Quote ="sally cinnamon"Not sure what your point is here, Patton is better than Briers because at a comparable age he has played in a better side?
Who was better Chris Riley or Des Drummond? Riley won three Challenge Cups. Des went to Wembley once and all he had to show for it was breaking Iro's jaw.
As for counting GB caps who was better Billy McGinty or Mark Roberts?
I'd also be interested to know who you think was the most talented British halfback of Briers' generation? Long? Burrow? Horne? Deacon?'"
Clearly I'm not saying Patten is better than Briers.
People are writing Patten off as dog to quote one phrase.
I'm just highlighting we let Briers get away with some woeful for almost a decade before Tony Smith came in and dropped him.....
I think Dec Patten deserves a bit more than the crap he's getting....
And let's not forget in all our wilderspool years of Lee briers our best stand off was a winger called Graham Appo...
I don't remember Lee Briers being a man of Steel contender like Appo was.
If Briers was so talented Saints would have kept hold of him and swept up challenge cups grand finals and World club challenges for the next couple of decades..
They didn't they let him go and swept up challenge cups, grand finals and world club challenges.
I do wish Patten was busier around the park but he's playing in a good team with title ambitions. Briers for the bulk of his career wasn't he could throw out wild interception passes or do crazy chip n runs that didnt come off and no one cared cos we were and as long as we tried something we were happy.
People have to remember ordinary just like Paul deacon wins....... talented like Mat le tissier wins chuff all....
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