I understand what your saying WLB and you are right about kids in the Academy but they are given a lot of chances to succeed. How long have we had an academy and it was not that long ago that it was receiving world class accreditation?
Those that leave simply do not cut the mustard but you can't say that they haven't been given the chance.
In the case of Myler it was obvious that he would do well when you look at all the plaudits he received whilst playing in the excellent junior academy side we had that year.
The alternative as I see it was to hold on for the week or two more and see what happened at the club.. Salfud were like a salivering dog outside the butchers window. They would have waited.
Both interested parties I believe made serious offers to Myler and assurances were made that he would be the clubs 1st choice s/half for the following season.

Ripped the Rhinos to bits mate, fantastic player

The lad was simply looking after number 1 - however, it begs the question of wether it is worth nurturing young talent at NL1 level only to see it depart at the first sign of a large wad of folding from an SL club.

Wire please

He certainly will be at Solly for a good 18 months and if they get their ground built I would estimate a lot longer. Few clubs have any cash presently anyway so I would guess hes there for a bit.

Few early rumours knocking about already that a couple of clubs have their eye on the lad...

As I said, if the big clubs come knocking then I wouldn't expect Myler to show any loyalty to Salfud. Despite what he might be saying now. When push comes to shove he will move on and will need to in order to fully develop his talent.

As he didn't come through the Salford youth system he won't command much of a fee when he is out of contract so they may prefer to take a middling offer sooner rather than a pittance later.