Quote ="jools"What do you mean be built up naturally- he isn't 17!!!!
All I'm saying is that just being quick isn't good enough- it wasn't good enough for Kevin penny first time round, it wasn't good enough for dale cardoza, Paul white or that skinny blond lad who came from aus who's name escapes me at the moment but was awful.
They get found out if all they have is pace. if stone is at all a decent coach then brierley should offer more than pace next season.'"
I'd agree with this - simply being quick is not good enough.
However, as I'm sure we can all see, there is far more to Brierley's game than just his pace.
He possesses a good awareness in both attack and defence, and can combine the two - how many others score interception tries for us? - and it is his combination of pace and ability to read the game which has made him such a successful support player. He can throw long passes to the left and the right, as we saw most recently against Hull KR (where he was involved in all four of our tries). He has a good rugby brain - and I'm not sure one can say that with as much confidence about Kevin Penny, Dale Cardoza, Paul White or the aforementioned mystery blond. You could even add the fastest of them all, Dwain Chambers.
He is not by any means the finished article, he can be quiet in matches, and was particularly quiet in the second half last week. But his pace, his support play, his ability to read the game, his ability to beat a man and the quality of his passing suggest that he has a real chance of making it in Super League. Whether he lights it up or not in 2017 I don't know, but I'm sure he'll offer more than pace next season - because he's already done that in this, his debut Super League (not full!) year.
