so what is actually wrong with Briggs?

Sykes, bar his kicking, was ok today, no real complaints TBH. Finger do need pointed at Elliott "Penalty Machine" Whitehead however. How many fouls does this guy give away??? Total liability he was tonight in an otherwise decent show from the lads.

I think..... Thanks to Sky Sports I have no idea if Sykes was a kicking genius in the first half and Whitehead was as clean as Gansons whistle.

If so, sorry lads!

I was thinking about this on the way home. Found it funny that the things Herbert does well are alot of the things people used to give Deacs stick about not doing. He runs the ball well and he defends well. Things the absence of which people used to say Deacs was crap. "he just kicks the ball" etc.

We now complain that our scrum half hasn't got a top class kicking game or a long pass. Mmmm you don't realise what you had till its gone.

I agree we are missing someone to boss the team, move us around or spin the ball wide but to blame that on Herbert or to say he isn't good or doesn't bring something to the team is dead wrong. Those assists speak for themselves. He can't do everything by himself and is missing a half back with a complementary style. Having a scrum half like Herbert is no bad thing so long as you have someone else picking up the rest of it and we don't.

* cough * Briggs?

Quite.