I wonder if this lends credence to the idea that Bird was just a ruse to make it look like the Bulls were trying to spend up to the cap and be in the hunt for 'marquee' signings, when in actual fact it is just a smokescreen for more cost-cutting.

I'd be feeling short-changed if I were a Bulls fan (other than my current passing interest in them as my second club ). Ok, there is no point in signing someone for the sake of it but I'd like to think the club would be in the running if a quality player (a back in ANY position) became available...

Tbh without his magnificent goal kicking, would we still think Deacs was even worth having in the team. I would, many of you wouldn't.

Deacon's kicking was dire tonight. It takes a lot of skill mind to miss all the open spaces and find the opposition player with every kick so fair play to him.

Apart from that, his failure to back up Menzies break despite it being on his side of the pitch, virtually all the tries down his side, getting trampled repeatedly by Hock, crap pass to Jeffries while attacking the Wigan line, his bullet pass into Burgess' face, inability to keep up with fatty piggy Riddell's break, passing to one armed Newton on the sixth, being totally shown up by a 6st kid with 2 games SL experience, his cross field kick to Sheriffe, he directed the team like no-one else.

In his defence though, he did get a bang on the head last week.

Feck me, I've slept all week but turned up for work every day.

But you are not a Superleague quality scrum half.

Oh hang on...

Actually I still have delusions...

Also the forwards in the office failed to lay a platform....