Watching the game yesterday and seeing how much possession the Bulls had, i couldn't help think...."why the hell do they play Skyes at 6 his attacking brain resembles that of a prop........................"

Don't the bulls have a young standoff with a bit of skill/desire, surely he couldn't do any worse?????

Paul Sykes would be the captain of my worst SL XIII.

They got Cain Southernwood from Trinity as part of a swap deal earlier in the season but whispers suggest he’s already causing bother off the field, pretty much the reason why Wakefield let him go.

He’s a good player but has an attitude problem, particularly for one who hasn’t even played at SL yet.

At the back end of last season he was quality at 6. He was aswell for about 7 games this year, the past few weeks though he's gone downhill and has no creativity.

Everytime i watch him play i know he is going to do something totally stupid

For every one thing he does good, he makes 5 silly mistakes

At the moment he's playing like Melanie Sykes.

Never rated him that highly to be honest.

Not a fan either.

Melanie Sykes..................more like Eric Sykes

Good at centre not in the halves though.

His decison making and tactical kicking are really poor.

He also looks like Roy Scheider from 'Jaws'

He's an enigma, at times he looks genuinely quality, even at 6. And at times he looks out of place in a SL side. Hes never been international quality though and cant believe he went to the world cup....and played!

that would be cain southernwood who spent the weekend playing halfback for england academy. If orford aint back can see him debuting next week imo.

Pardon

Ah! Eric, Oldhams finest son.

Would that be the Eric Sykes who played rugby for the RAF, or some other Eric Sykes?

Was a good player at London/Quins...we played him Full back or centre...where all he had to do was pick a gap and run hard....did a good job for us. Then we sold him, along with Mr Sheriffe and Worrincey to the Bulls and look at the stella performances they've put in since that move!! Loving it

Broncos-Quins SL record:
2001-2007 - 127 games, 41 tries about 1 try every 3 games from mainly full back, but also centre.

Bradford SL record:
2008-
67 games, 26 tries, most from centre.

Until this year, he was averaging one every other game...so unless he is setting up loads, I would think he is best played at centre or even FB.

His try scoring record is still better at Bradford though, but I suppose on average we score more tries.

He hasn't scored many (if any) at stand-off, but he has 9 assists this season so that makes up for it I suppose.

His strike rate is better from centre than it is elsewhere (was the same at Broncos)/......2 tries and 9 assists from 17 matches would point to him being better played in the position that England/GB capped him......

Trouble is that we have no-one else.

Also his defence is much less exposed when he's nearer the middle. When he defended at centre I used to despair, he took so many wrong options.

Still, at least you've got another three years to get those deficiencies out of his game.

Don't rate him one bit.

So the Bulls have signed him up for 3 years. Do you think that the new coach been consulted?

I'm fairly pleased at this.

Home-grown and can cover 3 positions to a reasonable standard.

Not been at his best the past few weeks, but he is versatile & come through our academy so is the type of player we should be tying down to a longer deal.

Not a big fan of him , and he's also a poor goal kicker.