If Myler was THAT promising i'd have thought a 'big' club would have moved heaven and earth to pick him up while he's still at a smaller club rather than later when he'd command a much bigger salary

SL sides tend to have a ball player & a runner in the halves, the succesful sides do anyhow. He's the latter primarily, but folk can improve y'know. Danny McGuire is now far better with ball in hand, but perhaps less of a threat as a runner than he was when he burst onto the scene, peoples games develop in different ways.

Myler is playing week in week out, and that's what he obviously feels is the best thing for his development. He left Widnes, played 30 games last year, and had he not broke his hand, would have played 30 top flight games this year, no doubt he's learning all the time. The next step for him, may be to move to a 'bigger' side, and improve his game and take it to the next level.

Smith picked him for England, he's normally a decent judge of a player.

Apparently, you did try to sign him, not too sure when but it was a mega-bucks offer (apparently).

Just out of interest, if you released Briers and/or Monaghan, who would replace them in the team? Ie. Do you have a good enough replacement in your academy?

No, otherwise they would be playing

We have quite a handy player named Gareth O'Brien playing at seven in the reserves. But it is a hell of a step up to first team.

Gaz is a fantastic prospect and a certain furture 1st teamer.

But is only 17 and has only just come up into the reserves.

Rumours circulating to today, Briers to go to Widnes, King to Saints Monnas to be released, and the the best yet Meli to Wire noooooooooooo!

You should have sent Kath Hetherington and family to Oz to do the groundwork for his signature.....and then stepped in, its easy

How much are Saints willing to pay us for King and how much will we have to pay Monaghan to release him?

If this is at all true - i doubt there would be any fee involved - we are hardly the Man City of the Rugby world, i would imagine it would getting the reported AUS$600,000 per year off the salary cap

Wouldn't be so bad for us if he was in his pomp but then you wouldn't be looking to get rid!

I'm quite sure you aren't daft enough to believe that

You can almost guarantee this is one of those rumours made up to cause a bit of a stir in the local pub. People then think because they've heard it from more than one person, it has to have some weight, not realising just how quickly an interest rumour or lie can spread, even if unsubstantiated.

Not really bothered if Briers goes, never going to be the player he was. Don't want Meli. We should keep Monnas and King ( if they want to stay) and give them more time under Tony Smith.

You are right I don't believe the actual figure quoted is correct, but he must be one of the highest earners at the club - if not the highest - a top rated Australian international in the prime age won't come over here & give up his international career for buttons...

I don't think King is a problem on his own as many don't on here but i don't know what is - from back to front Wire have a talented squad on paper... good props, hard working forwards, quick hooker and big hooker, pace in the backs, passing, kicking and creativity in Briers, Monaghan & Bridge not sure about Grix (though this area seems to be an area for criticism for Wire fans this year) & only last week gave Leeds quite a scare, why its fell apart again is beyond probably all of us.

Smith will definitely do whats best in the long term - it just might take a while to weed out the deadwood holding the rest back

Well put.

So releasing Briers and/or Monaghan would just make things worse?

logic won't do any good round here

No its not

Why are you on here?

do you blame me... they all talk on here

Don't come on then.

Its a public forum, of course rumours are going to surface and people are going to claim they are "in the know".... its what RLFans is all about!

Are you sure? rumours usually get threads locked.

But that doesn't stop them.

This thread hasnt been locked (yet)....

there are rumours linking briers with a move to fax, how believable do you find that?

FOOK ME, it's yoda!

ffs at the moment briers is the only natural half back at the club, without him we have no kicking game and we cant score tries. TBH Monas has been bollox at half back this season so far.