Maybe not on the Slater scale but Briscoe is not exactly slow, when he does get away he can motor and its not like having a winger playing full back i.e. Richards/Hicks.

Mathers I wont disagree has had a pretty decent year but for England I dont think we'll find someone safer than Shaun that still possess some speed.

As for Wellens' two try saving tackles, maybe try taking note of the week after week try saving tackles Brisk does, practically won Rovers numerous games by his tackling tenacity and yes more often than not one on one tackles.

Long term I think we will be looking at Owen however he's plenty to learn and would have been brilliant to have him in the train on squad just for the experience of learning from other full backs.

Only other player I'd like to see there would be Sykes who impressed early on in the season playing there.

Jordan Tansey

Just on Lee Smith....

I have never seen a so unbelievably poor player who get so many wraps like he is a good player.

What does he actually have that makes people think he is good?

Did any of you watch the World Cup? He wasn't average. He wasn't bad. He was a disaster!

He's not a full back IMO he's a winger that can mature into a centre. But Bluey knows more than me and I'm sure his new coach will utilise him however he see's best too.

Making him run out the fake blood capsules hopefully. He's a dud player.

Nick hkr - Smith is a full back not a winger. He played on the wing for Leeds because that was where he could get a game. He's a full back and could have been a good British one. Now we'll never know.

No way - Briscoe can do everything to the same level Wellens can, + he's more useful in attack, Briscoe's better overall IMO.

now that lee smith has made himself availiable he has to be the first name on the team sheet...litterally

Hate to say this but League Freak is right about Smith, very overated his whole career is living off the back of his MOM performance from the grand final last year, apart from that he has never played like that before...............................its amazing wha those T5's can do in one off games!!!!!!

do you mean excluding the hat-trick he scored in his one and only full game.

pretty sure you are'nt allowed to type that...

lol, you mean to say that you're shocking that 1 year after the MOM in the biggest club game (of the year) is still remembered?
as for overrated career, a year & 6months ago no one (bar some leeds fans) thought he was any good, even TS didn't seem all that impressed with him, spent plenty of time coming in & out of the team.

He did well in the GF last year, he's average but he's a better bet than Briscoe.

Please not Briscoe. His defence and return game isn't good enough. I'd gamble on someone like Blaymire ahead of him.