thought...