May i ask a question?

You all keep saying he's just a kid and time's on his side and that's fair enough but how much time do you give him?

You Wire fans are an expectant bunch and if this time next year or even the year after his game hasn't developed how long will you prevail with him for?

Well by that time we will probs of bought a number 6 to fit in with the way he plays if he's not setting things up enough.

Lets get one thing straight though the lad hasn't played badly this season.

Comparing Myler to both Tomkins & Eastmond at this stage is a little unfair.

Both Tomkins and Eastmond have had an apprenticeship in a professional, and, the majority of the time, successful environment where they have been surrounded by top class players, who have been able to take plenty of pressure off their shoulders and where they have been able to develop their talents steadily.

Myler has spent his career so far at a second rate level, where he has been the big fish in a tiny pond....Learning from those who are of a lesser talent is not ideal for a youngster, but that is what Myler has had to endure.

Now at Wire he is having to do the learning that Tomkins & Eastmond have been able to do in previous years....Unfortunately for Myler he has a huge price tag on his head!!....Realistically, I believe it will be at least next season before Myler is anywhere near the other 2's present standard, and a good while before he is at his peak, but I have little doubt from what I see, that Myler will be a pretty decent half back in years to come.

Myler's made a very good start to his Warrington career, especially considering he's a) 19 and b) played 7 games. We've won 5 of them and he's scored in most. He's been in and out a bit but so have most of our squad if you look at it properly. It's also worth remembering that he's been playing with a makeshift halfback partner for the most part.

To listen to these bitter Reds, eagerly waiting for Myler to fall flat on his face, you would think that Myler hadn't been playing well. He's been doing fine and will only get better with better players around him.

I would hope that he would be a club man like Briers who we can build a team around for the next decade, but knowing Widnesians, once they get in superleague I expect Richie to some time or other wanting to "go home".

Excellent post.

This is the opposite of an excellent post.

This place makes me cringe at times with some of the knee-jerk criticism that goes on. The application of common sense is mostly at a loss on this forum.

It's because the average IQ rates similar to the temperature outside.

Not taking a dig as I've no doubt Myler will go on to be a good player. However, I got slaughtered on this board during the 4 Nations for saying exactly what you lot are now saying; that he isn't an organising half and how Tony Smith's "needing someone to move this big ship around" comment was ridiculous and did Myler no favours. Someone has compared him to McGuire at Leeds and I think that is a fair comparison. His main strengths are his pace and ability to back up a break. The comparison goes further in that Leeds suffer without Sinfield for exactly the same reasons that Warrington suffer without Briers, and that is because neither McGuire's or Myler's (nor Burrows' to a lesser extent) main strength is as an organising half back.

I remember Wayne Rooney not scoring many goals at 18-19. Whilst Michael Owen was scoring for fun. The moral of the story is...........

Why are people so blinkered in these situations? It is like comparing a year two apprentice, to a year three apprentice.

Cos it's lazy scapegoating.

Hanley is quite simply the best British player I have ever seen. No one, Andy Farrell, Paul Sculthorpe included has come remotely close to him in this current era (in my view).

I think Jason Robinson is the closest to Hanley in terms of overall effectiveness. I agree, though, that Hanley is the stand out British player of the past 30 years.