Re: More Rumours!! : Sat Sep 24, 2011 7:41 pm  

Thought Fitz was over rated before he played for FC but quickly changed my mind after watching him play live.... Never seen anything like his workrate and fitness levels at any age never mind at the back end of a career

Re: More Rumours!! : Sat Sep 24, 2011 8:00 pm  

Paul Hamilton wrote:

Thought Fitz was over rated before he played for FC but quickly changed my mind after watching him play live.... Never seen anything like his workrate and fitness levels at any age never mind at the back end of a career

Highest point scoring forward in the history of RL.
300 first grade games.
5 Grand Finals.
Clive Churchill Medal Winner.
19 Aussie Caps.
11 NSW appearances.

Re: More Rumours!! : Sat Sep 24, 2011 8:01 pm  

Staffs FC wrote:

No other player got near Fitzgibbon's intensity unfortunately. Had they done so our pack would have been far more effective than it was and in an ironic way Fitz would have stood out less. Good import and I'm glad he played for Hull even in the twilight of his career. To say he was overrated is plain wrong IMO, moreso a number of his colleagues who couldn't match or infact get anywhere near Fitz' intensity.

I suppose it is what you want from your forwards..Fitz was a tackling machine with fitness levels many players half his age could only dream of and a good leader...however I like forwards to break tackles and Fitz rarely did.

Re: More Rumours!! : Sat Sep 24, 2011 8:13 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

:shock:

Highest point scoring forward in the history of RL.
300 first grade games.
5 Grand Finals.
Clive Churchill Medal Winner.
19 Aussie Caps.
11 NSW appearances.

That lot tells me he was overated

Re: More Rumours!! : Sat Sep 24, 2011 8:18 pm  

wolfie wrote:

That lot tells me he was overated

I bet he was embarrassed to put it all down on his cv.

Re: More Rumours!! : Sat Sep 24, 2011 8:55 pm  

Marfa Manu wrote:

I suppose it is what you want from your forwards..Fitz was a tackling machine with fitness levels many players half his age could only dream of and a good leader...however I like forwards to break tackles and Fitz rarely did.

Maybe he didn't but he put more effort in than the others in that dept and as I said that may have been down to his instructions/tactics.. we will never know..
Still imo deserves praise for his effort when in the end this season was a team failure

Re: More Rumours!! : Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:12 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

I bet he was embarrassed to put it all down on his cv.

Not enough room on the page....

Re: More Rumours!! : Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:17 pm  

Chris28 wrote:

Not enough room on the page....

He'll probably leave the last couple of years out if he can't fit it all on.

Re: More Rumours!! : Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:25 pm  

WIZEB wrote:

:shock:

Highest point scoring forward in the history of RL.
300 first grade games.
5 Grand Finals.
Clive Churchill Medal Winner.
19 Aussie Caps.
11 NSW appearances.

I know I know maybe that was worded a LOT wrong
Always thought he was very good just not as good as all the hype from what i'd seen watching him on tv... like i said that quickly changed when i got to see him play live regularly

Re: More Rumours!! : Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:30 pm  

Paul Hamilton wrote:

I know I know maybe that was worded a LOT wrong

I wouldn't worry about it too much.

It's only a fook about on a daft forum.