I'd have much preferred Eastmond going now as I've seen very little in his performances this or last season which suggest he's prepared to put his body on the line for the club and inspire others to greatness for the remainder of the season.

I'd missed this bit:



Gulp!

At Widnes I noticed a number of fans criticising McManus for his assertion two-three seasons ago that the club would be in a far stronger position now if we allowed wunderkinder such as Eastmond, Wheeler, Lomax etc. to develop at the expense of the established pros. It'll be interesting to see what the reaction will be now that the keystone of McManus' plan has flown the coop and none of the other names have so far developed to the point where they can even command a regular first team position...

Yeah really!

Miz is dog poo. Cena will tear him apart.

Let's not forget he wasn't due back from injury yet, a factor to his performances that does not appear to be factored into this 'greed' argument.

How many other 20 year old players play or played with the organising ability that many are expecting from Eastmond, and the name Murphy is banned. Long certainly didn't, Martyn did most of that for him. I think we'll see another player once Pryce is back and he hits fitness. Of course that probably won't be good enough for many who'll try and hound him out of the club before season end, even if it means that the club is poorer for it. Of course he may not bother and put in half hearted performances, in that case the best case is to get rid as soon as possible, but people are condemning him for something that hasn't happened yet. Players play with players going elsewhere every year. It's part of the game and they know it, so if he's not trying 100%, they'll let him know, so I can't see it being a major problem for them.

I'll give him a chance to regain form and fitness like I would any young player coming back from a series of bad injuries.

If he's still pansying around behind the line in a month's time, I won't lose any sleep if he's boo'd more than Gary Connolly at a Wigan team reunion at the The George.

That's fair enough, if he's still not doing anything by then I'd expect him to be dropped myself.

Kyle Eastmond will be 22 in July btw.

He wasn't even taking on the line, never mind organising! Since he could hoof the ball down the pitch, clearly his ankles weren't giving him any problems. So there were no excuses for him to hang back like he did, just passing out (badly) for his team mates to get bashed. He could have kicked some of those lovely chip kicks he used to do when we were pounding away at Wire's line. But he didn't. Lee Gaskell was making far more effort in his third full match at first grade but I bet he isn't paid anywhere near the amount Kyle Eastmond is.

He was prior to his injury last year.

I want The Rock to tear Cena apart



Regarding Eastmond......

He's not going to get much off season is he? Maybe a couple of weeks, but in the event that we were to get to the Grand Final (or even just the the play offs) he'll finish at the beginning of october/end september and only have a few weeks to train/recouperate/etc etc. Seems a bit strange to me, is he going to be nipping down to Bath once a month to train with them? ?!?!

Last year the Ariva Premiership started on 10th September which is right in the middle of our Play Off's.

Obviously the reason Eastmond hasn't gone now is because Bath didn't want to pay the transfer fee so they're "willing" to accept that he won't have much time to prepare.

I expect he'll be making many "unofficial" visits to Bath during this Super League season, familiarizing himself with his new surroundings, teammates and maybe even training with them

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