Myler tries/assists per game ratio- 1.38
Tomkins tries/assists per game ratio- 1.15

Myler has missed more tackles and made more errors, but Tomkins has give away 13 more penalties. Both stats can be damaging to a team.

I'm pretty sure Smith has not based his decision on the selection of the team on a comparison with Sam Tomkins who plays for Wigan - a team completely irrelevant to the final.
It's more likely that Smith will compare the merits of Myler to Clarke, Higham, Monaghan and Briers before making his decision.

Smith has dropped Myler because his stats are not as good as Tomkins.

you can use stats all you like..... as a player tomkins is way ahead of myler at present.

myler has vulnerabilities in his game that tomkins doesnt.

Just proving to the Wigan fan that stats means jack. He wanted a cheap way of having a dig at Myler an a chance to bum Tomkins up, I was just showing him that stats can be favourable to Myler as well.

fair enough

Tomkins has been playing at fullback for a while so i'd expect his assist stats to drop below that of a scrum half, also when he played at half back he was an individual type half back like Eastmond that didn't do assists that often.

Myler should have more asissits as he rarely looks to take the line on, he'd rather pass it then look for a possible opening.

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I wasn't having a cheap dig at Myler, just explaining the reasons why Smith may not select him.

Last year when Myler was at Salford, Shaun Wane in his pre match address to the spectators in the South Stand bar (prior to the Wigan v Salford Cup game) openly stated that Wigan would target Mylers weakness in defence and they did. So much that McRae moved Myler to the wing position at times in the game to allow other players to defend in Mylers position.

But Myler's defence this year has been brilliant, much improved, forty more tackles this year in a team that has been at the top all year than a poor Salford team last year.

Mlyer has not been selected in Smiths 17 for saturdays final.

Source ??

I doubt MLYER would be never heard of the guy

The coach has to do whats best for the team,in any sport. If that includes leaving out a one of star players then so be it. Its not end of world for Myler am sure his time will come.