Fitzy blitzes fans in the proper forum

[Ryan]

Fitzhenry was ordinary last night. He had two good bomb takes and that was it.

People who are giving him credit for the hit he took from Cross and still holding onto the ball are kidding themselves. Hodgo copped that almost every time he went up to take a kick and I can't remember him ever losing it as a result of the hit. Fitz holds onto it once and everyone is creaming over him…

**He also made an incredibly rookie error as well when he fielded a kick and ran over the sideline. That's the worst things a fullback/winger could do in that position (bar handing it back to the attacking player and letting them score)**.

To be fair, he had no time at all, no space either, it was slippery as and right on the sideline, he was flying, Vuna I think it was was also flying, he saved a try there

Did you expect him to field the ball, stop within 2m of touch, evade a flying attacker and then head back infield?

I suggest you look at it again

I agree with Ink.

No I didn't expect him to evade the attacker at all. He could of just taken the ball and been tackled back into his in goal - resulting in a drop out, or he could of batted the ball dead in his in goal - again resulting in a drop out. Either of those options were both very possible and much better then giving a side a scrum 10m out from your line.

 

[Guest]

Neither of those options were possible, watch that piece of play again. He fielded the ball 10 out from the Tigers line and 2 metres in from touch while coming across on an angle at speed. Any fullback would have taken that ball across the sideline rather than give the opposite winger a free grab at it.

 

[Ryan]

He wasn't 10m out from the line at all. Either way if he was 2 metres from the sideline, why did he not just take the tackle? Look I don't hate the guy or wish him any harm like others, but it's fullback/wing 101 just not to go over the sideline in those situations.

*I think we should just agree to disagree on the play…*

 

[Guest]

He wasn't 10m out from the line at all. Either way if he was 2 metres from the sideline, why did he not just take the tackle? Look I don't hate the guy or wish him any harm like others, but it's fullback/wing 101 just not to go over the sideline in those situations.

*I think we should just agree to disagree on the play…*

Did you notice the conditions last night? How quick do you think someone can stop at pace when they collect a ball 2 metres from the sideline while running almost directly at the sideline in the rain on a slippery surface? Fitzy had absolutely no hope of stopping himself from going over the sideline given the angle he was running at. It wasn't a case of just taking the tackle, even if he did try to haul himself to a stop, he would have been bundled over the sideline given that's where all his momentum was aimed at anyway.

It was the only play he could make and fortunately it paid off.

 

[Tiger_Watto]

i want to tell sheens something

real fans who have stuck with this club through years of underperforming have the right to be critical, and if you sheens had the balls to make tough decions in your career maybe you would have more then 1 final appearence in your last 13 seasons of coaching.

Us so called fans have put up with your crap for so long i dont think you should be calling any WT fans "so called" fans. We only want a successful team to follow is that to much to ask? we only want the best suitable players picked each week, not your little pets who dont aim up week after week, you want to call us out for not being true fans because we critisise fitzhenry, who week in week out under performs, in fact i dont even know if he does under perform, maybe thats the best he can do which isnt good enough for FG.

But go ahead call out the fans for not being supportive of a mediocre player, mean while you keep turning a blind eye to glaring troubles in this club that you cant fix because you dont want to upset your mates in the team, you should be so grateful that this team is so well supported in sydney and around the country despite years of failure and calling us fans out as not being true supporters is a slap in the face and shows that you dont actually give 2 craps about the fans who are well overdue for some results on the field

WT fans arent fickle, we show up to games no matter how crap we play unlike sharks fans parra fans and panthers fans, so i think you should pull your head in especially only one week after the worst display by any team youve coached and start getting results on the field something you have failed to do year after year. so next time you call out us "so called" fans for being critical just remember your record over the last 12 years and maybe just maybe we know what we are talking about

Good To see another Thread Hijacked by Ron Burgandy…

Give the Fans a break, not everyone agree's with you Ron. This is the Wests Tigers Forum, not the Ron Red Wine Forum you peanut.
:deadhorse:

Kaiser, Kul, Chris, Geo or Willow: Do something about this idiot!

