If we want to change the stand off move sykes to FB and put lee Smith in where he played for half the game against cas and some time vs wigan and did not disgrace himself. I personally think the positives outweigh the negatives of sykes game. He made a balls up of the kiick for touch kicking too high in the wind and threw a crap pass which bombed a try. But he also kicked well for goal in the wind, distributed the ball well and scored points. All players make mistakes i dont understand why we are blaming paul for the defeat. If we hadnt missed tackles, if we had wrapped up the ball rather than letting them pass the ball would it have been different who knows. Whats done is done move on and get down the ground saturday and cheer the lads on again

After 8 pages of argument to the contrary how have you managed that conclusion

Slight change of subject but as we are going in circles a bit I thought I'd throw something in.
I wondered whether Agar tried it before but I think a good option as stand off next year would be Richard Horne.
He hasn't got a lot of years left but I think he would be an excellent foil for Smith. I don't know how long he has left at Hull but I can't imagine they'll be offering him anything long term.

Just a thought but he's experienced, has a running and passing game. British and has worked with Agar before.
Only downside is recent injuries but they seem to be sorted now.

I understand what you are saying but for me he's too injury prone and he will only get worse with age. It would be a massive gamble imo.

hasnt he just signed a new 1 year deal with Hull?

Paul Sykes is not even in the top 50 for try assists, with ten other stand offs in there in front of him. Now with T Smith on eight assists, it is obvious Sykes is not unlocking defences, really hope he tries L Smith at s/o for stags game.