Re: Sneyd : Sat Jun 06, 2015 6:15 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

Trying to think of a player with more natural ability in the halves whilst I've been supporting FC (about 26 years, was spoilt with Mackey and Entat at the start). Been quite a few good ones in that time, obviously Brough, Cooke, Horne, Long (although not really evidence of it with us). The thing with Sneyd is his mercurial style brings mistakes and wrong options, but it's refreshing to have some unpredictable plays, exemplified by his try on Thursday.

For natural ability I'd personally look no further than Head. Phenomenal talent unfortunately balanced on knees held together with sticky tape and blu-tack.

Re: Sneyd : Sun Jun 07, 2015 12:32 am  

carl_spackler wrote:

For natural ability I'd personally look no further than Head. Phenomenal talent unfortunately balanced on knees held together with sticky tape and blu-tack.

We had 2 incredible half backs in Matt Head and Adam Dykes. Sadly, always broken. I firmly believe that had Dykes been fit at Wembley, we'd have beaten Saints in the final.

Re: Sneyd : Sun Jun 07, 2015 7:14 am  

Diablo1967 wrote:

We had 2 incredible half backs in Matt Head and Adam Dykes. Sadly, always broken. I firmly believe that had Dykes been fit at Wembley, we'd have beaten Saints in the final.

Agreed. Dykes when fit was exactly what we needed. Only played 10 games IIRC.

Re: Sneyd : Sun Jun 07, 2015 7:40 am  

Mrs Barista wrote:

Agreed. Dykes when fit was exactly what we needed. Only played 10 games IIRC.

Sixteen, exactly half the games that season. No more than five consecutive appearances. He was great in the cup games at Widnes, Bradford and of course the semi. I think he would have been the difference at Wembley that season.

Re: Sneyd : Sun Jun 07, 2015 2:16 pm  

Sneyds improvement of late is good to see. He's doing well is the lad.

For me he has to play at this level for more than half a dozen games before I think about comparisons with the better 7s who've worn the great shirt. I'd also like to see Sneydy add more of a running game to his undoubted range of skills.
But its early days really and I'm sure he'll keep on improving, and if he stays with us there's no doubt he will be on that 7s list and he'll carry a cup for us in the future.