Let's hope Ratchford & Russell are good enough to carry Myler, as Briers & Hodgson did for years.

Read your post again.
You gave the answer and then asked the question...!

Although I'm not sure it is a good reason though.

Depressingly predictable. Smith was quite vocal in his praise of O'Brien up to the Wigan game, and mysteriously quiet about Myler, but as soon as ALL the playmakers turn in a lousy performance BANG! O'Brien is passed the squad jersey marked scapegoat, which has been hanging on Riley's peg for a few weeks.

tbh, it's getting a bit tiresome.

It took two years of consistent boos to shift Cullen best start now if you want to get rid of Smith.

Getting rid of Smith is the last thing we want.

It took two years of underachievement and no prospect of improvement to shift Cull, nothing more, and the same clearly cannot be said of Smith.

Cullen wasn't sacked.

I believe Cullen could have achieved at Warrington.
I even told him so. Briers and Bridge was his intended 6 & 7.
Bridge let him down.

I had a theory on GOB that I shared with a few people a couple of weeks ago.

We had Russell on the bench instead of a forward because Ratchford and Myler were always going to be first choice backs regardless of form, I said he couldn't drop O'Brien until Myler had a better game than O'Brien or O'Brien just had a stinker, he wanted to drop him in favour of a guy he clearly rates more even though form had been poor.
Well it happened v Wigan and I said as he was coming off the field, "he'll be dropped now he can finally justify it".

So Myler has 5 lousy games and still keeps his place.

2012 Challenge Cup final, amongst many other games, Myler was absolutely outstanding. The best back on the field that day. Last season Briers and Hodgson missed a number of games and Myler took the lead and lead us on to win games through his performances. Your comment is a myth. He's just having a poor start to [ithis[/i season!

Myler has been the better half back for the past two games. He was also in fantastic form last season till he got injured. You can't blame the current attacking structures solely at the feet of the half backs. They need options, which they aren't getting.

I've seen nothing from O'Brien yet to convince me he's going to be a top SL player, I've seen it from Myler. Yes he needs to improve, but with the possible exceptions of Westwood, House & Higham, they all do.

Our first choice 1, 6 & 7 are now fit to play together. They need to be given time.

Would Myler have been given the same stick had he come through our own youth system instead of us forking out £200k for him...?