brierley signed to be our long term full back and still learning, apparently best way to learn now is to sit in the stands and watch grix.

anyway grix will be going by the end of this season so the debate on him will finally end

then again we still talk about broughton...

So he will be the next scape goat getting in the way of Simpson?

Bloody hell, Grix starts to play again and he's been critized or complained about (not just on these forums) more than our other players this season already.

All the games we've lost without him and suddenly he's our disadvantage.

He was injured in the first game of the season when the game was still close. He has only played the last two games since then. One we won and one we lost. Inbetween this we have hardly won a game. How is Grix to blame for this. I have to serious think we have the most uneducated fans of any club. I am not saying he played well last week but he was no worse than half a dozen others. We are two thirds of the way through the season and Grix has had one poor game. For gods sake try understanding were the actual problem is and why the Giants are in the position they are.

So grix gave away a try, but Hinchcliffe and Jerry both dropped the ball on the line, leading to a score for the opposition and it doesn't lead to this hammering of a player. How many trys does Jerry give away due to poor defensive positioning? Three on the trot identical tries whilst we were leading at Cas which led to us losing the points. Because grix isn't scoring the tries it's assumed he does nothing else. Some people watch but clearly don't understand.

The point is that Brierley was doing nothing wrong apart from the odd high ball, he scored a hat trick against Wigan length of the field try against Leeds and was starting to look the part. He enters the line better for me too.

Of course there were other players who made errors but the comments are as much as to why Grix returned straight away and I can't for the life in me see how his return strengthened the side.

Let's forget this 'tosh' about finishing in the eight it ain't gonna happen we signed an exciting prospect to play full back he should learn on the field and gives us genuine pace something we are short of so why is he sat in the stands watching Grix ??

yeh think people are missing the point that in brierley we have a direct/better replacement for grix. also why play grix when he is going at the end of the season? brierley has had two games to watch now what to do and what not to do

Me and my dad said against Saints 'Watch it grix will cost us a try from a dropped high ball' and he did, no scapegoat at all, he does it all the time, that's why people keep mentioning it. Full back is not the place for someone who struggles under pressure or has the dropsies, sometimes you can visibly see his confidence drain after he makes his usual mistake. I have no idea why he is back in the side.

Don't rate him, some do, opinions are not fact, so it's pointless me telling someone else they are wrong, ill just let people have their opinions and ill stick to mine.

PA got us all excited by threatening changes, he could have warned us the changes were Brough and Ikahihifo!! When we heard Broughy was out the first thoughts were, "A perfect opportunity to play Brierley in the halves"
But alas NO, the love affair with Grix at full back to continue and put Brierley on the bench. It was obvious PA would not bring Brierley on until the game was over.
But when he came on at 55 minutes what a difference he made, up to that point we had no direction at all then Brierley took over and we started to play.
The problem with PA is that he is stubborn and will not admit when he gets it wrong, but he needs to swallow his pride and admit he got it totally wrong tonight.
I've never been part of the PA out brigade but if PA drops Brierley again this week he should be sacked on the spot for gross misconduct for not putting the best interest of the club first.
So I'll help him out with next week's team selection:

1. Connor
2. Jerry
3. Leroy
4. Wardle
5. Murphy/McIntosh
6. Brough
7. Brierley
8. Crabtree
9. Wood
10. Mason
11. Taai
12. Bruno
13. Hinchcliffe
Subs:
Rapira
Roberts (And give him more than a 15 minute cameo role)
Johnson
Leeming

What, no Ellis ? Connor at full back although he hasn't played there this year! No Grix, who is our no. one full back, even though you may be biased against him? Brierley in the halves which, I would have some sympathy with but the concensus on here is that he must be full back? No Thanks. I think you have got it wrong, now you may appreciate that PA cant please everyone on here, but he has the job and we as supporters should back him and the team through the good times and probably more importantly through the present difficult time.

RE Ollie35. You pointed out our full backs spill under a high ball, fair enough, what a shame you and your dad didnt mention his try saving tackle on the line, that would given your opinion balance instead of bias. Just saying!

We've won four games all season. Clearly The losses have all been grixs fault whilst he's been sitting on the sidelines for all but the three games he's played in.

I agree totally Jools but let's get real Grix is not the future hence the reason to play him over Brierley appears skewed when Brierley did nothing to deserve the 'axe' and Grix without scapegoating him has not done enough to warrant his recall.

The person to blame is the bloke who made the call not Scott Grix.