 

[Raptor]

Haha.

How pathetic. Guess I'm not a fan then, despite forking out over $300 for a membership.

News to me, thanks Tim.

if you criticize the club you aren't a fan according to the wests tigers.

So I guess I'm not a fan, and to think I've followed the Tigers for the past 35yrs only to find out now I'm not a fan..
Gee i wish I had found this out years ago I could have saved all that money I've spent over the years on Tigers merchandise, tickets to games and nights on the drink at Balmain Leagues Club..
Thanks mr sheens for showing me the errors of my ways wonder what I'm going to do with all the jerseys and flags I've got now that I obviously don't need them anymore..

 

[NZTiger]

I'm stunned over this article
, speechless. Seems Sheens will continue to have the club wrapped around his little finger?
…..

 

[innsaneink]

To be fair, he had no time at all, no space either, it was slippery as and right on the sideline, he was flying, Vuna I think it was was also flying, he saved a try there

Did you expect him to field the ball, stop within 2m of touch, evade a flying attacker and then head back infield?

I suggest you look at it again

I agree with Ink.

No I didn't expect him to evade the attacker at all. He could of just taken the ball and been tackled back into his in goal - resulting in a drop out, or he could of batted the ball dead in his in goal - again resulting in a drop out. Either of those options were both very possible and much better then giving a side a scrum 10m out from your line.

From memory he was five or ten out from our line, going directly across field to retrieve the kick, he had 2 metres from gathering the ball to change direction 90 degrees and run it ingoal, all at full pace in wet slippery conditions with a unit at full pace in his face.
He did all he could do…dont agree to disagree, several here have suggested youre wrong, admit youre wrong - like a man.

 

[Tigerdave]

Not much he could do with that kick, regardless whether you think he stuffed that one or not though, how many others did he catch?

He was pretty good given the weather, give credit where it's due, but 1 game does not make a complete turnaround on my opinion on whether he should be there or not. Let's see how he goes next game.

 

[Geo]

Good To see another Thread Hijacked by Ron Burgandy…

Give the Fans a break, not everyone agree's with you Ron. This is the Wests Tigers Forum, not the Ron Red Wine Forum you peanut.
:deadhorse:

Kaiser, Kul, Chris, Geo or Willow: Do something about this idiot!

Watto…with all due respect mate....everyone has a right to an opinion and a place to voice it no matter how idiotic, immature, self serving or just plain dumb it is....

 

[Swannie47]

Good To see another Thread Hijacked by Ron Burgandy…

Give the Fans a break, not everyone agree's with you Ron. This is the Wests Tigers Forum, not the Ron Red Wine Forum you peanut.
:deadhorse:

Kaiser, Kul, Chris, Geo or Willow: Do something about this idiot!

Watto…with all due respect mate....everyone has a right to an opinion and a place to voice it no matter how idiotic, immature, self serving or just plain dumb it is....

There's also this wonderful "Ignore" function to use on the idiots that really piss you off.

 

[Tiger_Watto]

Good To see another Thread Hijacked by Ron Burgandy…

Give the Fans a break, not everyone agree's with you Ron. This is the Wests Tigers Forum, not the Ron Red Wine Forum you peanut.
:deadhorse:

Kaiser, Kul, Chris, Geo or Willow: Do something about this idiot!

Watto…with all due respect mate....everyone has a right to an opinion and a place to voice it no matter how idiotic, immature, self serving or just plain dumb it is....

lol… I'll cope that!

 

[Ryan]

From memory he was five or ten out from our line, going directly across field to retrieve the kick, he had 2 metres from gathering the ball to change direction 90 degrees and run it ingoal, all at full pace in wet slippery conditions with a unit at full pace in his face.
He did all he could do…dont agree to disagree, several here have suggested youre wrong, admit youre wrong - like a man.

Ouch! Like a man? Really….?

