An embarrassment Fitzhenry at 1/2

[Snake]

If this is the best that this coach can come up with TIME TO MOVE ON !

 

[king_sirro]

Yep. No fault of Fitzhenry, cant blame him at all. Sheens ost the plot this week. Lets hope he comes to his senses

 

[851]

If this is the best that this coach can come up with TIME TO MOVE ON !

You have my vote,where do I sign,where are all the Sheens faithfull now,after another inept selection and bench rotation.
See you late Tim,you have lost the plot.

 

[wt4lyf]

well looks like its goin to be another one of those years where we just miss out on the finals postion
surely though , look at some of the players we have we should be coming first!!!!!
congratz on tim sheens for playing players in wrongful positions…

 

[spaceman]

Fitzhenry should never have returned from ESL and Sheens should never had been extended….an extension that was negotiated on the back of beating some horribly out of form sides.......shamefull decisions

 

[ron_burgandy]

i hope lui or taumata is there next week and beau is back at fullback and fitzy just gone out of the team.

hes useless and i dont know why sheens wont drop him, he isnt the best option in any position

 

[bjm8]

Didnt step a foot wrong tonight but why the hell he is playing at half back has got me buggered.

 

[cnx_tigers]

After having John Morris play half for 20 rounds in 2009….........it's the stuff of nightmares that we now have D Fitzhenry playing 7 in 2010.

It's just unbelievable. With any other coach, you'd think it was a one off............but with Sheensy, Fizt could be there for weeks. Months even.

 

[seadoggy]

That will do me …......... I take the trouble to grab a front row seat at the local club, looking foward to an entertaining game of footy ... then my jaw drops to the floor .... I see the team list .... fitzhenry (a winger who has seen better days) playing halfback, a half back who has been promoted to steer the team around the park playing fullback, our fullback of the last two weeks who has been killing them - playing wing .......... and then endure one of the least disciplined displays I have ever seen from the tigers, bryce gibbs back to bad old days, benji ... what are you thinking - you are one of the senior players now, flick passes in your own twenty ... thank goodness for loti and rhino. And whats with the bench? Why select 4 when you are only going to use 2 for the majority of the game, and one more thing I found disconcerting, how relaxed and happy our players were at the end of the match, when the broncos lose a match you won't see a smile on the park, our boys don't seem to care, very disappointed to say the least, lets get some young guys in with nothing to lose, we are going nowhere fast.

 

[Adrian]

sabotage by using a wetblanket as a halfback

 

[innsaneink]

Been saying this for a few years now…oh well. :deadhorse:

 

[ron_burgandy]

its like sheens just likes us to suffer, we have a brilliant start to the year then an injury occurs and then its the good ol sheens shuffle where no one has a friggin clue what they are supposed to do

 

[innsaneink]

I'm sure players all over the place & out of position contributed to the poor completion rate

 

[Guest]

Sheens has found himself in the unenviable position of having Moltzen ruled out for the season and Lui and Taumata both on the sidelines. Unfortunately Lazarus played at fullback tonight and was terrible and Fitzhenry, well he's past it on the wing and he's never been a half. Really killed the Tigers attacking structure tonight. Neither Fitzy or Lazarus should be there next week if Sheens is serious about the Tigers winning.

 

[Illek]

Ever thought I'd prefer to see Morris back at half. At least he was an improvement on fitzy. Fitzy isn't 1st grade standard anymore.

 

[jadtiger]

Ever thought I'd prefer to see Morris back at half. At least he was an improvement on fitzy. Fitzy isn't 1st grade standard anymore.

He never was

 

[mattc78]

I recon Fitzy may steel the aussie number 7 jersey of JT, Sheensy being the Aussie coach and all LoL

 

[westTAHger]

Beau was going well at fullback. why move him from there.I thought there were enough wingers, who would be rotated until TNT returns.
Fitzy did play in the halves prior to 2004 season. it just appears he is not suited to it now.
have no dramas if he is on bench, just not in the halves.

 

[REHAB]

Becareful guys dont bad mouth sheens he is a protected species at our club and on this forum, u will end up on mods like myself…. i guess the moths have been wrong all this time... ROFL

 

[Gobbs]

Injuries are part and parcel of the game. Every club sustains and suffers from injuries to key personnel. However, Team selection has been the major factor, the major contributor as to why Wests have failed to reach the Finals since 2005\. And Coach Sheens is solely to blame. Yes, he isn't out there dropping the ball, missing tackles, hesitating, stagnating the attack etc. But he is the individual responsible for selecting the bone heads that do.

I was infuriated to see Fitzhenry shifted to a first receiver role this evening. A position that holds a lot of substance, control and responsibility of directing and leading the side around the field goes to a very average at best, winger. The old 'manufacture' maneuver from Coach Sheens reveals itself yet again. What a disgrace.

And as seadoggy had already eluded to, to see Beau Ryan who has been as solid as they come in the Fullback position shifted to the wing to accommodate young and inexperienced Lazarus, compiled with Fitzhenry moved into the halves, this is just Coaching maddness at its very best. Fitzhenry should not be anywhere near the starting 17, let alone Top 25\. Lazarus is way out of his comfort zone. No faulting the kid's effort, but he's not First Grade. Carrying a winger on a bench and utilising him for the last 5 mins, is firstly, complete stupidity and secondly, the waste of a valuable bench position which could go to a impact forward.

By all reports, Taumata made his comeback today for Balmain-Ryde Eastwood, and had a solid game. Taumata would be my choice for the No.7 jersey next week against Easts. With the return of Lui also, he may be a little under done and a stint in Reserve Grade might actually be a good thing, rather than throwing him back in the deep end with pressure to perform. It's time Sheens did away with his experimental ways, swallows his pride and gives Taumata the opportunity he solemnly deserves.