Well said Ferdy....it is always easier to blame the scapegoat. That seems to be Briscoe's fate at the moment. I still believe he is an improvement on BJB not least on (generally) bringing the ball back into play....maybe not enough to result in the no doubt bigger salary cap impact (replacing BJB on the wing really should not have been such a priority - I think most agreed on that).....but he IS here now and the club/coaching staff need to learn how to get the best out of him AND Watkins by coming up with some bluddy effective solutions in training on various attacking strategies.

.......and let's not forget signing Buderus should not have been a perceived priority signing whilst Diskin resided at the club........and look how well that signing turned out (in most people's opinions except G1 of course )

The problems are not just in the squad.

I always think new signings need a years grace to settle into team patterns etc.Briscoe is no different.Signings that spring to mind (in previous years) who were slightly disappointing in their first season were McKenna,Scott Donald,Delaney,all these improved and did the club great credit.Jamie Mathiou never improved on his first season; I am slightly worried with Mitch Achurch who is about to enter his 3rd season,next year.Hope he is not another Jamie Mathiou.Although players like ET and Marcus Bai seemed to hit the ground running.

I personally think Achurch has improved from last year. I think the biggest issues are he seems to be a confidence sort of player needs to get on a bit of a roll. Early season playing second row thought he looked promising but a few injuries and a return to either bench warming or prop, which he doesn't do very well has not helped him

Delaney came good after everyone realised he wasn't really much cop as a centre.

Makes you wonder how he got a gig in the NRL at centre?