Sykes didn't have a great game in general play. The long pass across the line on the first tackle has still got me scratching my head!

Three immaculate touchline conversions though. Shame they were wasted in today's game.

I honesty think Sykes was no worse than some others on the pitch. Everybody is expected to have a howler now and then and I feel sorry for Sykes that he chose his last game to have it.
For the record I would have kept him another season if possible but it's apparently not to be.

Disagree. He stuck out like a sore thumb.

Announced today that Sykes has signed for us at Fev

Great signing for you if true

wakey's junior club

Good player. Had maybe one year left in Super League or two years playing at your level.

great signing for you guys
all the best paul at your new club paul

Probably not the done thing to resurrect a thread from five years ago but given this thread was about how well Sykes was playing at a relatively advanced age in 2014, thought it was worth noting that today he made his 450th career appearance, scored a try for Dewsbury and won the man of the match award, a month before his 38th birthday.

Fair play.

Paul Sykes was one player who I felt never let us down through lack of effort. People bashed him for being slow towards the end, but then a few years later we signed someone even slower!

I liked him at the time.
He clearly got older but he gave his best every time and won us enough games on his own to be remembered fondly for his time at Wakefield.

Glad he's still going round. Clearly has something to offer even if not at super league level.

Suppose his age has finally caught up to his pace?

True. There was that year where he won us I think three games on the bounce with a last minute drop goal.

Saints, HKR, then he set himself up for a drop goal but did a shimmy and went over for a try against Widnes I believe. Great games.

One of my favourite memories as a Wakefield fan was the Saints game, Danny Cowling chasing Meli down as the last hope for us, "Fatty" Lee Smith with his outstanding solo try and then finally the drop goal!