Re: Lee Briers : Thu Oct 31, 2013 9:07 pm  

jonnythesaint wrote:

I don't see Long and Briers in the same team, myself, so I'd say no.

Exactermundo! Briers is/was brilliant but not as good as Longy.
Would he have helped us in the last few years, Plenty!!

Re: Lee Briers : Thu Oct 31, 2013 10:26 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

I disagree I think Briers has always had a touch of class about him, even in 2000 he took the aussies on with Cunningham.

I'm with you. I remember when Bobby G got his 8 match ban for taking Neil Cowie's head off. Up stepped the kid Lee Briers and he was outstanding. Especially in the game against Wigan where Tommy Martyn pulled up in the warm up and all we had was Lee Briers and we beat them off a great performance by Briers.

It's a shame Bobby returned from his ban and Lee joined Warrington. I think he'd have been a saints great in the same league as KC if he'd stayed a saints.

Re: Lee Briers : Fri Nov 01, 2013 7:15 am  

Hooper was an underrated player though. He was better in the back row than at 6, but he had an awful lot of guile and steel - when we started to lose players like him, Talau and Scully, our trophies started to dry up.

Re: Lee Briers : Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:05 am  

AndyH wrote:

I'm with you. I remember when Bobby G got his 8 match ban for taking Neil Cowie's head off. Up stepped the kid Lee Briers and he was outstanding. Especially in the game against Wigan where Tommy Martyn pulled up in the warm up and all we had was Lee Briers and we beat them off a great performance by Briers.

It's a shame Bobby returned from his ban and Lee joined Warrington. I think he'd have been a saints great in the same league as KC if he'd stayed a saints.

If he'd stayed we would probably not have picked up Longy from Widnes. I'm happy with the deal we got thanks.

Re: Lee Briers : Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:07 am  

Offside Monkey wrote:

Hooper was an underrated player though. He was better in the back row than at 6, but he had an awful lot of guile and steel - when we started to lose players like him, Talau and Scully, our trophies started to dry up.

Spot on , you always need that Steel and guile to go along with the flair in a team. Obviously it's better if you can find a player with everything like Scully but those players are few and far between.

Re: Lee Briers : Sat Nov 02, 2013 8:44 am  

No1 Saint wrote:

If he'd stayed we would probably not have picked up Longy from Widnes. I'm happy with the deal we got thanks.

Me too. Long is twice the player that Briers was/is.

Re: Lee Briers : Sat Nov 02, 2013 10:06 am  

The way Briers was treated by St Helens was a disgrace!

Re: Lee Briers : Sat Nov 02, 2013 10:59 am  

jaybs wrote:

The way Briers was treated by St Helens was a disgrace!

Do you mean by picking the best scrum half in super league before lee?

Bobbie Goulding at the time was Mr St. Helens. He was by far the best halfback in super league and arguably the best in the world at that time!

I would have done the same thing and picked Bobbie because he was our best player.

Re: Lee Briers : Sun Nov 03, 2013 7:46 pm  

St pete wrote:

Do you mean by picking the best scrum half in super league before lee?

Bobbie Goulding at the time was Mr St. Helens. He was by far the best halfback in super league and arguably the best in the world at that time!

I would have done the same thing and picked Bobbie because he was our best player.

Any team in the League would have done what Saints did. Briers was unlucky , especially not to make the travelling squad but that's life. I wish we had a player like Goulding now.

Re: Lee Briers : Sun Nov 03, 2013 7:51 pm  

jaybs wrote:

The way Briers was treated by St Helens was a disgrace!

Do you practice being a plonker or does it come naturally? Your dislike and obsession of Saints would be understandable if you were a pie eater but your worse than that, your a turncoat.

Bog off to the London board and keep the tumble-weeds company