Quote RLIMR="RLIMR"He's poor, I've never really rated him but he's been very poor since he was shown up in the world cup in Australia. Retaining this type of player on a 3 year deal is a sign of the times to come for Bradford I'm afraid.
And alot of poor players have played at international level, in many sports.'"
They have, but the coaches obviously see something in them at the time. I'd trust Tony Smith's opinion over anyones on this board to be quite honest.
He's not a world-class player by any means, but he's versatile and can play very well. Just needs to find some consistency.
People always go on about his world-cup showing, but switch any player numerous times in a match all around the field and he won't exactly play a blinder. I'll admit he could have done better, but there were players who got 80 minutes in their favoured positions and still didn't do too much better than Sykes.
Regardless of what it may look like to outsiders, from somebody who has seen every game he has played in a Bulls shirt, it is a good signing. From an inside p.o.v, making sure you sign up home-grown talent who are SL tested and have international experience can only be a good thing.
