Quote ="JWP"Before Briers did his hamstring about 5 minutes into the Bradford match, he had been our best player for about, say a month before that. It was that month when we all held our breath to see whether Smith fancied Briers (fnar), Briers was really on song, and somewhere around his best for some time. Smith was giving him big raps in interviews etc.
Since that injury, he's struggled, struggled for fitness for a start, and struggled for form when he's made it onto the field.
IF, Briers played every week, He'd be in our top five, I've little doubt. Like him or loathe him, he's influential to what we do. What sometimes we are guilty of, is comparing him to what he was in say, 2001. Obviously he's aged, adapted his game etc and probably in fairness declined.'"
good post
