Comparing a 21 year old player in his 2nd full season to an international Lance Todd trophy winning player is 'insulting'? Any player (including Johnstone) would be lucky to have half the career Briscoe has had.

Wakefield wouldn't be willing to do a straight swap, and Leeds wouldn't be willing to pay out as all available funds need to go towards the new south stand. We should definitely sign him for free when he's out of contract, if he keeps up his form, wouldn't be surprised if he's in the World Cup squad.

has had is true.
Briscoe looks a shadow of his former self. however hopefully a couple of trys and some confidence back and this may change. some decent service might help mind

I never really understood why we signed Briscoe in the first place, at the time we had BJB and as it stands right now, I'd rather have Ben back on the wing.

Briscoe is an upgrade on BJB. was at the time and that's been shown to be true.
remains to be seen if its just a loss of form or if injuries are catching up with him.
never thought handley was the long term answer myself mind but that's another issue

At the time Briscoe was a marginal upgrade on BJB and, in my mind, was an unnecessary expense and money that could have been put to better use.

He was in poor form for all of last season and has carried that form through to this year but it would seem that if you've had 'former glory' at Leeds that's enough to guarantee you a shirt these days.

I thought he was way better when bought, and has proved his worth since.
who wasn't poor last year?
and the fact he still gets picked is more due to the lack of alternatives than former glories

Exactly this & although i rate TJ very highly lets see him perform over a number of years first & whatever any Wakey fan says if/when the money is right he'll be off elsewhere providing he maintains his quality.

and lets hope its a few miles away. i'd have him in a heartbeat

An in form Briscoe still brings more to the than BJB, or Johnstone at the moment. If we had BJB or Johnstone in the team at the moment, that would only really mean we had one decent kick returner in the back 3. The ability to do the hard yards in the early part of the set is probably more important than scoring trys for the modern winger and they're aren't many better at that than an in form Briscoe.

He is still a great player. We just use our wingers as extra props at Leeds. We give them nothing other than speculative passes.

He would be on 10 tries plus at Cas.

Agree with this. I think Briscoe is a significant step up from BJB. As you say the beginnings of sets are so important in the modern game and having 3 good kick returners back in 2015 was a significant factor in our success in my opinion.