The way you've phrased the question I've a feeling you know already and just want me to confirm it.

Not a clue mate, just trying to get a clearer picture in my head as to what's gone on.

I totally agree.

I mentioned dropping Miller to a couple of lads at work. The response I got was more or less "That's going to do his confidence a lot of good". Unless I'm missing the point, we are in the business of trying to win games, not prop up various player's feelings.

If he's dropped and has the right attitude, he will fight for his place and feel he had a point to prove. If not then that's an opportunity wasted for him.

For me Chester (who I also like) is fortunate that Kear appears to be an honourable man. By now a lot of people in Kear's position would be having a quiet word with MC, saying I can turn this around, you need to show this guy the door. I don't think for a minute that Kear would do that, but I bet he's thinking about it.

Of course equally, a couple of wins and this all goes away.

I dunno about the whole dropping Miller thing. I think he gives us an extra dimension when attacking and knows how to find the try line.

Agree with the point about him being more effective on a dry track but still a bit too early to be making changes to key positions at this point. We battled hard against a very physical Hull side and had the better of Hudds for much of that game - we could easily be on 4 points by now.

The main real flaw in your argument is, can you 'prove' that for certain dropping Miller benefits the team and makes us win games and not suffer a couple of narrow defeats as we have done so far?! You can't know for sure that if Williams & Finn started at halfback in the two losses, then one or both of those games the result would had been different?? Seems to me that Miller is still an easy 'scapegoat' figure for some yes we all have our favourites, and maybe would slightly disagree with team selection, that's the nature of the beast. If say in April and beyond when it does (hopefully) warm up and dry up, and we lose certain games, then it can't be Millers' fault because he has the required underfoot conditions you say he needs, and therefore the team needs to succeed??!!

Vastman talks a lot of sense here. Pretty much echo my thoughts on Miller although I'm a bit more critical of Miller and still not convinced by him.

Me and the bro often have a laugh during games saying Ashurst must hate Miller for all the close to the line hospital passes he throws him. 10 a game is about right.

I don't think Miller is a bad player but he doesn't have the vision to create space or organise plays.

Hampshire? he's been named in the Leigh squad for tomorrow's game at Wigan.

He does add an extra dimension definitely - but not in the mud and that's what it's like at the moment.

Often surprises me how many Aussies manage to get to grips with conditions they have little experience of which is a testament to them but Miller for me isn't one of them - for me he's a sunny day player and I have no issue with that so long as it's a sunny day when he plays.

Yep, apologies I quoted it from something on another forum.

Just out of interest, what has Kear done before at Wakefield that Chester hasn't?