Orford kicked well against Wigan & Cas. Sykes did in pre-season. Donno is a good kicker aswell. We have options, I think it's best to just put it down as an off night.

Not got figures to hand but over his career I don't think Orford is any kind of Deacon on goal attempts. Either Orford or Sykes may turn out to be the best but, even though I understand, why after two poor attempts, they changed yesterday, I feel we would be better served by having a regular kicker and not switching about too much.

I agree, but there aren't many kickers who are on a Deacon/Pat Richards level. Orford is good, but not great, same goes for Sykes. I think when Donaldson has sealed a starting spot at loose (maybe next year) he should get it and we can have the same kicker for a few years!

See, I think it would have. Probably not to the final result. When Warrington were 20-odd to 8, it would have made a massive psychological difference if it was 22-14, and it might have kept them fighting for longer and maybe a more respectable final score, but it's a world away when it's 22-8 instead.

At the time Orford had missed two kicks and Sykes had just scored a pretty good try and was having a good game. Also Sykes is a left footed kicker, possibly why he had a shot at goal.

I think it is important to have a reliable goal kicker though and perhaps we've been fortunate in recent years with people like HP and Deacon.

Sykes even scuffed 1 of the goal line drop outs, but if i had to choose between 1 of the 2, i'd have sykes taking over goal kicking.

It's a real shame. It would of been a different game with Bradford further infront.

I don't feel confident when Sykes is kicking but Orford mis hit two last night but he's an ok kicker never be as good a kicker as Deacs.

Not many will be as good as Deacon, we've given up that luxury, but Sykes and Orford have both been regular kickers at some point in their career. I'd let Sykes have it, as he was probably in the top 5 kickers in the league when he was at Quins, and in pre-season his boot impressed me.

Maybe we could have got 20 up at half time?

Sykes was 1st choice kicker at London wasn't he? He should be given a shot at it.

Yep. After Hull KR pre-season I was optimistic about his goal-kicking, but two bad attempts (under pressure & on the touchline) seemed to be enough to give Orford a go.