Re: Chris Riley................ : Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:01 am  

sally cinnamon wrote:

Also don't forget his age too, given that we have got a generally ageing squad, players who are early 20s and have lots of SL experience are important. I would say with King leaving Riley becomes important, he could take King's place on the wing with Atkins, Bridge and Ratchford as the centres.

If Evans plays full back when Hodgson leaves and with Myler and possibly Briers, that's a nice all British back line.

Re: Chris Riley................ : Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:04 am  

Wire_85 wrote:

He hasn't let us but he was shocking at fullback for Quins that is way I was worried.

Don't see any wrong in that.

Quins were hardly a team playing with great confidence.

The point I was making is that he's never let us down at Warrington. I remember the cup final against the Giants, they peppered his in goal area with kicks and he handled everything.

Somebody mentioned he had defensive frailties but I just don't see it.

Re: Chris Riley................ : Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:15 am  

Was more to do with who we was playing don't think he could of come back into the first team in a harder game but he set up the try which won us the game hopefully he will do more of the same week on Sunday.

Re: Chris Riley................ : Mon Aug 22, 2011 11:50 am  

Have seen Riley play a couple of games at fullback with the U20s recently and originally thought he looked like he had lost a yard of two in pace. BUT the more you watch him the more you realise that he is actually turning into a good fullback who is looking for the gaps to break through rather than simply trying to burn-off the opposition. The break against Cats just showed that when he need to he can put his foot down. It would have been good for him to go the full length but in those conditions, why when you have support players?