Quote: Cherry_Warrior "Being deadly serious here Biff I really wouldn't swap Burgess and Manfredi for Hall and Briscoe. Hall for me has been brilliant but his pace these days in non existent. I agree that his defence is invaluable and is probably the best in the comp for it as a winger but he is only dangerous 4 or 5 yards out these days, a bit like Joel Monaghan. Briscoe is decent enough, I think he was better at Hull though. He is prone to the odd break but i don't think he does it any better than Burgess or Manfredi who can both make breaks, both fast, both strong and can both defend.
I really wouldn't swap them, and that isn't being blinkered. If there were some players i would have out of the leeds squad the 2 wingers wouldn't be there. It would be Hardaker, Watkins, Cuthbertson, Garbutt and S.Ward'"
Hall never really had serious pace to be honest if comparing him with most speedsters, his game is, and always has been more power based and that has increased down the years to the point now where he is like an extra forward.The work he does getting us away from our own line at times and giving the forwards a breather is invalubale.Its dirty work and not very pretty on the eye so will probably go unnoticed for the majority of the time but it is a big facet of the way we play.
All a matter of opinions anyway Cherry, like i say i wouldn't swap our 2 either but do appreciate that Manfredi and Burgess are top class in their own right.
