: Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:57 am  

Hutchie wrote:

Funny how Briscoes mistake has not been picked up on

He more than makes up for his errors. Can the same be said for Mark?

[Roland_R]

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:59 am  

Hutchie wrote:

Funny how Briscoes mistake has not been picked up on

I never said Briscoe was perfect though did i He made a fair few mistakes.. But has still shone in previous performances and been a lot more consistent.

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:02 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

If it had been Raynor people would be saying fair play to him for trying to keep the ball alive.

theres plenty of pissing and moaning about raynors offloads

[Kosh]

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:06 pm  

1865 wrote:

I dont need to try it i have done plenty of time in the past... Im just saying his performances upto now dont warrant a first team posistion.. Soon as raynors back he'll be the first one out of him and Briscoe i would drop.

Im not saying he's a sh4t player... im just saying he's playing sh5t! I know what he's capable of....

I just feel the team dont have any confidence within him other wise he'd be getting a sh4t load more ball time.

I've seen him play twice. He had a good game against Celtic and a not so good game last night. He's scored one less try than Briscoe with far less service. Defensively there's not much between them - in fact Calderwood is slightly ahead.

The amount of ball he's getting has feck all to do with confidence. Our right wingers NEVER get any ball and his centre isn't one. Having said that, reviewing the game this morning you can see signs of us trying to bring him into play more often - it's just not coming off yet.

When Raynor's back it will be an interesting dilemma for Agar and I don't think it's as clear-cut as you seem to think.

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:21 pm  

Hutchie wrote:

Funny how Briscoes mistake has not been picked up on

sack him

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:21 pm  

He did well when he looped round and appeared on the left

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:42 pm  

Kosh wrote:

Not one of his better games tonight, but he's been fine in the other three. We don't use him properly, though - tonight he didn't get a single decent pass.

Statistics suggest he's doing OK overall.

He didn't get a single pass of any description in the second half.

Unfortunately some fans preconceptions about Calderwood were all too evident in the crowd last night. One bloke slating him as he had to stop to collect a pass in the first half due to it being a poor pass. Another in the second half slating him, after a grubber kick had been put in to the in goal area, for not diving and bending around the Hudds defender to score a try I reminded him that the rubber man from the fantastic 4 was fictional.

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:44 pm  

1865 wrote:

Whatever you say wont change my thoughts on him, poor player... he's still got a lot to prove...

In the last two games Tom Briscoe has cost us 2 tries, directly from either letting someone passed him or spilling the ball. Is he a poor player?

Calderwood has little to prove. You don't like him as a player on teh basis he once played for Leeds

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:45 pm  

Bighead wrote:

theres plenty of pissing and moaning about raynors offloads

is they

: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:48 pm  

Did fine for me and did nothing wrong, played well. There are some games where he will be outstanding im sure and score a hatfull of tries, I just hope its in games were we need it. Not all players will be able to be brilliant all the time, just hope when they aren't, they are solid as that.