+ another one here. Myler's form has been good, especially recently. Perhaps a combination of wanting to leave on a high, (good for him as he could have just sat back once the deal was done) and a lifting of that weight of expectation?

Neither halfback can perform to their best behind a beaten pack though

You can if you've got a good kicking game. A pack can struggle to get to their own 30 off their own line, but a kick that turns full back/wingers around and get the team right up field or a 40-20 can change a game that was falling out of the grasp into one that you can win.

A good ,accurate kicking game, sometimes early in the tackle count can mean opponents having to leave players back in defence to cope with surprise kicks over the top. That will then leave their forward defence light in numbers so helping the attacking forwards. The more attacking options a team has the more an opponents defence has to cope with.

A half back cant be blamed for being behind a beaten pack is only true when the pack of a very quality. The pack half decent pack will not be beaten if they have good guidance form the half. This is has been our downfall all season, everyone moans about the quality of the pack but without the quality guiding halfback they will always suffer. With Sandow onboard we will be guided around the park with his distribution and good kicking should ignite the pack to better go forward.

If we get beat by Leeds, and especially if Hudds beat Wigan tonight too, then I do not see the point in Myler or Bridge playing another game for us.

Bridge wont play again !

Bridge will be back in a few weeks.

Briers & Myler
Carney & Myler
Brough & Myler
Sinfield & Myler
Brown & Myler
Walsh & Myler
Sandow & Myler

...would all be class halfback parings.

Myler has unfortunately fallen victim to having to be the leading creative player in our team, when that's not his game. I've lost count of the number of times on here you hear his support play or defense being lauded. He's the perfect foil to an off-the-cuff creative player. I really rate him, he's a lynch pin of our team IMO, and our form has been better this season since he come back from injury. That final season partnering Briers in 2013, he was on fire, a shoe-in for a starting World Cup place, and possibly our best player until he hurt his knee in August.

He's our drummer, setting our rhythm, and keeping things ticking over, occasionally chipping in with an amazing solo. He's one of the best drummers out there. We've just been missing a lead guitarist for the past few seasons, and expected our drummer to fill his shoes, rather than recruiting a proper replacement.

Nice analogy Jimathay.

How long is Myler's contract with Catalans ? I just can't imagine him settling in France and having to speak French(a demand of the coach). He's a relatively young man and we could see his return to the HJ in a couple of seasons when the coaching staff will likely have changed who can see his true position as a fine support player and not as a Briers replacement.

That should be the other way around, we need a rhythm section, myler is the lead guitarist