Re: Widnes - a real four pointer !! : Mon May 30, 2016 8:33 am  

raceman wrote:

Brierley doesn't have tonsillitis, he's been dropped for Grix,

Not sure what your supposed to look like when you have tonsillitis but Brierley was picked out by the sky cameras watching the Leigh Bradford game at the summer bash in Blacky, hard to tell really it's not like having your arm in a sling or anything noticeable.

Re: Widnes - a real four pointer !! : Mon May 30, 2016 9:38 am  

chissitt wrote:

Not sure what your supposed to look like when you have tonsillitis but Brierley was picked out by the sky cameras watching the Leigh Bradford game at the summer bash in Blacky, hard to tell really it's not like having your arm in a sling or anything noticeable.

He warmed up with the team so can't have tonsillitis this week.

He needs to be playing now we are 6pts adrift of 8th he's an X factor we badly need like Mellor yesterday for Widnes showed what a step and raw pace can do when he scored.

Time for us to accept that the best we can finish is 9th and play to get the four home games.

Re: Widnes - a real four pointer !! : Mon May 30, 2016 9:41 am  

I think we did what PA said we shouldn't.

We fell in love with ourselves after Magic.

Banning all mirrors is the way forward.

Re: Widnes - a real four pointer !! : Mon May 30, 2016 10:44 am  

Brierley did have tonsillitis, at least thats what he said on his own twitter feed straight after the cats game. Anderson made no mention of it, even eluded to the fact Grix was picked ahead of him, someones fibbing.

Agree with a few comments on here, the faster pace of Brierley would have been more suited to the Widnes pitch, what difference it would have made to a poor performance is anyones guess.

Re: Widnes - a real four pointer !! : Mon May 30, 2016 12:19 pm  

My own opinion is that being in the middle 8s may turn out to be a good thing ( if that's where we end up ) There are a few possible benefits to be had should they be used, I don't know the situ contract wise, but it used to be that if you fell out of S league they were null and void. If that's still the case then it may have the effect of concentrating the mind of one or two players, I really hope KD makes his case with the players and PA both.

Another effect could be the ( Northern Ford effect ) for want of a better expression, It certainly won't be as easy as that was but it could have a similar effect, and could get us back into some sort of order for the following season.

I only listened to the game on the Radio but it didn't sound any better than the reading on here.

The PA / Brierley thing is bemusing to say the least. Grix had a very good all round game at Newcastle, but that's what Grix does he has a good game here and there, and then some shockers, which generally contain some real blunders. The big mystery for me is why he is getting in the side, why have we acquired Brierley if we are not going to play him, he did nothing wrong that I could see. PA babbled something about the long term player, but He is an out and out proven Try scorer, What does he have to prove to PA . I suppose it could have been a very very fortunate coincidence that Grix became available exactly at the time Brierley became Ill. It all begs the question, what is the difference between Brierley and Iffy

The situation at the moment seems to be that we will be in the middle 8s or we will be making up the numbers in the top 8, Either way we should now be dropping some of our past their best players, who appear to be picked on name and concentrating on what's coming , and playing people we have presumably paid a lot of money for.

The C Cup is our best chance to get anything for Mr Davy to offset the investment he makes in the club, We have the players to do well, as we saw at Newcastle, Lets hope the Coach and the team get their act together, If not I would expect some changes for next year, We live in a world of deliver or go to the wall, League is a part of that I just hope the people at the Giants are aware of it.

Re: Widnes - a real four pointer !! : Mon May 30, 2016 5:31 pm  

jools wrote:

Wardle looks fatigued. Week after week Playing 80 minutes in the second row running at the big guys, making 30 odd tackles against the big guys is a lot different to 80 mins at centre.
Ikahihifo looked good - but some of those offload attempts were pushing too far.

maybe wardle needs to return to playing at centre...

i dont mind the ikahihifo offloads, some sections of our fans want to see entertaining rugby and other teams do it, they need to be on the same page as him though and anderson will prob coach it out of him and its not how he wants our team to play

Re: Widnes - a real four pointer !! : Mon May 30, 2016 5:49 pm  

brearley84 wrote:

maybe wardle needs to return to playing at centre...

i dont mind the ikahihifo offloads, some sections of our fans want to see entertaining rugby and other teams do it, they need to be on the same page as him though and anderson will prob coach it out of him and its not how he wants our team to play

Then somebody wants to get Anderson onto the same page.

Re: Widnes - a real four pointer !! : Mon May 30, 2016 6:25 pm  

My biggest fear is Brierley becomes the new Broughton and seeks pastures new due to lack of opportunities I know its early doors before someone shoots me down, but if Brierley had had nightmare after nightmare then id agree grix should come straight back in but hes done nowt wrong , unless you call backing up breaks and being solid under the high ball as wrong? We need to be looking to the future as it looks like the super 8s are now forlorn hope.

Re: Widnes - a real four pointer !! : Tue May 31, 2016 8:32 am  

onlyanorthernsoul wrote:

Brierley did have tonsillitis, at least thats what he said on his own twitter feed straight after the cats game. Anderson made no mention of it, even eluded to the fact Grix was picked ahead of him

Luke Robinson's column in the Examiner at the weekend clearly pointed to the fact that Brierley had been dropped for the Saints game and it wasn't because he was ill.

Re: Widnes - a real four pointer !! : Tue May 31, 2016 12:54 pm  

GiantMisterE wrote:

Luke Robinson's column in the Examiner at the weekend clearly pointed to the fact that Brierley had been dropped for the Saints game and it wasn't because he was ill.

Correct,he was fit and available for Sunday as well,he did have a bout of tonsillitis,although it didn't have any affect on selection.