That's the beaut of sport, i think Mendieka offers some value. When at FB he is always backing up breaks and very often finishes ala Mick Withers

Sheffield should just have enough to sneak this one.

Bradford Bulls v Sheffield Eagles preview - https://eaglehoop97.wordpress.com/2015/ ... ulls-away/ The 'key battle' is between the half-backs but wasn't sure who would be picked in that area of the field for Bradford so I second guessed at Gaskell (obvious!) and Addy as they both did a good job last time around!

Bradford Bulls v Sheffield Eagles preview - https://eaglehoop97.wordpress.com/2015/ ... ulls-away/ The 'key battle' is between the half-backs but wasn't sure who would be picked in that area of the field for Bradford so I second guessed at Gaskell (obvious!) and Addy as they both did a good job last time around!

I don't understand the stick that Shaw gets. I've been to 10 games this season and only seen him have 2 poor games. Add to that he is by far our best kicker, something that could make the difference between victory and defeat in some of our upcoming games.

Quote DannytheEagle="DannytheEagle"Bradford Bulls v Sheffield Eagles preview - https://eaglehoop97.wordpress.com/2015/ ... ulls-away/ The 'key battle' is between the half-backs but wasn't sure who would be picked in that area of the field for Bradford so I second guessed at Gaskell (obvious!) and Addy as they both did a good job last time around!'" Be a bit surprised if addy is at half. Sjelka has been out injured both times we've played Sheffield this yr and Mullaney missed last one too. Expect one of those to be lining up alongside gaskell at weekend.

Quote DannytheEagle="DannytheEagle"Bradford Bulls v Sheffield Eagles preview - https://eaglehoop97.wordpress.com/2015/ ... ulls-away/ The 'key battle' is between the half-backs but wasn't sure who would be picked in that area of the field for Bradford so I second guessed at Gaskell (obvious!) and Addy as they both did a good job last time around!'" Be a bit surprised if addy is at half. Sjelka has been out injured both times we've played Sheffield this yr and Mullaney missed last one too. Expect one of those to be lining up alongside gaskell at weekend.

Siejka has been asked to do a job this season (from comments Jimmy has made after matches) and that is to be the organiser, nothing too flashy, and try to pass to Gaskell in a bit of space. And he's basically done that.

I'm not too sure if he does have other skills in his locker, but Addy can do those things as well. Mullaney would seem to offer a bit more at 7 though.

I'm thinking I would want Mullaney at FB though. So that leaves us with Addy or Siejka partnering Gaskell.

I still have a feeling that Siejka could do a decent job for us. If he does see that he may be off at the end of the season then he will want to show other clubs he is worth a deal. Two "flashy" halves don't always work. Deac's was a good partner to the flashy Robbie. Mullaney is a better full back but that hamstring could go again at any minute - but nobody will ever be as safe as Sir Mumby to me.
We need a good convincing win on Sunday. Scraping through will not do my confidence any good. Saying we will perform when it matters has now arrived.

Shaw's had his problems with tackling and catching the ball on occasion, though he's far from the only one, it must be said.

Not sure he's, "by far", our best kicker though, he may be being chosen over Danny Addy but Danny is also a fine kicker and very little behind. I certainly wouldn't have any qualms if Addy were our goalkicker. He's kicked 15 in the three games he's been used and looked very competent, imo.

The kicker has to play the full 80mins though and I'm not sure that Addy is good enough to do that. I see him more as an interchange player.

Disagree on that one mate.

I accept players do, 'play to instructions', so maybe he is sometimes being told to put in 'big minutes' and then being replaced, I dunno, to be fair, but he can, and has played the full eighty on many occasions, particularly when in his 'proper' position, in the pack and at the increased pace of SL level too. With the emphasis on reducing the number of interchanges this is only likely to increase imo, since, no doubt, we'll follow the Aussies on this.

Today's t&a article confirms no Siejka for Sunday's game. What a shame.