After watching him on Friday there is a fair chance that the future GB half back partnership will be Myler - Tomkins, but it will do Stephen no good to play behind a beaten pack.

Why not break with policy and offer a transfer fee for him - I don't know how long he is contracted for, but to have 2 young GB qualified halfbacks playing for us would be a mouthwatering long term prospect.

One thing for certain, if we don't make a move then Saints or Wires or someone else will.

Why would he want to move from Northampton?

couldnt get in the Saints academy team and released by Widnes, now playing RU - why would he be forming any part in an international RL team at any point?

unless you mean Richie Myler.

Pretty sure he means Richie Myler - fair points and we're blessed at the moment with future GB half-backs - Myler, Tomkins, Wheeler, Eastmond etc.

Maybe we'll be able to drop the ever-poor Maguire/Burrow combo sometime within the next two years.

The combo that won back to back Super League titles?

I was being pedantic.

And yes I would like to see Richie Myler at Wigan.

However, would it be good for the game.

Wasn't the salary cap and Super League all about spreading the talent around to make it more competitive?

I think we've done enough spreading!

Correct

6.Tomkins
7.Myler
9.Tommy

that is one of the aims - therefore its fair that Wigan gets its fair share of some talent.

Very Good young player but he is probably better off where he is for the moment. If he was thrown in at Wigan at his age with the expectation that would come with a transfer fee he could sink without trace.

Well stop it, you knew what the OP was on about

Better get Leeds to give Peacock back to Bradford then! Our two currently most successful teams have never been afraid to go for transfers. Saints success in the salary cap era is basically based on nothing else!

Dave

standard of SL is a bit different to international. we've seen what happens to leeds/saints players when they face the kiwis or ausies.

He was originally from Widnes academy, so would a transfer fee have to be paid?

sign him and allow him to continue playing at widnes?

Shameful isnt it. One is a dancing dwarf the other is a goal hanger.

yes.

if he is out of contract, and under age 21, the rules are:

"A sum equivalent to the sum of £100 per week of training and education invested in the Player and a further lump sum of £5,000 if the Player attains 20/25 status.

In all cases training and education is deemed to start from the date on which the Player signs a professional contract with the club and end on 30 November after the Player reaches the age of 21 and to last for forty eight weeks each year."

Have a look in the manchester evening news tonight to see what steve simms thinks of tomkins against myler

can you give us a clue. cant get the MEN in catalonia

Cannot work out if this post is off topic or on it, but I have heard Stephen Myler is being linked with a move back to League as a long term replacement for Sean Long.

He does seem to have matured very well in union, good pass and kicking game and his one on one defence has improved also.

if he's that good, surely northampton won't want to let him go. how would a league club be able to compete with union wages?

He says Myler is a superior player to Tomkins

With Rogues though it's gone past middle-age spread.

be interesting to see what he's basing that on

How could you?

You know how sensitive I am.