Yes. He is the best British winger by a mile and brings so much value to our side.

I was just playing devil's advocate

That said 8 tries in 26 games last year was a disappointing return.

Have to say, though, Caldewood - Briscoe - Yeaman - Raynor looks pretty handy.

Looks very good. We were poor all over last year. Think raynor could get upto 15 tries this season with the kicking game we seem to be developing. Hall looks exciting at FB too.

You don't think when Raynor is back, Briscoe will play centre instead of Graeme ?

Did you not see Yeamon get confunded at their attacking play, just seconds before Briscoe saved the day? I think Yeamon had an average game, for his standards

no raynor dances about too much for a ,think briscoe will go right even though he is doing well were he is at the mo...................what a dilema agar has got.....

dropping greame horne would be criminal

That's what i meant by he. i didn't make myself very clear did iicon_biggrin.gif

two screaming teenagers behind me getting ready to go shopping aint helping my headache or concentration

Was average last night. Briscoe has class, we need to keep him in the starting line up, sadly that may be at the expense of Horne when Raynor returns.

Exactly . Raynor back , Briscoe to centre. Sorry but G Horne is doing well but he hasn`t the class of Tom.
Competition for places , good isn`t it!

I'd keep G Horne in the 17 though. I'd go for a bench of Lauaki, Thacks, Manu and G Horne. Berro can play 80 at 9

He'd have had to have played much better than he did last night to justify averageness. Poor last night. Passes were either too early, too late or to the ground! Cost us a couple of potential scores. Didn't impact upon the result last night but may do in the future.

Briscoes been in such lethal form on the wing, it would be ridiculous to stick him in the . What has Briscoe done to suggest he could send his winger away any better than Horne? He's definitely a ball runner first and foremost.

Thats a matter of opinion.

You having a laugh?

Whats yours?

Briscoe needs to be tried at his natural position, CENTRE, before long.

Injuries have meant we have played him on the wing and being able to give him match experience playing there but would love to see him at centre soon.

Many on here are once again suffering memory loss issues arent they!!
G Horne has been over the last 10 matches or so one of our stand out players, solid in defence and with decent go forward, by his own admission he would say he isnt a centre but by god he is donig a damn fine job in my opinion , i am quite sure that once the whitings etc are fit again he may not play as much but all teams need one or two who can slot in where needed to plug gaps and G Horne & Byrne are two of those for sure!! I for one and damn glad we have them both TBH.

however having calderwood ( been excellent so far this season) Briscoe and hopefully Raynor when fit again is a position I am so glad we are in for once!!
I will still say that any future cash spent by the club we should now be focussing on one thing and one thing alone ... a top class centre.

When people say about hope he can achieve his potential i dont think there is any doubt he will as unlike most young players who when they are tipped for big things tend to develop a ego or rest on their laurals anybody you speak to in the club mentions how modest and grounded Briscoe is.

Tbh...i have never been a big Raynor fan....tends to go sideways too much,you can guarantee he will sling out a daft pass and get out-jumped every match and dont think he scoring record is that hot...no long distance tries and is injury prone.....wouldnt lose sleep if he went at end of season.

On the other hand...

His ground defence is superb, his high ball defence is a actually not bad now, he scores a fair number of tries given that he plays outside a centre who is prone to not passing, he's quick on the burst, and he tales the ball up well to spell the forwards.

Overall there aren't many better IMO.

Agree about defence,high ball i disagree with.....Trys yes but most are from close,dont think he could create a try himself......i know he "tales?" the ball up but he spoils it by slinging out a bloody daft offload......overall...he is a poor version of Jason Robinson.

IMO.

Certainly going to be intresting when he is fit, especially if Briscoe carries on his early season form.

He will have to wait until one is injured or out of form.