Gareth O'Brien was tremendous today. I've watched him progress through the under 20's and consider him to be superior to Myler but not as good as Lee Briers.. yet. Stay with us a couple more years Lee!!!

O'Brien was good, but we still miss Myler. The left hand side isn't the same attacking threat without him.

Compared to Dureau O' Brien was excellent in defence. As good a half as Dureau is, his defence is pretty woeful.

One good game from a young halfback - he's ready, give him the full responsibility now.

One bad game from a young halfback - sorry but he will NEVER be a halfback at this level, we needed to sign somebody.

Indeed.

May I add:

One good tackle from a young player - Tony Smith has really sorted out his defence, he's much better in this area than last year.

One missed tackle from a young player - Unfortunately he'll always be a target, we can't afford to have a weak defender against the top teams.

I was going to have it as 'halfback' like you, until I realised the same applies to Riley and a few others.

Good comment. Just have a look on the Saints site at the comments about Johnny Lomax at the moment.

I would imagine G'OB just followed the game plan, he didn't do as much as Lee but i would imagine Briers was the designated go to man. You don't need two halfbacks conflicting with each other 'too many cooks' and that.
Lee ran the show and G'OB did a job backing him up.