Anyone who remembers watching Ben Crooks in the 19's shouldn't be using it as a stick to beat Miller with.

I could understand if we had 2 good HBs creating loads of chances and tackling anything that moves but as we don't the arguments for not picking Miller are thin at best.

Deserves his chance but has to perform at SL level. As some of his rivals for the position didn't do so yesterday so he deserves a go like they have had. If he gets his chance then it will be up to him to take it. It's not a level where a player can be carried - particularly in a pivotal position.

Agree with that. As others have said, you don't get a half back to be a defender, so I don't understand why he doesn't get put in, with support in the area he defends in. Dobson wasn't the best defender either, nor Sean Long.

However, I can see, if he does get picked and it goes tits up (i.e. he doesn't create at least six tries and score 3 himself, or one pass goes to ground) that the knives will be out on here and elsewhere. The kid can't win.

Well the kid could win if he takes his chance and performs well. We're so desperate for someone to fill this role with flair that he could win big time.

Which chance is this?

If Miller comes in runs around like a headless chicken and it doesn't work at least Aaron will be back at 9 keeping acting half nice and sharp so we'll still be up on the deal! Cos that's all Aaron is doing currently whilst at 7 and hooking position is suffering because of it!!

The one that he will get sooner rather than later hopefully.

If it is down to the salary cap, assuming he's not deemed good enough, then playing him would almost certainly kill our chances of getting any more players this season.

Carvell won't have been cheap, and I reckon that our live Salary Cap Status will probably be something like "play player1 or player7 and you will exceed the cap".

I'm sure AP won't be happy paying off any players because it's (his) money down the drain.

Maybe when Bradford are sorted things might happen - they're short of players and it's not as if there are too many to go round.

It wont be that.

Will people stop bleating on about the salary cap. Whilst Miller is a player (playing or not) he is a part of the salary cap. He is amongst the top 25 earners so he will currently count on the cap no matter if he plays or not.


As for this


He was not the best defender in the world last season but he was as bad as some are making out. And if he is getting run over by everyone now, maybe the new training techniques are to blame???

Exactly. The halves we are picking in preference are not working to the required level, as well as hooker now not looking as strong either.

Spot on.

That's how I thought it was. Would seem pretty stupid if you could sign more players just by promising not to play someone on your books.

The only conspiracy I can personally see having some truth in it is possibly trying to get him fed up enough to leave of his own accord, and I'm still not quite there on that (maybe next week).

I think if Miller doesn't play next week, there must be something sinister afoot. I didn't think he was as bad as some are making out last season. He was definitely inconsistent and prone to a few errors, but he showed some nice touches as well. Certainly enough of them to be worth three or four games this year to see how he goes.