I stand to be corrected, but in MHO all that was needed was for Richie to spend a shed load of time with Briersy and borrow his kicking boots. Sorry to see Myler go, I think we will miss him.

Myler is a good player but far from being a great player as a No 7 . He would be more suited as 9 as he needs to be less off the cuff at 9 and can still back up and follow play. But we have better 9's so lets ship him out.
Smith rates O'Brien as a better player with Sandow than Myler hence the reason he will be still here next year.