i actually signed up just to say... this is disgraceful. Sykes is crap. every aspect of his game is crap. in fact if he spent as much time not being crap as he does crying to the ref, we might have an alright player.

this re-signing is exactly the below average type of player for some reason our club now seems to be accustomed to and its not good enough.

i hope you all realise that this means we won't be getting a new 6 and will either sign someone just as average or play Matt Orford again next season at 7... if hes still here.

It's not Sykes' fault he's getting played at 6, when he's clearly a centre in my opinion.

It's like Saints fans having a go at Scott Moore at the moment because he's not killing it as a scrum half.

Am I the only one who likes Sykes playing at 6?

He seems less exposed in defence, and whilst he will never be able to control a game, he certainly can have a much greater positive impact there than at centre.

Well he does seem to be less exposed in defence. I was hoping that was more down to an improvement in technique rather than him playing in a less exposed position. I guess we wouldn't know until we saw him back in the centre.

Sykes is doing a job, struggling at times but he's obviously giving it his best shot. I don't see him at SO long term, hopefully we can find someone who's a more natural halfback for that position.

Hopefully Langers, Beaver or a coach announcement next week then.



I do like him at 6, but he only seems to play well with an out and out creative 7. He was good with Deacs at the back end of last season and has been good with Orford. I don't think he can be relied upon to be the main creator in a HB partnership though.