As I said, I didn't expect him to evade the attacker at all. All I said is he could of taken the tackle (the was a unit right in his face after all). I didn't expect him to come to a complete stop and then turn any amount of degrees and run back in goal. And 5m and 10m is a big difference as well. I thought it was much closer to 3m to be honest. But that's just my opinion and I'm terribly sorry if you or any others don't agree.

Oh and the reason why I edited my post and added the disagree/agree line was so this thread didn't turn into a petty fight over an incident like the one which is being debated. But good job doing your best to accomplish that. I won't reply again, but I eagerly anticipate your awesome response. :master:

 

[alien]

I'm stunned over this article

Yeah it is a strange article. It's like the fWo have infiltrated the media or something. :laughing:

And no I am not saying that Fitzy had a bad game.

 

[Staks]

Good to see Fitzy still brings out the best in forumites.

Keyboards at ten paces ladies.

Carry on…

 

[innsaneink]

From memory he was five or ten out from our line, going directly across field to retrieve the kick, he had 2 metres from gathering the ball to change direction 90 degrees and run it ingoal, all at full pace in wet slippery conditions with a unit at full pace in his face.
He did all he could do…dont agree to disagree, several here have suggested youre wrong, admit youre wrong - like a man.

Ouch! Like a man? Really….?

As I said, I didn't expect him to evade the attacker at all. All I said is he could of taken the tackle (the was a unit right in his face after all). I didn't expect him to come to a complete stop and then turn any amount of degrees and run back in goal. And 5m and 10m is a big difference as well. I thought it was much closer to 3m to be honest. But that's just my opinion and I'm terribly sorry if you or any others don't agree.

Oh and the reason why I edited my post and added the disagree/agree line was so this thread didn't turn into a petty fight over an incident like the one which is being debated. But good job doing your best to accomplish that. I won't reply again, but I eagerly anticipate your awesome response. :master:

Announcing your departure is the same as conceding defeat, thank god for that as Ive done enough supporting of Fitzy in one night as ive done during his entire career with us and to be honest im worn to a frazzle and getting a throbbing pain in my temple.

You expected him to take the tackle but didnt expect him to come to a complete stop despite him motoring at full speed heading directly towards the sideline 3m away from him? Okaaaay :neutral_face:

You shouldve just looked at it again like i initially suuggested and you wouldve saved us all this pain…but no, oh no ...talk about making an omelette out of a dozen eggs!! 😛ray:

 

[ron_burgandy]

fitzy did the right thing on that play, in those conditions he was never gonna stop.

i would like to see an apology from sheens or humphreys on these comments, very unprofessional to insult the people who pay their hard earned cash to watch this team under perform constantly, just like our last month of football, it is very poor form

 

[Granto87]

At the end of the day i don't rate Fitzy but he has achieved more than any of us have in his career to have played in the nrl is a huge achievment. I do feel for him thow when tigers supporters boo him at games, i don;t want him in the team at all but i could never boo him he is trying his best. GO TIGERS

 

[stryker]

At the end of the day i don't rate Fitzy but he has achieved more than any of us have in his career to have played in the nrl is a huge achievment. I do feel for him thow when tigers supporters boo him at games, i don;t want him in the team at all but i could never boo him he is trying his best. GO TIGERS

Agree 100%….those who boo him need to wake up to themselves.

 

[ron_burgandy]

At the end of the day i don't rate Fitzy but he has achieved more than any of us have in his career to have played in the nrl is a huge achievment. I do feel for him thow when tigers supporters boo him at games, i don;t want him in the team at all but i could never boo him he is trying his best. GO TIGERS

Agree 100%….those who boo him need to wake up to themselves.

lol, maybe the delusional people need to snap into reality, we pay our money we can do what we want, if he doesnt want to be boo'd maybe he should play better and not constantly do dumb things in a game, he always seems to be one or 2 steps behind everyone else, now i know im presuming somethin here but with that last try when brown made the break and past it to daniela, im almost 100% certain fitzy would of stopped on the run and tried to cut back inside and killing the play

im just basing that on his past and his play earlier in the game where he totally dropped anchor on a play where we had newcastle out numbered on the left