Re: Brett Ferres - no impact on the team : Wed May 24, 2017 11:35 am  

I believe ferres is carrying an injury, apparently he has not been able to train flat out for some time. Certainly looking at the half time shot of him shirtless at the magic week end game would confirm that.
The coaching staff should sort the briscoe problem out, at the moment he looks like he does not want to be on the pitch. It's not good for team morale if the team works hard to score, then poor defense negates the score.

Re: Brett Ferres - no impact on the team : Wed May 24, 2017 4:51 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

you are miles off with Briscoe. he has been a very good player for us and was a good signing. certainly an upgrade from BJB.
however a few long term injuries have all but finished him, and is now a pale shadow of his former self.

I have to disagree. Briscoe has looked good when we have gone well, but when we have struggled or the pressure has been on, he has been nowhere to be seen at best and a liability at worst. An awful dropped ball cost us the game in the play-offs 2014, Was great in 2015, poor last year and poor this.

Im not saying he is a terrible player but for a big name international coming in to the prime of his career he should have really kicked on when he signed for us but he has taken a step backwards if anything.

Re: Brett Ferres - no impact on the team : Wed May 24, 2017 6:58 pm  

I don't disagree but several long term injuries have taken there toll

Re: Brett Ferres - no impact on the team : Thu May 25, 2017 8:15 am  

He's not our least effective player, he just hasn't lived up to expectations.

Re: Brett Ferres - no impact on the team : Thu May 25, 2017 6:15 pm  

Biff Tannen wrote:

He was excellent for the last few years for Huddersfield and especially England, which proves he has something about him. Last year was a virtual write off for us and he has barely played a handful of games for us this year so far, i too am quietly confident he will come good with game time.

I agree with Biff.

And to Smokey, you couldn't be more wrong (no change there) with your 'big fish small pond' comment. Ferres has always been one of the best on the field when playing for England.

Re: Brett Ferres - no impact on the team : Thu May 25, 2017 7:51 pm  

DHM wrote:

The problem with "end of season clearouts" is there's nothing to replace what you clear out - unless you sign a load of crap from other clubs end of season clearouts.

Worked for us get off your high horse.

Just because a players doesn't work out at one club doesn't mean he won't at another - Leeds fans in particular seem to struggle with this concept.

Re: Brett Ferres - no impact on the team : Sat May 27, 2017 9:34 am  

Must agree with some others on here. If we judged players on last season we would only have kept about 3 players so to single him out is not right, especially given he had moved clubs and the situation surrounding that - you can call him out for that and fair enough but it will have taken a personal toll on him.

As for this year, he didn't get much of a pre season and then that stupid suspension so he has barely played. One thing he should take responsibility for is his weight which is disgraceful for a professional athlete, injuries or not.

When he is fit, the ground is hard and as a team we have confidence then judge him. For me it's too early and I believe he will come good.

Re: Brett Ferres - no impact on the team : Sat May 27, 2017 10:36 am  

He's actually gotten fatter since his ban, which shocked me. But for the daft penalties he's still got the tools to be one of the best in the comp. He was good against Warrington, hopefully he continues to improve

Re: Brett Ferres - no impact on the team : Sun May 28, 2017 4:52 am  

I don't understand how he can be so oveeweight. He is a decent player but should have used his 6 weeks off to get trim. Looks now like he went to an all inclusive for a few weeks

Re: Brett Ferres - no impact on the team : Sun May 28, 2017 10:19 am  

The Eagle wrote:

I don't understand how he can be so oveeweight. He is a decent player but should have used his 6 weeks off to get trim. Looks now like he went to an all inclusive for a few weeks

His outside activities would answer that.