Ryan Brierley had a successful spell with Leigh in a league where most teams were being rolled up field by Leigh's middle, he had a field day out the back with all the tired defences and gaps created by his fellow players. One thing is certain the lad has pace & can finish as good as anyone in the game.

The problem he has is he thought he was dong it all himself and what fellow players know is he has issues with is being able to control a game from HB, he doesn't like collision, he is too scared, he passes too far away from the line getting his centre/back rower hammered and is easy to defend against because he is so predictable. His defence is awful at best with his constant "jumping" out of the line leaves his teammates vulnerable.

Ryan is a very selfish player (not always a bad thing) and believes his own hype too much and therefore is not a well liked player, I know he doesn't get on with Brough for a start and a lot of Leigh players were glad to see the back of him, he would have been dropped last year if he hadn't of been so close to Rowley & this in itself caused a lot of internal problems with his team mates.
Im led to believe Beaumont tried to offload him on numerous occasions specifically after Salford away last year in the middle 8's.

Drinkwater & Brierley are completely different in style and shouldn't be compared, if you want a game managing with a vocal HB calling the shots and kicking teams to death then Drinkwater is your man, if you want an out an out speedster to finish a break/offload created by someone else then Brierley is your man.

Huddersfield fans watch him closely and tell me if any of the above is incorrect.

You really have to wonder why Leigh tried so hard to keep him, Him being so poor in general. No doubt that was just a story put out to fool everyone. and would you believe he doesn't get on with Brough, Well nobody in Rugby league get's on with brough, didn't you know that.

The one thing you are right about is, he is excellent at backing up, and has the pace to finish, making him pretty superfluous at the Giants.

Yet Beaumont was very vocal in telling everyone he wasn't for sale when several SL teams came sniffing and turned down advances. Odd.
It's the way of the world- a player announces he's leaving and all of a sudden he's not as good as he was a week ago.



I can't say I've seen a selfish side to him. He's played 15 games, scored 7 tries and has 6 try assists.


As for drinkwater- we already have a better version of him....

In the right team Ryan could/will be devastating , but it requires a more open style of play , but even without that he is IMO a SL standard player , look forward to seeing him at the LSV

Don't forget that Ryan has been involved with a circus the last couple of years, a circus who's big top fell flat around this time last year


With a more professional approach, he could become a top notch player, however he has shown glimpses already of what he's capable of, it's just a case of nurturing that talent properly now.

Nothing ' clownish ' about us scaring Leeds in the cup and running away with the Championship in 2014 , nor us beating Salford,Wakey and putting the wind up Wire last year , yes we faded unsurprisingly due to various reasons including Ryan and several others playing with injuries needing ops at the end , but 1st score in the 2 nd half against HKR and it could have all been different

This year has been interesting to say the least , but with a settled team now we are starting to show some form , not forgetting Ryan himself has heavily contributed to this years entertainment

Looking forward to game 5

Circus





what Circus?I haven't seen him in Blackpool .

HKR win at Salford.
Salford go to Leeds next week.
Salford must be faves to be one of the two teams of the MPG now.

salford v giants for the mpg ?

lose that and i will be watching mcgillvary and cudjoe play for wigan on sky sports next season

Not necessarily, still all in the balance, Leythers have to go to HKR next weekend. Then throw in the possibility of shock result from one of the other championship teams

FWIW HKR commentators last night were predicting a Leyth vs Salford MPG.

up to 3rd now for giants

fev gave leigh a good run for their money today!