I would suggest that it isn;t that unusual for players to negotiate with other clubs during the season.

The reason this one may have not worked for Myler and Salford was IMO due to the high profile nature of it, and his youth. I suspect Salford didn;t know how this would affect his head, and the fact that he and Salford were asked about this issue in pretty much every single press conference will have added to the pressure.

The fact is that he is a young lad who hasn;t necessarily coped with the pressure, but can I also point out that we signed Ryan Atkinso from Wakefield, and this has been rumoured for a good while, yet he is still playing for Wakefield in the 1st team.

salford gave warrington permission to talk to the player

I think they must of....and therefore... it shows our ambition we don't care about keeping our future players...the youngsters.. are our future...had we said no.... then he would still be with us fighting for an England place...next year, we may be further on with the stadium...& Wire may be still below top 8 .... Oh ...but we would't have £200000

May be ...just Question the ambition of the club

Do you really think that?

TBH I haven't seen enough of Myler to know how good he is or can be, but in all seriousness, what can £200-250k do for the club?

It is a decent amount of money, and I can understand Salford taking it, but let's be honest, the smarter business would be to keep as many young talented players as possible.

Okay, Ratchford may turn out to be the better player, but surely you would have wanted these two players to stay as your 6&7 for the next 10 years.

I don;t think this was a smart decision, I think it was probably something you had to do, as the player didn;t see the chance to achieve his potential at Salford.

BTW, I am not having a go at your club, I would have loved it if you would have had your stadium by now, as I don;t think anybody would want to leave if that had come.

In the past we have had to sell players like Harris and Sculthorpe, and whilst we got a good amount of cash, it didn't improve us as a team, but it did improve Saints and Leeds.

Arrrggghhh.... Can we forget about Myler & bloody Warrington. Isn't this thread about Stefan Ratchford making the England squad ???.... Jees !!!

Fair enough mate. Worth noting that the thread was only really about Ratchford for the first post.

After that it was about Smith.

The cost of retaining him would have ruined us. It was one of the smartest business decisions the club has ever made.

Similarly, if Warrington deem Stef is worth double - we'll be better off selling. Naturally, I hope that doesn't happen.

Is that last part a joke?

If Warrington have been given permission (I'll ignore your speculation that they acted illegally), then why the hell would they say 'no, we'll hang on until the end of the year'.

Warrington do not have a responsibility to Salford, and why would we give a stuff if it affects your performances.

You are the one living in cloud cuckoo land.

'All is fair in love, war and business.' So true.
Lets get real. The world isn't a place of honour and 'decency' although it would be nice if it was. Warrington officials only have Warrington RL in mind. They owe us nothing. The quicker we stop thinking the world owes us a favour or two, and we get a little more thick-skinned, the better! If anything, we're a little soft as a club. I certainly believe that many other clubs in Super League view us this way....

I have to agree with the above statement from Dave T: we did not give a hoot about Myler leaving Widnes in the time of their greatest need. He applied and we accepted. He was out of contract but Widnes were already showing signs of being reborn.

It has been stated by McRae on more than one occasion that any team can talk to any player any time; we are not in the financial position where we can ignore good offers. We now know Wigan was interested (why?) and so Warrington, in their own interests, made sure they attracted him.

I also am getting annoyed that we see Offiah as totally bad - he had no obligations to Salford and only to getting the most for Mr Myler. Morally he did act out of sorts but business-wise, he was within his remit and many businessmen would congratulate his acumen.

Ratchford will be the target for many clubs who will only be stopped by Salford's finances (not good), the rules re home-grown players (contestable in court), and our success on the field ('70's sadly). So I am braced for him and others to go.

It's a hard world out there.