Re: MATTY SMITH : Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:40 pm  

The Long/Briers situation is similar to the Iestyn Harris saga a few months earlier to that.If we'd have signed Harris we'd have never been able to afford Paul Sculthorpe instead.

AJM did us a right favour there without realising it.

Re: MATTY SMITH : Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:52 am  

Tuco wrote:

The Long/Briers situation is similar to the Iestyn Harris saga a few months earlier to that.If we'd have signed Harris we'd have never been able to afford Paul Sculthorpe instead.

AJM did us a right favour there without realising it.

Who's AJM ?

: Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:30 am  

Sad to see people knock a great talented player like Lee Briers, who has served the game of rugby well! Easy also to find his faults, which I am sure he would admit, well we could list Many Saints players in the same era with their problems off the pitch as well, we could start with Long got one! There is no doubt Saints could have done with Lee's services in the last few months.

Lee Briers was treated badly by St Helens at the time and no one could blame him for leaving and he has been a loyal player for his club since. I find it difficult to understand when players leave a club or play for a rival club people can't accept their talent.

Re: : Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:45 am  

jaybs wrote:

Sad to see people knock a great talented player like Lee Briers, who has served the game of rugby well! Easy also to find his faults, which I am sure he would admit, well we could list Many Saints players in the same era with their problems off the pitch as well, we could start with Long got one! There is no doubt Saints could have done with Lee's services in the last few months.

Lee Briers was treated badly by St Helens at the time and no one could blame him for leaving and he has been a loyal player for his club since. I find it difficult to understand when players leave a club or play for a rival club people can't accept their talent.

I'm a big fan of lee Briers, always have been since he was a kid at saints. I don't think he was treated as bad as people make out, he was never keeping Goulding shirt, he was only playing while he was banned.

How many people in all honesty wouldn't pick bobbie Goulding for the final? He was our main man and IMO the best #7 in the world at the time.

Lee briers wanted to play first team, saints had Hammond and Goulding which they had paid transfer fees for. No way lee was getting a look in for few years yet.

Re: MATTY SMITH : Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:58 am  

walter bishop wrote:

Who's AJM ?

Alexander James Murphy.

Stand to be corrected but he was Warrington's director of football at the time or something like that.

Re: Re: : Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:07 am  

St pete wrote:

I'm a big fan of lee Briers, always have been since he was a kid at saints. I don't think he was treated as bad as people make out, he was never keeping Goulding shirt, he was only playing while he was banned.

Respect your opinion! but I still think he could have been treated better after playing in all those cup games.

Re: Re: : Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:11 am  

jaybs wrote:

Respect your opinion! but I still think he could have been treated better after playing in all those cup games.

It paid off as we held the challenge cup up. He knew deep down he was never going to keep his place.

It's like Gaskell now, he came in and showed form to suggest he's going to be very good player but can't get a look due to hohaia but Gaskell has stuck with us (so far) and knows times on his side.

Re: MATTY SMITH : Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:24 am  

To be fair Goulding and Lance are so far apart, that they are on different planets.

Re: MATTY SMITH : Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:39 am  

bewareshadows wrote:

To be fair Goulding and Lance are so far apart, that they are on different planets.

I'm trying to point out to the poster that every coach in rugby league would have put bobbie back in for the final. He was the heart beat of our team, our main man. It's not like he was coming back from injury and could have broke down.

I'm also saying, maybe lee should have stuck it out a little longer and maybe would have broke in to the side. He was only young kid.

Re: MATTY SMITH : Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:42 am  

SomersetSaint wrote:

Probably confirms that finch is on his way out. You'd have to say that Gaskell and smith aren't exactly inspiring signings, added to tge likes of gelling and the trogs and Wigan do seem to be going for mediocrity. Ok while the team is dull of confidence, but when the bubble bursts they will be found out.

Nice when you've GOT A BUBBLE TO BURST THOUGH!

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