: Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:48 am  

major black wrote:

NEVER!!!!!!!!!

I am over it but the fact remains that we let one of the best young british FBs in the game go for a few quid over a make shift FB with dodgy knees. as much i like motu .

No we didn't, hence why he hasn't been a regular international, ergo, he isn't the required standard.

: Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:03 am  

Kosh wrote:

Much as I like Briscoe, he isn't quite as good as many claim.

Tony isn't a makeshift FB. He's played there regularly throughout his career. He's actually more of a makeshift hooker, a position many seem to think is his 'proper' one.

And he didn't have dodgy knees at the time IIRC. Although granted that does seem to be the case now.

Briscoe is a top quality full-back IMO and certainly in line for the England full-back spot and is every bit as good as most think.

I also like Motu as a full-back, but it was his ability to offer quality to a number of positions that i liked most about him, not as an out and out full-back.

Also did he not spend pretty much a full season injured when at Cas, prior to him signing for Hull??

: Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:15 am  

Gordon Gekko wrote:

Also did he not spend pretty much a full season injured when at Cas, prior to him signing for Hull??

No. He signed mid-season, played a fair few games (mostly at centre) and then missed the last half-dozen or so IIRC.

: Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:22 am  

carl_spackler wrote:

No. He signed mid-season, played a fair few games (mostly at centre) and then missed the last half-dozen or so IIRC.

Fair enough. I knew he had spent some time injured prior to him signing for Hull, any idea what his injury was??

: Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:37 am  

Gordon Gekko wrote:

Fair enough. I knew he had spent some time injured prior to him signing for Hull, any idea what his injury was??

I think it was his knee back then as well.

But TBH, can you name a signing we've made in recent years who hadn't had an injury of some sort prior to joining? It goes with the territory of a full-contact game.