my position before the match was Tomkins over Myler but although not setting the world alight was one of the better performers and justified selection. My position now is Myler and Tomkins over Danny M and dropping Shenton completely.
It won't matter though in the grand scheme of things because the strongest team we could ever possibly muster wouldn't be good enough against the Oz

tomkins needs to become more of a team player and thats why myler probably got the nod,havin said that i still reckon tomkins is a good year ahead of myler and a better comparison will be had after next season when myler has been behind a decent pack

At the end of the day, whoever plays next weekend, they'll be facing an awesome task.

Now the Mickey Mouse matches are over, we all need to get behind whoever is selected. It would be great to take an Aussie scalp, but good grief it's going to be a big ask.

How do you get that Tomkins is a year ahead of Myler ?

Myler was making a name for himself before anyone outside of wigan knew who Tomkins was

Nah, Eastmond hasn't shown any sign yet of being an organiser. He had plenty of opportunity to shine in that department as he had weeks covering for Longy while his jaw was healing. But there was no sign of him being able to boss the pack around the park. I think Eastmond's skill lies elsewhere so while I would definitely put him on the pitch, it would be at centre or FB. We definitely need him as he is electric and also his tendency to seek individual glory seems to have been eradicated, thus making him rather good at setting up tries. FB may be his best spot as he gets to travel across the park a lot from there.

Smith's comments after the game about combinations taking time make it pretty clear in my mind he has no intention of bringing Sam in next week.

He is rather deluded sometimes.

After watching the game again, Myler did nothing other than two pretty well taken tries and that was it. He made some shocking errors. His positioning in defence causes chaos for everyone else in the team, and he was put in the team to organise according to Smith? Did anyone see him talking and setting up the play?

The game proved me right more and more from what I said before the game.

I'm pretty certain the only change he may make will be Carvell for Moore.

As much as we'll all talk about Tomkins coming in i'm 100% confident in my mind it won't happen. The only way it will happen is if he drops Briscoe, puts Eastmond at fullback and gives Sam 10 minutes from the bench.

try something completely unexpected
Eastmond at hooker, tomkins at fullback, myler and danny m 6&7, senior at centre and Noble as coach the aussies will never see it coming

You must remember him scoring 5 tries in one game the season before last.

So he didn't do what I said he did? hardly defending him is it?

It was a quick post at half time I have said on other posts that he didnt take control as he should of.

Yup he did

You will probs call me a liar an say am just making it up because I support Wire/Myler/Smith but its there watch it again.

He didn't control like he should of but he defo talked to his team mates at the play of the ball and told players to move along the line.