We could 'survive' with no players given there is no relegation. But he is unquestionably the best youth player we've produced and we've not even got him established in the first team before he's left.

He isn't, both Roby and Cunningham are far better and there is certainly an argument that Graham is a better prop than Eastmond is a 7.

Now that the weight's off his mind, Kyle's performances may buck up. Alternatively, his heart may not be in it and he may give the same half-ass performance that we've see in our recent big games. If its the latter, we should look at at least pushing him out to the centre when Pryce is back, giving Gaskell and Lomax more chances in the halves.

Its disappointing,but at least the saga is at an end

One more bad game from him and the crowd will want him out? And the boo's will start from me

Like this one....
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Spot on. I've been told that Saints' offer was very similar to Bath's. Unfortunately for us the profile he will have is much higher.

And besides, he's already seen a Wigan fringe player become the saviour of England RU.

I'd have much preferred Eastmond going now as I've seen very little in his performances this or last season which suggest he's prepared to put his body on the line for the club and inspire others to greatness for the remainder of the season.

I'd missed this bitSimmons said

Gulp!

At Widnes I noticed a number of fans criticising McManus for his assertion two-three seasons ago that the club would be in a far stronger position now if we allowed wunderkinder such as Eastmond, Wheeler, Lomax etc. to develop at the expense of the established pros. It'll be interesting to see what the reaction will be now that the keystone of McManus' plan has flown the coop and none of the other names have so far developed to the point where they can even command a regular first team position...

Yeah really!

Miz is dog poo. Cena will tear him apart.

Let's not forget he wasn't due back from injury yet, a factor to his performances that does not appear to be factored into this 'greed' argument.

How many other 20 year old players play or played with the organising ability that many are expecting from Eastmond, and the name Murphy is banned. Long certainly didn't, Martyn did most of that for him. I think we'll see another player once Pryce is back and he hits fitness. Of course that probably won't be good enough for many who'll try and hound him out of the club before season end, even if it means that the club is poorer for it. Of course he may not bother and put in half hearted performances, in that case the best case is to get rid as soon as possible, but people are condemning him for something that hasn't happened yet. Players play with players going elsewhere every year. It's part of the game and they know it, so if he's not trying 100%, they'll let him know, so I can't see it being a major problem for them.

I'll give him a chance to regain form and fitness like I would any young player coming back from a series of bad injuries.

If he's still pansying around behind the line in a month's time, I won't lose any sleep if he's boo'd more than Gary Connolly at a Wigan team reunion at the The George.

That's fair enough, if he's still not doing anything by then I'd expect him to be dropped myself.

Kyle Eastmond will be 22 in July btw.

He wasn't even taking on the line, never mind organising! Since he could hoof the ball down the pitch, clearly his ankles weren't giving him any problems. So there were no excuses for him to hang back like he did, just passing out (badly) for his team mates to get bashed. He could have kicked some of those lovely chip kicks he used to do when we were pounding away at Wire's line. But he didn't. Lee Gaskell was making far more effort in his third full match at first grade but I bet he isn't paid anywhere near the amount Kyle Eastmond is.