Let’s not make today’s result the fault of Brierley though, there are others who are not performing too!
If Wigan have been watching Clark,they will be alarmed at the amount of possession he squanders ! Thompson too is unreliable when it comes to ball security!
I just don’t get Emmitt at Prop I really don’t and, I never have and never will! Our right edge was badly lacking today and if Sau and Higson were dropped to accommodate Forsyth and Cox that didn’t work !
Squandering possession has been our downfall all season and it continued today and that’s the main reason we struggle in close games !
I should give a big clap to Woods and Brown today for both not only giving a fine display but also playing the full eighty minutes! A fit Ridyard however, would figure before anyone else as he is a proven match winner and, might possibly converted our last try too, just as he has in the Past !
For my good friends in the North Stand you wouldn’t have seen the outrageous forward pass that York were allowed to score , oh well, I don’t want to sound like Eamon McManus !

Well in the premier club before the game today, Sau said on interview to the room he was named in today’s team but then injured his hip at thurs training, Sam Brooks was fit but not selected and Duffy said 3/4 missing injured but didn’t name anyone. Micky Higham announced his retirement after the game yesterday ( at end of season ) to the room which I think as come at the right time for Micky and the club and Brierley should not be playing Full Back b4 Gregg and at this moment in time I would have him playing on wing instead of Marsh and Higson on other wing.

Thanks for the 'inside' info Publican


Regarding Micky, he will know its time to go, no one will ever forget his elation when we qualified for Super League, his dance routine was also memorable however, the Kiss he gave to Angela Powers will also be remembered by her too

Happy retirement Micky congratulations on a fantastic career, wish you had spent more of it at Leigh though


Duffy's comments conflict with other alleged info elsewhere were, players are supposedly to have been dropped!
I'll go with Duffy's info as not to have played these players by choice, would have been foolish!!
I'd try Ryan Brierley too on the wing to see if he has any of that pace left!

I would agree about Ryan - it would seem to be just about the only option left.

We have rarely used him like Paul Rowley did - backing up breaks and short kicks. (like his try yesterday) We seem to make very few clean breaks, unlike our opponents!

Yes, Ryan surely must go on the wing instead of Marsh - let’s have a bit of pace on the outsides for a change!!

In Marsh's defence though he does drive the ball in a lot and, he makes more yards than Emmitt


Perhaps Marsh could go Prop

might as well have two props on the wing.how many times has marsh had ball in hand with clear grass in front of him 35-40 yds out.mainly it has been kick returns coming in off the touchline retaining possession or covering for returning forwards at tackle one.

For years and years, we have been clamouring for a big, fast prop!

Alan , we had one in Dave Evans,the Policeman,he was faster than Marshy.

The try of the game came from =#80BF00Browns boot and the only one reading it was the scorer =#80BF00Brierley. Who else read it?

How can you stick him on wing? Get him in the havles with Brown and stop messing about.

I do find that quite peculiar H. Possibly he isn't contracted to TWP.

I forgot about him Ian!

Well, he probably 'read' it because it was a planned move, worked on in training - and he got it from full back. Didn't he score a similar one in the Summer bash, from Woods' kick? (I think Brierley played half back that day, with Ridyard at full back - although they alternated positions)

Personally if ur not going to pick brierley at halfback when everyone is fit don't play him,he's played fullback a couple of times now and there's No way he's better than McNally

So only Brierley can read Browns plays from full back? Interesting..

What you doing up at this time

Reading a load of bull again..

I didn't say that. If you must be argumentative, please read the post carefully and then argue about what has been written, rather than what you think has been written!

Your on the wrong forum - scroll up for Bradford

Will do...

Yes I've read it again Alan. My point being, people will criticise Brierley playing at full back. But not one has said what a great try he scored. Thats the difference. I'm not being argumentative with you. Its those plays that win you games, not 5 and a kick.

That kind of try was always what Ryan was good at. That, and backing up breaks and finishing them off. We don't seem to make many clean breaks for anyone to back up, lately. Our tries often come from close range. We need to play to his strengths more than we are doing.

Or play McNally, who offers other options in attack, and has scored many a spectacular try as well

Don’t see why we are trying to fit a square peg in a round hole, when we have a round peg that is a very good fit

Ryan’s strength is finishing to do that he needs to play in the middle of the park as his try on Sunday showed, yes I know he was at FB but he doesn’t have the timing or positional skills to bring out the best in himself and his team mates (a couple of times he joined the line and passed too soon without drawing the man), that position belongs to McNally, and it’s no good sticking him on the wing, should we ever make a break up the middle or towards the opposite wing and he’d be nowhere near.

For me Ryan is a Maguire type of half back is major asset is his speed and backing up not his play making skills, the others around him need to bring him into play.

Said it before
McNally FB
Brierley, Brown in the halves
Riddy or Reynolds at loose.

I agree with Col & glow. McNally has to be at full back. There are few better in the Championship as an attacking player. He's our best attacking option, IMO. He is also very safe under the high ball, and his positional play is excellent.

I have to confess at not knowing where to play Ryan though. Half back is probably the best option, to utilise his pace and ability to be in the right place at the right time. I'm a bit worried about his pace at the moment. Apparently he suffered a hairline crack of a bone in his leg, earlier this season and I noticed he got a bang on it again on Sunday, and was limping for much of the game.