I don't think he did. In fact I saw him being driven into Wilderspool on the day of his signing. I was walking home from Priestley College to the bus stop in town and they drove him in when I stopped on the corner after the car wash to catch my breath. He looked miserable, like he was going to cry.

Ain't that just how he normally looks?!? He still lives in St Helens though doesn't he? Can't hate the place that much then. Maybe he'll be part of the deal that takes Graham to the HJ!!!

Not in my lifetime .... and it needed someone to have "kicked" the CC up and down a hotel corridor, then to stand back and allow his team mates to pay for the damage, without owning up, coupled with the race card, to prize one or two players from KR. Allegedly .

'hatred'?? i know of nobody that hates l.b! personally ui've always thought he was very harshly treated and given that he has had a fine career down the road at a top level proves to me that he was the real deal that many saints fans thought he was. i'm made up for him that he's finally won summat worthy of his skill and commitment

This is rubbish.

Saints did not turf him out. He wanted first team rugby, which he deserved, and Wire offered a very high fee (65K?) for a lad that was so inexperienced, which we accepted. He was perfectly happy to move on.

As for him hating Saints, well he comes along to watch us often enough and still talks of us fondly, so I just can't buy that.

Personally, I was pleased to see him get the winners medal he has so richly deserved.

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He went in the part ex deal for Scully didnt he?

Goulding.

From what I can remember.

Wigan beat Saints in an "on the road game" in Wales (Swansea?) and Goulding allegedly had an altercation with a fan at night after the game.

Goulding ran riot in the hotel after that game, but he wasn't alone. And he certainly had a 'disagreement' with Hunte but it was nothing to do with colour of skin. I also remember walking past the main stand at Keighley in '97 about 20 mins before kick off, the door next to me flew open and two seconds later Bobbie was lay on his back with Pickavance laying into him. Those were the days!

Briers first really impressed me when he had a fantastic game at Central Park when we won there in '97 for the first time in a decade. He was an undoubted talent that in effect got us to Wembley after Bobbie's 8 match ban for a slightly high shot in the 4th round. But you cannot forget the influence Goulding had in the Saints team back then - he pretty much ran the show (just watch the final and the way he hauls Vila back to his feet to get back involved with play). As Dave rightly points out, Lee wanted first team rugby, we took the £65k from Wire - and ended up with Sean Long.

Not a bad bit of business.

No, that was Chris Morley.

Is Chris Morley, Adrian's brother?

Yes

No he was signed as a halfback - to be precise he was a specialist 6 and signed as cover for Tommy initially IIRC. Your confusion probably comes from the fact he wore the squad number 3 which was vacant due to Scott Gibbs leaving not too long before. I think Longy played his first ever pro game at 7 after he moved to Saints covering for Goulding and then took the shirt full time when Bobbie imploded.

Made up for Lee, at long last he gets a winners medal. Poor lad has had to put up with a team of gash year after year at Warrington. Many a time wire would buy a player and say "we will build a team around him" then they decide not to and usualy flog some players instead. Lee has hung on in there, made the cheshire club his own and at long last got some reward for a long career. Saints did right also, we flogged a kid for good money and at the time with bobby g in the team it was a no brainer, we then pop along to widnes to sign up lance todd himself, so we did ok by the sellign of lee... we got some money, the kid got first team RL week in week out, even if it was with some of the worst players ever to play in british rugby league.

Well done Lee, hope he can afford a decent hair cut now !

I remember when you beat Wigan in the 4th Round of the CC in 1997, Long was playing for Wigan that day. Was he sold soon after switching to Widnes then, did he play for three clubs in the 97 season?

Wigan bought Lee Hansen for 100K plus Sean Long - not sure how many games he played for Widnes (maybe half a season??)

I don't particularly like him, but that's because he's a cocky sod when in reality he's had little to be cocky about until recently. It was typical of Briers to grab the glory with a drop goal at the end of the Cup Final on Saturday.

I remember Murphy doing the same in 1966.

Thats got to be the only time EVER Murf and Briers have been used in the same sentence/topic/scenario

He's that sort of player though, you only hate the good ones.

I know bobbie pretty well and have since I was 10 years old. I know why he left saints.

All il say is he had a few words with a team mate that got out of hand. Bobbie said something he shouldn't out of anger.

One things for sure he's not a racist. He has family to which he is close that are dark skinned.

Bobbie is top bloke and one of best players to play for saints.

Take that back.... the two are not even compatible in any way and deffo not in the same sentence

Less than 10 games I think. Sean cost us 100k as well from Widnes, don't forget. Mind you I think we got far more value for money than the pies did for Hansen!