Re: No Briggs : Fri Jun 10, 2011 2:40 pm  

Herbert is better in defence, all briggs has on herbert is speed..........

and IMO neither of them have a right good kicking game, fed up of watching them BOTH kick the ball down the oppositions throat

and all that being said i would much rather have a defensive player agaisnt a team like st.helens !!!

Re: No Briggs : Fri Jun 10, 2011 2:53 pm  

Utterly ridiculous. As Aaron has said, why an overrated average Aussie HB is preffered to Briggs is totally mind boggling.

Re: No Briggs : Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:00 pm  

Bulls4Champs2010 wrote:

Utterly ridiculous. As Aaron has said, why an overrated average Aussie HB is preffered to Briggs is totally mind boggling.

Did you see herberts kicking game last time we played saints (away) ??

Re: No Briggs : Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:05 pm  

pulsator2k7 wrote:

Did you see herberts kicking game last time we played saints (away) ??

Woah dont tell me he kicked it over the full back once? go on suprise me! hes useless!

Re: No Briggs : Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:13 pm  

Iam starting to think Potter is just as bad as McNamara.

Re: No Briggs : Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:14 pm  

Bulls1989 wrote:

Woah dont tell me he kicked it over the full back once? go on suprise me! hes useless!

Herbert set up two of our tries, and his positional kicks throughout the game were good with some great ones thrown in,

For me briggs hasnt yet stepped up to the plate like Royston has, and personally i think its too early for him

Re: No Briggs : Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:44 pm  

agreed Pulsations, no point blowing what confidence he has by letting Saints smash him to bits. they can read the stats too. Horses for courses, thats why you have a squad with players that bring different qualities to the game. Theres a few games I would expect him to play, but neither Herbert nor Briggs will play all matches even if injury free.

Re: No Briggs : Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:57 pm  

To be honest, I can't see why people are getting quite so wound up over this. Both fairly average halfbacks IMO who have different strengths and weaknesses. In the long term, we need to be looking at better if we're serious about aiming for top 4 finishes.

Potter will have devised a gameplan and will pick the players he believes are suited to that plan.

Re: No Briggs : Fri Jun 10, 2011 4:02 pm  

i must have missed the games where briggs became a dead cert and i think potter is doing is job in protecting him defensively. If briggs plays and has another defensive shocker he would have to be dropped again and this would be even more damaging to his confidence.

I believe that briggs is a long term option, but he has missed the MOST important aspect for any young, slight player making the step up- PRE SEASON. if we come out of this year with briggs bigger and knowing the plays with some game experience, it sets us up well with a young half back who could have a bright future. If we throw him to the wolves, we could jeopordise this future.

One final note, im pretty sure lomax and gaskill were drip fed initially until they proved they had the all round game to handle the step up and this was as a result of injuries.

Re: No Briggs : Fri Jun 10, 2011 4:24 pm  

I'm hoping you're all wrong and it will be BK at 6 and BJ at 7....we will see though