Joined: Apr 29 2004 Posts: 14082 Location: The Sunniest City in the World
not Fitzgibbon please! He is my most overated NRL player of all time! Never makes a break, never offloads and always 2nd or 3rd in a tackle which makes his stats look good. He can kick and is a workhorse, leave him be!
Two big props, a big winger, a fast centre and an offloading 2nd row and we will be up there.
WEST COAST PIRATES NRL expansion? Sometime soon, maybe......
Joined: Aug 24 2005 Posts: 15807 Location: East Hull
ash4hullfc wrote:1. Scott Murrell at full back. 2. Only two half backs? 3. Front row not good enough. 4. Kirk Yeaman. 5. Keith Senior. 6. Craig Fitzgibbon. 7. Get rid of Gannon, Ford and Morton but not O'Neill, Gallagher and Ward?
Remember a few people chuckling at the Cooke rumours!
Now the King is home, you've gotta believe that anything is possible for the club over the next few years.
Just wish the shop wasn't always sold out of the letters C, O, K and E though - dying to get the messiah's name on my shirt! Hope that helps!
"The Mail understands..." NOTHING!
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Joined: Oct 16 2006 Posts: 5245 Location: Super League
Full Backs
Ben Cockayne
A.N. Other (Hardman or Hodgson if he becomes available)
Wingers
Jon Steel
Andreas Bauer or Byron Ford
+ 1 big and fast winger
Centres
Jon Goddard
Luke Dyer
2 new centres (Ryan Atkins if he becomes available via Wakefield relegation and Yeaman, dependant on contract situation)
Halves
Paul Cooke
James Webster
Scott Murrell
Hookers
Ben Fisher
Mark Lennon
Props
Michael Vella
David Tangata-Toa
Makali Aizue
2 big props (Korkidas would be one if Salford relegated imo)
2nd row
Jason Netherton
Mark O'Neill
2 second rows (a line breaker in the mould of Manu of Hull and maybe an aussie similar in style to Glenn Morrison from Bradford)
Loose
Chris Chester
Stanley Gene
+ Dave Wilson. If Tandy goes well he could well be retained instead of macca or tangles who are both off contract. Unfortunate to be released would be Gannon, Ward and Morrison inparticular but to move on you may have to upset some people. Personally id keep o'neill but i think he could be released to free up a quota spot.
Joined: Sep 21 2005 Posts: 737 Location: Howden, East Yorkshire
People say we need blockbusting this, blockbusting that but to be honest, we don't!
Our forwards may not have broken the line but they always make yards over the advantage line.
They have set the platform so far this season to notch the points but our finishing has been under par.
IMO with two big three-quarters like Yeaman and Senior we would finish out wide more often. If you actually watch our games, notice how often we take the ball on our 20 metre line and make their 20 by tackle 4!
We play a territorial game rather than chance our arm like Leeds or St Helens. The only thing we lack is power in the centres.
And in comment about Fitzgibbon, he's continually performed in the NRL and at International level. Overrated??? Well tell that to the Aussie coaches who continued to pick him time after time. Don't tell me it was for his kicking when Andrew Johns was on the park.
Netherton or Fitzgibbon??? I know which one i'd pick and it's not because i think Netherton is poor, it's because of the talent Fitzgibbon has.
It's like saying Iestyn Harris is rubbish, well, he's not! Look at him play, he's in Super League and at the top end. Iestyn may not have performed for GB but he's far from rubbish or overrated.
Joined: Oct 15 2003 Posts: 53839 Location: North Yorkshire
Next Best Thing wrote:People say we need blockbusting this, blockbusting that but to be honest, we don't!
Our forwards may not have broken the line but they always make yards over the advantage line. They have set the platform so far this season to notch the points but our finishing has been under par.
IMO with two big three-quarters like Yeaman and Senior we would finish out wide more often. If you actually watch our games, notice how often we take the ball on our 20 metre line and make their 20 by tackle 4! We play a territorial game rather than chance our arm like Leeds or St Helens. The only thing we lack is power in the centres.
And in comment about Fitzgibbon, he's continually performed in the NRL and at International level. Overrated??? Well tell that to the Aussie coaches who continued to pick him time after time. Don't tell me it was for his kicking when Andrew Johns was on the park.
Netherton or Fitzgibbon??? I know which one i'd pick and it's not because i think Netherton is poor, it's because of the talent Fitzgibbon has.
It's like saying Iestyn Harris is rubbish, well, he's not! Look at him play, he's in Super League and at the top end. Iestyn may not have performed for GB but he's far from rubbish or overrated.
Fitzgibbon was a super player, however he is nowhere near the player he used to be. 3 years past his best.
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