The spin is in the reason as to WHY he's been overlooked for a SO role. You're assuming that your opinion is the only explanation, when there could be a number of factors as to why Briggs is not getting game time. Could be his fitness level isn't where the club want it to be. Could be he doesn't know the plays as well as he should do so is unable to direct the game as well as he should. Could be that, following his injury, the club want to give him a little protection to prevent re-occurrence of his injury. Could be something else.

Given the fact that he is playing every week for the Under 20's I assume that fitness is not an issue.

But the fitness level for u20's is not as high as SL, is it?

No idea. I have never played either. Have you?

What I would suggest however, is that if he was still in line for a first team spot yet was an injury risk I doubt they would risk making it worse by playing in an Under 20's game.

Was it Potter's decision to sign Briggs? If so it makes it even more perplexing that he won't give him a shot!

He was as I recall. Ryan Duckett said upon signing him he was someone they had been monitoring for a while, but Potter had been in place for a couple of months so he had to have been signed on his final say.

No, I've not played either, however it doesn't take experience of playing at either level to see that it's a step up from u20 to SL.

As for the injury thing, that was simply something I suggested as a possibility as to why he wasn't being picked to play SL. Same way that football players tend to spend a couple of weeks in the reserves following an injury so they can get match fit in a less intense game environment.

Fitness wise Briggs is fine. MP just doesn't rate him atm.

Whether MP had the final say or not, i'm sure he'd not seen that much of him. I can't imagine he was a player on the Saints radar.

Don't care if it was Wayne Bennett, any professed Bulls fan who lays into Bulls players with relish, especially after they've only played three or four games, is a tw.t.

Let me give an example - DILLIGAF/Kev never thought Worrincy was any good and didn't make a secret of it. And as it turned out, he was right and I was wrong , Worrincy never kicked on like he could and should have. But there is still a massive difference in tone and intent between his posts and yours, and BullChamps or whoever. I make this point more in hope than expectation because you have previously refused to accept the existence of tone, let alone its importance.

You say brainwashed. I say the whole principle of supporting Bradford or any other team in any sport is ludicrous and doesn't hold up in front of cold logic. But if you're going to do it, support a side, why do it in such a miserable, mean-spirited fashion where you're just waiting for the blokes you're following to slip up? Life's too short, and most people have their own problems without wanting to heap on a load more imagined ones.

Like I said, it's the hanging judges who p.ss me off. I understand people's frustrations when a club goes from a trophy a year for a decade to outside the play-offs. But I can't see how relentless, wilful and insulting negativity do anything but sate some weird corner of your id. You're right to say you've toned it down this season, and I'm glad of that. But I'll still reserve the right to pull you and anyone else up when I think you're out of line.

Meanwhile, as if to make my point...

Unfortunately AF every site has people like this, they make these statements to get attention in a desperate attempt to get noticed.

You would think fans would learn to give players a chance when they are new to a club, it has been witnessed many times before that players take a while to settle in and find their feet.

How pompous.

However, just to make it clear to you and anyone else out there, there is no "glee" for me that it appears we have signed a complete dud but I ain't gonna sit here and defend someone that looks like he offers the club nothing at all, especially when he is in one of the positions we have been crying out to be filled for some time now.

As I said, I hope he proves me wrong but at the moment he looks to be nothing other than an extremely bad signing that looks more and more of a panic buy by the week.

Editted for accuracy. The FACT he's playing in woo Australia shows the haters were wrong!

It could be worse, people may resort to sucking up the backsides of moderators in a desperate attempt to get noticed.....

FWIW, I don't have to try bigchris. I get noticed. Only the other hand, who the hell are you???

Iron Maiden are playing in Australia this week too but I would not name the Bruce Dickinson in the 17.

Great passer of the ball but shocking in defence.

Be serious though he's not playing RL in Australia is he? He's a singer in a Heavy metal band.

It makes no difference to me who is a moderator or not, the fact is I agreed with what AF said and that's all that matters.

Who am I? I am a true Bulls fan who has played plenty of rugby in my time, I therefore am a little bit more lenient with players who are coming back from injury or who have recently moved club.

Your petty comments are getting very tiresome and it appears that I'm not alone in thinking this.

For what it's worth I would rather not be noticed than be noticed for all the wrong reasons.

Watch Sykes go and play a blinder this afternoon lol

I hope he does. Problem is his good performances are generally followed by 3 bad ones.

Who? Worrincy?

3 tries, 4 assists and the crucial drop goal in the last minute.

Would still get slated though!

To be honest I would have thought you would have found yourself more at home on that forum, think you would fit in nicely.

Not yet. He'll get man of the match and be the first name on the team sheet for next Sunday - when he'll be absolutely terrible.