Not a swipe at all. just the reality is that we need myler as an option, even if just to cover for briers or monaghan when either is injured. sorry, but putting grix or clarke in the half back position is just not good enough. saints could pop in eastmond and that's why they are streets ahead of us now. we need myler just to keep the gap the same between us and saints. with eastmond they move further ahead of us. he reminds me of a young jason robinson. by getting myler we would just be stopping them pulling further ahead. compare our team with theirs man for man. how many of our players would get into their team? that would be a good test of how far behind we are, and perhaps the lead topic for another post.

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Dya not reckon? Disenfranchised "want away" Gleeson = Mathers + £100K?

Best forward in the world (when he is on the Bradford Bulls human growth hormone programme) = £450K

One of the best up and coming British half backs, when we only have one old, injured, mercurial one and no player exchange - Priceless.

For everything else there's Mastercard.

And? He is a half-back.

You make a good point Mark. From what I've read on this forum we want half backs to tackle like 2nd rowers and loose forwards to be non ball playing and be "big units".

Creative players should be creative players. God knows they are rare enough in our game. We have a bag full of players in the academy who can tackle ad infinitum. How many have we got that can come into a team with a few games under their belt and play against an in-form Warrington and destroy them up the middle by taking on the line. I bet Eastmond missed a good few tackles on Saturday, but he showed exactly what attacking flair, taking on the line, and elusive running can do from half back.