Lot of hatered for paul sykes on here

did he miss all them tackles today

no he dint IMO it was your forwards that let you down today they were totaly out musceled by the Giants pack with and without the ball and we all know in this game if your pack loose the battle your backs have no chance. i read one post earlier in the week that the Bulls pack were going to muller there Giants counter parts,IMO the Giants have the best forwards in the league.

I'm yet to see much of Herbert so can't comment. But the weak link so far IMO is Ah Van, too slow for an outside back & without the defence of a Ben harris. Cas got 2 full length tries Saturday, hopefully they will target him at the weekend.

His defence does look a bit questionable. I'd like to see him put back on the wing with a decent centre - most likely Platt - on his inside to help him out with his defending.
But he's currently our top points scorer, one of the entire league's top points scorers, and so far (I think) the most accurate goal kicker in the whole league, so it's hard to seriously consider leaving him out of the side completely.

Is about as good a suggestion as you will get

Still doing nothing almost 2 months later.

Time does seem to be against Marc at the minute. I do have faith that with a strong pack creating a platform for him he should be creating a lot of chances for our backs. Without that platform he cannot create any chances.

Very poor performance today from everybody involved today.

Thing is take Herbert out and who's creating any tries? Nobody! We have zero creativity.

Having seen the shambles today we should look at playing Briggs, Southernwood and Herbert in the side as it really wouldn't be any worse and we'd at least have more options to mess it up.

Hopefully we'll go down that route next week. Herbert to loose and Briggs/southernwood in halves. Ideal game to try it.

We are going to be missing at least one senior player - Elima.
Sykes if not injured cannot be allowed near SO again.
Rayner for Ainscough would seem obvious
Donno & Bateman will have to considered as well.

Playing a stand-off in the stand-off postion? Don't be so stupid, it will never happen.

Not Halley?

ok if your all say that herbert isnt up to it who would you get instead?? plus who would you sign all together next year who do you want to see in bulls kit next season??

I expect we'll see Halley next week.

v Halifax

Royston
Ah Van
Platt
Walker
Raynor
Briggs
Southernwood
Hargreaves
Diskin
Lynch
Donaldson
Bateman
Herbert

Kopzcak
Whitehead
Burgess
L'Estrange

Leon Pryce would seem the most likely target given the strong rumours at the beginning of this season. We need a chief at 7, someone to boss the team around the field and take control (this will be the most crucial signing we make). I'd like to see us sign a tough experienced forward, preferably a Prop. We need a good quality centre who can break and tackle and is sound defensively. We'll probably be looking at signing another winger also. If we can manage to bring quality into those positions we'll be much better placed to reach the play offs. Doubt we'll manage to fill all those areas with the right calibre in one off season though. We can hope though.

Like Gleeson for example?

I'd prefer someone a little more long term. He'll do alright for a bit at Hull but I doubt it'll be long before he is shipped out like at Saints, Wire and Wigan.

Leon Pryce and an out and out experianced 7, with Briggs and Herbert as cover. Trent Waterhouse or Anthony Laffranchi to tighten up the back row. A centre with a bit of speed and class, and a winger to replace Gareth Raynor.

Outs...
Sykes, Herbert, Raynor, Sibbit, Halley, Walker

Briggs and Southernwood as cover i meant.

Short term might be all we have if this carries on.

We're in a mess but there must be a pretty good reason why he is a reject from 3 good clubs.

Gleeson? He gets involved in off field stuff which gets him into bother. Great player though.

Aha, that's why we were not interested in him. I see now.

Given your previous high morals regarding potential signings, I'm surprised you see him as the sort of player we should bring into the setup.