Quote ="BogBrushHead"Obviously read the reason why then Buck?
Up until he arrived, Briers believed it when the Guardian told him he was world class.... and he wasn't. If he hadn't seen first hand what was needed to make the step up, both in play and attitude, we'd still be watching the 'one man at a time' rugby that had us struggling to make the playoffs.'"
You do remember that Andrew Johns played for us at the back end of 2005, and Lee Briers had three and a half more inconsistent seasons after that don't you? Do you also remember that those inconsistent years saw two coaches sacked and no trophies won? How about the fact that Briers was then being strongly linked with a move to Barrow because he was seen by many as a symbol of the "old" Warrington that Tony Smith would be changing?
Briers has done magnificently since then, but it was Tony Smith that changed his career, not Andrew Johns.
Seeing Johns play for us was a great experience but ultimately a very short lived one. To put him up there with the like of Morley, Davies, and Briers himself in Warrington history is absolutely absurd. There is no comparison. As for Morley, he was without a doubt our best and most important signing in modern times. A quick Google image search should help you find pictures of him lifting four trophies as our captain, and that says it all for me. Fingers crossed the fifth - and best of the lot - is still to come.
