: Sun Feb 15, 2009 5:03 pm  

Dave T wrote:

Come back when you have done a little research, and not just quoted an article from a rival coach (who is wrong)

You quote the games he played wing, and I will quote the games he played in the halves.
Do you think I just made those stats up?

Not at all but JWP seems to think he had 15 games and i agree, why would the article be wrong?

: Sun Feb 15, 2009 5:07 pm  

Latchford Wolvesfan wrote:

Most of the Briers kicks went straight to Wellens, apart from 1 little kick through i cant see any kicking game.
I also believe Monaghan would be a better player without Briers on the field and that's why i wont Briers dropped.

They didn't, honestly they didn't. In the first half, we pinned Saints down pretty well. In the second half, when it all went to pot, we had no kicking game on the back of no go forward.

I've watched the game a few times since, partially down to some of the chat on here, and in the first half I thought we kicked & in particular chased pretty well actually.

: Sun Feb 15, 2009 5:09 pm  

JWP wrote:

They didn't, honestly they didn't. In the first half, we pinned Saints down pretty well. In the second half, when it all went to pot, we had no kicking game on the back of no go forward.

I've watched the game a few times since, partially down to some of the chat on here, and in the first half I thought we kicked & in particular chased pretty well actually.

I'm going to agree to disagree for know but please watch the Briers kicking game in the next 3 games and we will have this debate again.

: Sun Feb 15, 2009 5:11 pm  

Latchford Wolvesfan wrote:

Not at all but JWP seems to think he had 15 games and i agree, why would the article be wrong?

Because I have the stats which prove otherwise, and you could too if you bothered to look.

Kear isn't a journalist, and will have just remmbered that Bridge played the last 4 games of the year on the wing.

Gaskell, Fa'afili and Appo were our wingers for the bulk of the games that year.

I willpoint out though, that these stats are just for SL regular rounds.

: Sun Feb 15, 2009 5:14 pm  

Latchford Wolvesfan wrote:

Not at all but JWP seems to think he had 15 games and i agree, why would the article be wrong?

My point was that he played circa 15 games of SL that year. I pointed out that he missed the start after signing through injury. I know he played some of that time on the wing, some in the halves. When we had Joey, he played at Hull away on the wing, setting up a try for Toa. He played a game at Wigan in the halves, scored a try kicking on a Briers kick through and diving on it.

I'd go with Dave T, he knows his stuff, and it seems about right to me.

EDIT : According to Dave T stats, he played 20 games, bit more than I thought. If you give him the sub apps as wing (?), then he played half on the wing, half in the halves pretty much, that seems about right from memory.

Wood & Briers were the halves. (Joey & Appo the odd appearance.)

: Sun Feb 15, 2009 5:19 pm  

According to the article he played 22 games.

: Sun Feb 15, 2009 5:21 pm  

Latchford Wolvesfan wrote:

According to the article he played 22 games.

I would suspect that includes playoffs and cup games.

According to the official club website he played 18 games plus 3 on the bench, so that would be the same as mine (as mine exclude the playoff against Hull).

: Sun Feb 15, 2009 5:39 pm  

Happy to help

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: Sun Feb 15, 2009 6:01 pm  

RAI of Sunshine wrote: Happy to help Spoilsport! Let him look himself!

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: Sun Feb 15, 2009 6:07 pm  

Latchford Wolvesfan wrote:

No not at centre, Cullen played him on the wing because Nat Wood and Briers were the backs and then Sullivan, until Sullivan got moved to Hooker and then Bridge took his place, he played nearly all year on the wing i think.

did he balls, he got played on the on the wing at the end of 05 as appo had been fooked off in to make room for johns, cna't remember what had had happened to gaskell whether he'd been dropped or injured at that point.