I think he'd excell as a second rower.

Not me.

Nor me either.

i have got my facts straight...played in bronco's winning gf victory at hooker and most of the season,
played state of origin as hooker (interchange)
played for the kangaroos as interchange hooker for buderus...
ALSO PLAYED AT HOOKER VS SAINTS IN THE 2007 WORLD CLUB CHALLENGE AT BOLTON...

FACT.....

Look mate, I don't want to argue. I did use the word regularly, I am not arguing that he has played hooker. I just think he has not cut it there for us, and has looked slow. I would use him elsewhere now, as I think we look sharper with danny as at 9

I don't disagree with that and would prefer to see Berrigan play elsewhere. He's quality but we've seen previous little of it, for mine at least.

and i was once a decent hooker, doesnt mean i am now.

Berro WAS once a world class hooker, a world class centre and a world class half back. Not anymore. (not since he signed for us imo)

But your clients still speak very highly of you

You say he has looked slow yet people want to move him to centre, brilliant!

Look Danny has had a really good 6 weeks, but all of a sudden people think he is the next best thing. He has been quiet since his motm two weeks ago and another few quiet weeks will see him as a target again. Houghton is progressing nicely but if anyone thinks he is the finsihed article then they are deluding themselves and if they think he can play the full 80 each week then they are very much mistaken. We need two hookers and Berro and Houghton are the best two we have. Lets just let them get on with it, personally Berro should be starting and Houghton should be off the bench, that works best imo.

Makes me chuckle every time I see it.




Spot on.

Personally, I would prefer Berrigan to leave us for next season. Not because "he's rubbish" or "crocked" or anything like that. For me, apart from the odd glimpse of quality over the last three seasons, he has fallen way short of "marquee quality" and we could spend his salary and quota spot in a much better way.

O'Meley and Fitz have shown us exactly what marquee signings give you and both have had an immediate and massive effect on our club. Berrigan, for whatever reason, has not and we could spend half of his salary on a decent British hooker who would give us just as much, if not more, and still have a spare quota spot.

He did play there for a while though. IIRC, around 2003/2004, he played a large part of the pre-season there. Obviously it may be different if we tried it again, but IMO he looked out of place and I don't currently see a backrower I'd like to see him replace.

Breach of club discipline wasn't it?

Off-field reputation and age would rule him out for me, considering what a big money signing he'd almost certainly be.

With a slight change of style (both him and team tactics) and an extra stone at least, I agree. I've always thought he could have been an excellent replacement for Chester.

amen..

His distribution is incredibly slow. I said for most of last year that Berro was 3rd behind Lee and Houghton. I've seen nothing to change my mind this year. Berro's distribution is poor.

Think he played all of pre-season there and then an injury in the first game meant he moved back to centre. Not really a fair crack at the position though.

youve gotta be joking....tommy lees disposal from the ruck was slow and predictable.....never been a hooker that lad...

Slow as a hooker, quick plays, quick distribution. Do you get it? Do you watch RL?

Spot on

Very fair summation. Totally agree.

I don't get you







He's actually not slow, he tends to come away from dummy half slow as he is lookig for holes and runners, Houghton is more of a darter and gets out of dummy half really quick. His distribution is poor at times.

Exactly and that allows the defence time to push up and forces us inside. The momentum we had on Sunday stopped and some of that was due to the loss of speed at dummy half and us allowing the Huddersfield defence to restrict the yards made which results in players trying to get the ball away too close to the defensive line resulting in dropped ball , hurried passes etc. Variation is needed at dummy half but it's vital to get it away from the ptb for the most part quickly and give our , sometimes ponderous anyway, back line as much time as possible. Houghton is no panacea ( who he play for

) but his darting style probably suits what we have at the moment and builds momentum.

Exactly why we need a "Paul McShane type" hooker, bullet passes off the floor with excellent accuracy.