If it had been the other way round Tomkins an organiser and Myler a broken field runner and backup merchant, he would have signed Tomkins.

i suppose it's a good headache that any england coach has not had for a lond time 4 decent players 5 if you include burrow, in the halfs

Your lack of knowledge us brilliant. A half back should be able to play either side of the field. Myler has not yet proved he can do this at the top level.

Tomkins isn't a sell out like Myler and Tony Smith could never get him to play for Warrington.

If you think that is all Tomkins can do, you need to look again. He is head and shoulders above Myler.

As a fellow Wigan fan you will know Tomkins has bossed the whole pack around through out the season so all this organization crap is just an excuse Tony Smtih has came up with.

Correct.



It still doesn't add up



Young player of the year

He is in the dream team

Turned Wigans season around

He scored 3 tries in his first international a week before the 4 nations

He got 3 assists in his first international a week before the 4 nations

He has been playing for the last few months unlike Myler

He is the form player in the squad

He has much more experience than Myler including 2 semi finals, big derby matches and playing infront crowds of 20,000 +



Someone give me a list representing Myler which rivals that?



I can't wait now to see if Smith plays Tomkins against Aus and NZ and then see the wire fans take the p**s if we lose, not recognising the difference between the opposition

i find it amazing how 'i'll give you a game for England' was such a deal breaker in Mylers transfer and how little Smith thinks of England (and his salary from the RFL) that he'd throw someone who isn't worthy of an England place into the pivotal No. 7 shirt!



that's unless there's a small possibility that all the Myler/Smith bashers don't actually know more about the England game plan and personnel than the National coach!!

hmmm?!?

Richie Myler Appearances 18 Tries 11 Assists 15

Sam Tomkins Appearances 22 Tries 12 Assists 7



Enough said.

Yes and it has been said before, but just to jog your memory.



Sam Tomkins

Appearances 22

Tries 12

Assists 7

Tackles 328

Missed Tackles 43

Tackle busts 58

Metres 1431

Errors 10

40:20 2



Richie Myler



Appearances 18

Tries 11

Assists 15

Tackles 181

Missed tackles 39

Tackle busts 28

Metres 1095

Errors 18

40:20 0

Also Myler is the go to man for Salford in attack he is the main player attacking for them so he will obviously get more assists. Just watch a Salford game he has played in, other than the ones v Wigan where he hid like Leon Pryce and watch how much the ball goes through him.



His defence is not good enough for international level, it will be shown if he plays against Aus and NZ.

They are on the pitch to create play break the line and create moves. The assist is only the player that plays the pass or kick before the try so if, for example, tomkins kicked to the corner carmont knocks it back to Richards and he scored then Carmont gets the assist.



These are not the correct statistics to compare two Halves. But the fact that you omitted all the other stats shows me that deep down you already know this.



Also remember that Man of Steel and Young Player of the Year are picked by other players and they picked Tomkins for YPOTY. This shows that not only do many fans believe that tomkins is a better player so do the other players. The dream team shows that the RFL think Tomkins is better too.



Plus before you think that this is simply Wigan fan bias;



I would also play Eastmond over Myler as he has also been a better player, in my opinion, than Myler. He has also played more and therefore has more match practice this season. I expect you'll come up with more rubbish figures to show why Eastmond isn't better than Myler but seriously any level headed Warrington fan will agree that Myler has been picked because Smith is coach of both teams. Just like how he picked lots of Leeds players last year...