[Bullseye]

Re: it just gets worse and worse for the bulls : Fri Jun 18, 2010 2:41 pm  

Ewwenorfolk wrote:

That really is exaggerating it a bit.

There isn't plenty of players in the championship who would do a better job than Paul Sykes. Lower wages, yes. Better, I bet theres not "plenty"

You call it exaggerating, I call it utter bollox.

Re: it just gets worse and worse for the bulls : Fri Jun 18, 2010 2:52 pm  

tvoc wrote:

And did all the ironing for the squad as well.

You haven't made that up either. I recall reading that.

Re: it just gets worse and worse for the bulls : Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:14 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

You call it exaggerating, I call it utter bollox.

Well, I won't disagree, but I thought i'd put it nicely

[Wheels]

Re: it just gets worse and worse for the bulls : Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:30 pm  

Gotcha wrote:

Bradford have let go better players than Sykes in the last couple of years. He is far from cheap, if in comparison to others in the structure, and there is plenty of players in the Championship who would do a better job for you on cheaper wages, and English too.

Absolute nonsense.

Re: it just gets worse and worse for the bulls : Fri Jun 18, 2010 4:12 pm  

Sykes is a solid player, hard hitter, can pass (abit), can kick and up until a few weeks back I thought he had a fair bit of pace.
However IMO his 'rugby brain' is well below the standard of that required by a top SL player. That game aganst NZ in the World cup was the greatest example of this, but time and time again I see him make dodgy decisions in attack and defence. For this reason he's a player that I just don't rate, I wouldn't want him anywhere near Leeds, not even for his utility value.

Re: it just gets worse and worse for the bulls : Fri Jun 18, 2010 4:16 pm  

Wheels wrote:

Absolute nonsense.

Why?

Re: it just gets worse and worse for the bulls : Fri Jun 18, 2010 4:16 pm  

Matt23 wrote:

However IMO his 'rugby brain' is well below the standard of that required by a top SL player. That game aganst NZ in the World cup was the greatest example of this,

Sykes always gets unfairly judged by his world-cup campaign. He was shifted positions constantly, its hard to keep changing positions each week never mind numerous times in a game.

Re: it just gets worse and worse for the bulls : Sat Jun 19, 2010 12:30 am  

tvoc wrote:

And apart from one notable performance in a JPT/RT Final at Central Park V St Helens in the mud and rain their first impression turned out to be fairly accurate in that regard. As DHM said though there is nothing wrong with a second row pairing where one is a tackling machine and the other is an explosive runner. Graham Eccles and Phil Cookson immediately spring to mind here.

Graham Eccles, just mentioning his name hurts ..... crunch.

Powell and Medley were a great combination....but my most abiding memories also as a younger lad were the same.

Eccles was such a small bloke too, but he, Holmes, Harrison and Smith were always my dad's favourite players. I fell for the more obvious talents of Pitchford and Atkinson.

Re: it just gets worse and worse for the bulls : Sat Jun 19, 2010 9:05 am  

G1 wrote:

Shhhhhsh. gown ups are talking. Ask your carer to play dominoes with you for half an hour and I might entertain you later,

TranslationI have been exposed as a man with more faces that a Grandfather Clock.

Re: it just gets worse and worse for the bulls : Sat Jun 19, 2010 9:29 am  

The Magic Wand wrote:

TranslationI have been exposed as a man with more faces that a Grandfather Clock.

A Grandfather clock only has one face.



Not the best analogy now is it?