Re: More rumours : Thu Nov 15, 2012 5:38 pm  

SirStan wrote:

As good a player as Briscoe is (and he's very good), do you think it makes sense to tie up a large % of salary cap on a winger? I know you have plenty spare at present, but this may change in 2014.

Of course we want him to stay but if he goes we have Tom Lineham ready and waiting,and one more year of progress should do him good.Did exceptionally well before he got injured,and has pace to burn,certainly more than Briscoe.Plenty of work to be done but he's quality..

Re: More rumours : Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:13 pm  

Mad thought....

if briscoe does go end of next year....jamie fosters contract is up then...

hmmmmmm..
















mad thought i no lol

Re: More rumours : Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:31 pm  

SirStan wrote:

As good a player as Briscoe is (and he's very good), do you think it makes sense to tie up a large % of salary cap on a winger? I know you have plenty spare at present, but this may change in 2014.

If martin offiah played in this era, he would command a massive wedge.

Not suggesting Briscoe is the new Offiah, after all Tom can tackle

Re: More rumours : Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:46 pm  

*H*FC wrote:

Mad thought....

if briscoe does go end of next year....jamie fosters contract is up then...

hmmmmmm..
















mad thought i no lol

Foster couldn't lace Briscoe's boots.

We'll have to see how Lineham and Crookes go. I'd imagine they will look to bring in a big replacement for him.

Re: More rumours : Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:18 pm  

SirStan wrote:

As good a player as Briscoe is (and he's very good), do you think it makes sense to tie up a large % of salary cap on a winger? I know you have plenty spare at present, but this may change in 2014.

If we've got enough room for Prince and we've got O'meley and Galea retiring we've got enough to make Briscoe a good offer.

Re: More rumours : Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:22 pm  

So, you'd all rather go into ANOTHER season without a scrum-half? McGoldrick played his socks off for us every time he pulled that jersey on. We have cap money and McGoldrick would have been a stop-gap.

Regardless, there will be no world-class scrum halves coming up mid-season, there never are.

Oh and to Kosh, the only myth Standee perpetuates is the one where he was sat watching Jason Smith doing drugs in a bar.

Good one, that.

Re: More rumours : Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:24 pm  

Diogenes wrote: You mean this? http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... story.html I have criticised the club in the past for doing our business in public but don't think it will do much damage here. I believe Tom is set on going to to Oz and while his agent will listen to our offer it will only be to get his client as much money as possible out of an NRL club by telling them that we have offered £x And we have to at least match his current terms if he leaves for another SL club.

Diogenes wrote: You mean this? http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... story.html I have criticised the club in the past for doing our business in public but don't think it will do much damage here. I believe Tom is set on going to to Oz and while his agent will listen to our offer it will only be to get his client as much money as possible out of an NRL club by telling them that we have offered £x And we have to at least match his current terms if he leaves for another SL club.

Re: More rumours : Thu Nov 15, 2012 8:03 pm  

jimmyfivebellies wrote:

Of course we want him to stay but if he goes we have Tom Lineham ready and waiting,and one more year of progress should do him good.Did exceptionally well before he got injured,and has pace to burn,certainly more than Briscoe.Plenty of work to be done but he's quality..

I thought Lineham had more pace than Briscoe. I mentioned this to one of our players who said Tom Briscoe is faster, maybe Briscoe is faster than he sometimes looks

Re: More rumours : Thu Nov 15, 2012 8:05 pm  

Don't know if this has been mentioned. But with us wanting to enter into talks with Briscoe now, are we looking at paying him a fortune this year as we have lots of cap left and then reducing it in the following years

Re: More rumours : Thu Nov 15, 2012 8:26 pm  

Can't see Briscoe been fast than Lineham, perhaps over a short distance maybe? But for me Lineham looks like he has blistering pace and imo one of the fastest in the league easily. Looks very strong in the tackle too.