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| Quote: alloywheel "Try Again!!!!'"
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| Quote: getdownmonkeyman "These legally binding contracts are tricky blighters, aren't they.'"
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| an opinion from a wakey fan and im trying to be constructive as i get no joy in your plight as i know ive had some great times when we ended up in the wrong end at warrington!
in my opinion the signing of stars as a quick fix never works unless the charecter of the star is the right one, we at wakey took ray price at 36 years ago and everyone laughed themselves wet at us, but his charecter was such that he was a positive contribution the club , then and for several years afterwards, including storming in to the dressing room when we were 18 nil down at wilderspool 2 years after he left and bollocking the forwards!
in short, take either young fringe nrl players or dont just buy on reputation, buy on character. DO THESE PEOPLE EVER GET INTERVIEWED?
er and we have 6 half backs injured but dont give lee b belle vue's phone number
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| I don't like to admit it but Briers might well be finished. I hate to admit in fact, it turns my stomach just thinking about it but based on the evidence from previous matches and at times during the match today, the little kicks or moves he tried just didn't work. It was just Pitiful and it hurt me as fan of his to see him struggle so much.
A hell of a lot of it is to do with the current confidence of the team. I hope TS can get a positive reaction out of him soon whether that involves dropping him or giving him a good telling off, because he is such a talented player on his day and it's so disappointing to see him struggle when he has been such a great servant to the club.
I could see his was disappointed with himself when he was substituted halfway through the second half and for those 5 minutes he was on the bench he had his head in has hands. He came off the bench, tried but it came to no avail.
Who knows what the future hold for him, I hope he does get the magic back soon along with the rest of the team but I fear for him being here next year I really do.
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| Has he truly been awful ALL year???
Didn't see any highlights last week but you ran Leeds close, did he have any part in that whatsoever?
Or is it more a kind of Lampard / Gerrard scenario in the sense that the player isn't problem it is the fact he can't operate with the players around him? Some actually proven to be world class (ok 1 or 2 )
Do you drop Briers straight away or change your halfback partnership and see if he shines, plus if anyone gets the best from his players surely Tony Smith does ?
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| Quote: Never Mighty Wires " It was just Pitiful and it hurt me as fan of his to see him struggle so much.
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Struggle?
Good grief.
I have many wonderful memories of Briers who has, at times, been a wonderful player. I've defended him recently, he has often been let down by other members of the team.
But you can count on one hand the number of times he's struggled in his Warrington career. He is, at best, a lazy sod who has wasted an enormous talent due to a "big fish in a small pond" mentality.
And he has to leave now if we are to salvage anything from our club.
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| Quote: just_browny "Struggle?
Good grief.
I have many wonderful memories of Briers who has, at times, been a wonderful player. I've defended him recently, he has often been let down by other members of the team.
But you can count on one hand the number of times he's struggled in his Warrington career. He is, at best, a lazy sod who has wasted an enormous talent due to a "big fish in a small pond" mentality.
And he has to leave now if we are to salvage anything from our club.'"
Yes, struggle. Throughout the match he struggled to have any influence on the match, he has struggled for any good form recently, a struggling player especially towards the twlight of their career is a worrying player me thinks.
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| I havent seen any of your games this year , apart from the televised one but i do have to say i find it confusing that you blame one player for the poor run , especially one who is held in such high regard
For alot of seasons briers has been the most dangerous thing about warrington and I for one hated him playing against us
Is it not possible and probably more likely that this is due to a confidence crisis in the whole club caused by , not only a poor start to this year but , in truth , many seasons of underacheiving.
First Cullen is to blame , now briers , where next ?
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| I havent seen any of your games this year , apart from the televised one but i do have to say i find it confusing that you blame one player for the poor run , especially one who is held in such high regard
For alot of seasons briers has been the most dangerous thing about warrington and I for one hated him playing against us
Is it not possible and probably more likely that this is due to a confidence crisis in the whole club caused by , not only a poor start to this year but , in truth , many seasons of underacheiving.
First Cullen is to blame , now briers , where next ?
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| Quote: fat ash "
For alot of seasons briers has been the most dangerous thing about warrington and I for one hated him playing against us
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Rugby League is a funny game, where things can happen/change quickly. Look at Hull FC this year compared to last. A vast improvement now they don't have the black cloud of injuries against them. Briers is an enigma, yes he as won games but he can't keep it up forever.
There comes a time when you have to move on and let someone else take his place, the problem with warrington is that fans seem to be afraid of the time when Briers leaves, fearing the worst. After all, who was it who got those dropgoals at Leeds, who used to pick us out of the gutter with a sneaky 40-20?
Fans and players seem to fear when he goes, we will not have anyone to take over, by now we should have someone aching for the chance but there isn't!Despite what people think, we won trophies before Briers came and we sure as hell will win trophies when he's gone.
As for off the field focal points, i could go on.
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| I heard a whisper Briers could be going to Widnes, not sure myself but kinda makes sense with Cullen, and Briers isn't really a TS style player.
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| The problem that Warrington have at present is not solely due to the playing staff's ability out on the pitch
IMO the club has recruited Tony Smith to change the culture of the club, They have obviously got a squad of players that are quite contented on living on "easy street" at present.
Warrington's squad looks quite good, <and they are obviously upto the salary cap levels imposed by the RL, so there's no room for further investment in the squad>
There's clearly enough talent in that squad to finish the season in a top 4 spot,.......but why do they consistantly fail to deliver each season?
I wouldn't be surprised to see the exit from the club of a certain ring leader in the not too distant future if things don't change!
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| Quote: 'Hitman' Norvern Soul "
Back to Briers, did Steve Anderson try to instigate a swap deal in 2002, Briers for Turley? I heard it at the time, but never thought much of it tbh.'"
About the same time, I remember talk of a Dunneman/Briers swap while Dunneman was at Halifax,
Ive been told by an ex player that Briers has run the dressing room at Widnes for years, if thats the case then by now the coach (be it Cullen or Lowes0 should have dealt with it.
Think it was the same season where he had the selfish 5 drop goals in a match performance which went on to cost Warrington the game
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| Wire 17- 17 Wigan
Briers was awesome
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| Quote: KiAiSiAiSuId "Has he truly been awful ALL year???
Didn't see any highlights last week but you ran Leeds close, did he have any part in that whatsoever?
Or is it more a kind of Lampard / Gerrard scenario in the sense that the player isn't problem it is the fact he can't operate with the players around him? Some actually proven to be world class (ok 1 or 2 )
Do you drop Briers straight away or change your halfback partnership and see if he shines, plus if anyone gets the best from his players surely Tony Smith does ?'"
Yeah he scored a try
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