Menzies


L'Estrange
Halley

With less than 24 hours to cast your votes, this one is going to the wire (no pun intended!!!)

Amazingly Steve Menzies is the first Bull to receive the nod from every person voting so far!! Even more so amazing is that Heath L'estrange is only 2 votes behind at this stage!!!

The remaining pack is quite spread with Michael Platt currently in 3rd.

Menzies - 28
L'Estrange - 26
Platt - 8
Sykes/Halley/Lynch - 4
Nero/Worrincy - 3
Sheriffe - 2
Donaldson/Orford - 1

Remember voting ends Tuesday (tomorrow) at 12pm

Menzies
Le'strange
Lynch

Menzies
Platt
Sheriffe

It was a broken field situation in which the attacker has the advantage, and Halley took the try well.

But there's a difference between breaking tackles generally and evading tacklers in broken play. My impression was that Halley had been criticised for the former, not the latter.

Glaring errors aside IMO Sherrife offers far more as an attacking player than Halley.

Dunno if I'm allowed to contribute to the final poll but the top 3 for me were:

1. Menzies
2. L'Estrange
3. Nero

People had been criticizing him for not being able to beat a man in any situation, so in some ways he did prove them wrong. (I would like to see him breaking tackles when returning kicks though)

I can't believe how few of you are talking about Andy Lynch. The hit up he was making were immense and you were visibly a lot poorer when he was off the field in the second half.
I was a little dissapointed with him when I saw you play Leeds t'other week, but I believe he's been struggling with that leg injury.

On the Glen Hall point, its quite a common thing with Aussies. At Saints you'll always see Matt Gidley chatting to the aussies from the opposition after the whistle and they're quite often laughing. I thought hall did well for you as the game went on.

Best wishes to young Donaldson, btw.

When I made my selections, I DID comment that by leaving Lynchy out I was probably guilty of taking him for granted again.

And I tend to agree with you. And I think I probably was.

On reflection, if I was doing it again I'd have had Lynchy in the 3 not Platt. Knowing for certain now he is carrying an injury (we suspected as much but we know for defo now) makes it all the more so.

I guess it's easy to take Lynch for granted. Invariably he's one of our top players every game he plays.

Do you think he's going to get any sort of international run out this year? Club bias aside (as best you can), would you have him in your England 17?

I can't believe anyone sees this as an issue. Once the final whistle goes, shake hands and get on with your life. People react to defeats and victories in different ways at different times but why should Hall - or anyone - necessarily put on some fake "Look at me I'm filthy at losing" act just to please poseurs? I'd bet he was just as disappointed at being beaten as anyone else, and I'd say any suggestion to the contrary is just silly.


A fully fit Lynch would be automatic for any England squad for mine.