Did they cheer Hall when he took the ball?

Fact is Motu could be and as been our best player on a few occasions, but still people just keep going on and on about Briscoe

nope i was agreeing with the poster that losing briscoe was a mistake,

Aww bless. Thanks for the post.

were not discussing Hall . correct has been, unfortunately his injury has taken its toll on him,

Think you need to read the post you agreed with again.

Neither are we discussing Briscoe, but you seem to want to have a love fest about him.

think you need to stop being pedantic.

That is absolutely spot on. Briscoe is a good player but the way that some people paint him is more than a little romantic. He is a solid player, thats all, Tony can turn a game, something that Briscoe could never do.

give over, Briscoe has gone i accept that. however Motu is not his usual self.

Of course they can but it needn't turn into a Briscoe Love Fest!
It's not like Shaun didn't have brain explosions when he played for us either. (Thinking about Salford away in his last season)
Yes Motu is lacking in confidence but for some to say he always lets the ball bounce is not correct as he caught at least two on the full tonight.

Correct. Briscoe was excellent in 2004 but that was his peak season.

Err when? Meanwhile Brisc makes it to England just like he thought he would when he stalled on contract negotiatons. Another legacy of the nice guy Peter.

I am not bothered about the rest of the team and the high ball too much but when the full back leaves a high ball to bounce time after time it shows that he is not a very good full back.He certainly got out of jail tonight with his monumental cock up.Get rid at the end of the season and get a specialist full back unless that's Tansey's job.

Really?




I think not.

So we should have paid him as an international 2 years in advance?

You could be here all night mate and it won't sink in.

First 20 was an improvement and our go forward has improved but it is still no were near satisfactory

Regarding the last minute diasallowed try it looked fine from were i was but maybe it is justice after their last minute forward pass try in the challenge cup

Like the try in the challenge cup final, like his performane at leeds 2006, warrington home 2006, salford away 2006 etc etc. I too looked on in awe as Briscoe took those world class french apart. The fact is that we arent going to run through the aussies or kiwis like that come the end of the season will show exactly why fullback is the first line of attack, not the last line of defense. Weve replaced one plodder with another in the england shirt.

I always liked Briscoe but the fact is he has gone so it is no use saying oh if XXXX was here he would have done this that or the other. They are not here and we have to live with that.

The fact is, even if a full back is low on confidence they should always aim to take the ball on the full. All of us who played rugby were told from a young age that to let a kick bounce is a cardinal sin, because you can never tell what the ball will do.

Also he is a PROFESSIONAL full back so he should be able to do the job he is paid for.

I agree, first half was better, and several players upped their games

but lets not kid ourselves that it was a big step forward, we were clinging on against a Salford side who were gifting penalties to us and will be lucky to avoid the bottom 2.

This is not turning into a Briscoe love fest but as soon as Tony get's criticised certain folk come on here proclaiming here come the Briscoe lovers when that's simply not true.
And as for him catching 2 on the full, well they did go straight down his throat, but hey suppose that makes it a man of the match performance

Got to agree with that. Motu should not be playing full back full stop.

Motu is NOT A FULLBACK imo and is so BAD under the HIGH BALL ...sharp thought motu was better then briscoe and what happened to sharp thats right he got sacked!!!

So?...entitled to an opinion arn`t we? I still think it was a mistake letting him go I.M.O.,but he has gone,and thats all there is to it.As for Tony,he was one very lucky mother tonight when he stood off the high ball, second time he has done it last two matches at home.And no,I don`t have anything against him.Apart from the clanger,I thought he had a reasonable match.

I've seen billy slater and karmichael hunt let the ball bounce. Don't think any of you would complain if we got them! Apart from one ball TONIGHT what did he do wrong? Also I've seen tony every game since he came back not once has he knocked on. Briscoe in the games I've seen on sky has been consistantly dropping the ball 2 or 3 times a game. Briscoe better my ar$e!