Re: Dec Patton has left the building : Sun Jan 10, 2021 12:03 pm  

sally cinnamon wrote:

There are different types of halfback. Bobbie Goulding was not quick, neither was Paul Deacon. Sean Long was express pace early in his career but after a serious injury he lost a yard, but still was a good player.

Briers pace declined as he got into his 30s, you didn't see him take interceptions and run the length of the field like he did in his younger day, and he didn't take on the line and step through as much as he did in his younger days, but he was a much better all round player.

And one of the greatest ever, Ricky Stuart, was not express pace, but could run a game with his boot.

Richie Myler was probably faster than any of them.

I am talking about a short burst of pace from standing start. Just enough to prevent getting flattened and wrong foot the big boys.
So if the team did a shuttle run exercise they would be near best in the team. I would suggest that Briers off the mark was very very quick.

Re: Dec Patton has left the building : Sun Jan 10, 2021 3:04 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

Well I can think myself on the planet Mars now, faster than the speed of light...
I’m not sure that makes me a better astronaut though.

Mars is over 92 million miles away, about as close as you were to seeing my point.

Re: Dec Patton has left the building : Mon Jan 11, 2021 12:24 pm  

Good luck to him. Wire through and through but was simply never good enough and never taken his chances.

Wouldn't be suprised to see him sign for Leigh/Widnes.

Re: Dec Patton has left the building : Mon Jan 11, 2021 8:45 pm  

lefty goldblatt wrote:

Patton.
Never really "kicked on" since his GF try in 2016.
Tried his best, but lack of talent (for where a leading SL club's half back needs to be) has been evident for a while.
Hope it goes well for the lad in the future

The voice of reason as usual Lefty. I think you have summed him up perfectly there. Application, desire, work rate etc can't be questioned but the ability in a top side. Not quite there. He will go on and do well at another side in SL or maybe like a Bradford. Good to see the Wire fans not giving him pelters and recognizing when a player has tried his best.

Re: Dec Patton has left the building : Tue Jan 12, 2021 12:23 pm  

sally cinnamon wrote:

There are different types of halfback. Bobbie Goulding was not quick, neither was Paul Deacon. Sean Long was express pace early in his career but after a serious injury he lost a yard, but still was a good player.

Briers pace declined as he got into his 30s, you didn't see him take interceptions and run the length of the field like he did in his younger day, and he didn't take on the line and step through as much as he did in his younger days, but he was a much better all round player.

And one of the greatest ever, Ricky Stuart, was not express pace, but could run a game with his boot.

Richie Myler was probably faster than any of them.

Agree, and it depends what sort of role you want them to play in the team as well. There have been some underrated stand-offs who are excellent at tackling and reading the game from a defensive perspective. Jeff Robson (played for Parramatta then Cronulla around 2012-15) is an obvious recent example, didn't get many plaudits, but an essential player in a pretty poor side.

Re: Dec Patton has left the building : Mon Jan 18, 2021 4:02 pm  

Heard off a loyal fan from Salford that he as signed for them on a short term contract.

Re: Dec Patton has left the building : Mon Jan 18, 2021 8:03 pm  

Ashton Bears wrote:

Heard off a loyal fan from Salford that he as signed for them on a short term contract.

Signed a 1 year deal with them, all the best to him. Salford said they were looking for a hooker so could be playing him there, i still think some of his best most consistant games were at hooker so i'm interested to see how he gets on

Re: Dec Patton has left the building : Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:27 pm  

Good luck to the lad,but to be fair he was the only man I know who started at the bottom and went down.

Re: Dec Patton has left the building : Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:52 pm  

That's very harsh. He played regularly for one of the top teams in Super League for several years. He is not what we need (or needed) to reach the Holy Grail, but to say he started at the bottom and got worse is not fair.

Re: Dec Patton has left the building : Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:58 pm  

jackflash wrote:

Good luck to the lad,but to be fair he was the only man I know who started at the bottom and went down.

A snappy line but total rubbish.