Liam Fulton made 43 tackles in 63 miniutes of foota. The quality of his defence was what realy kept us in the match. He just keeps on ripping in 100%. When he went off it seemed to me we were just hanging on in defence. For mine he is our most valuable defender by a long way and in the top half dozen in the nrl. Man I hope his injury isnt too serious.
Fulton's Effort
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tig_prmz
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always cleaned up half breaks. when there were breaks, always the first forward to get back in the defensive line. with blair and fulton we have two very nice ball playing 2nd rowers.
Aladinsane
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Fulton has been the most consistent player week in week out for the Wests Tigers over the last 2 years…..without his wingman , Bryce Gibbs this year , he has been the Cleaner for our defense .
He combined so well with Benji close to the line , a perfect hole runner
We will lose games this year , because he won't be on field due to injury ...tough as nails though he is .
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He combined so well with Benji close to the line , a perfect hole runner
We will lose games this year , because he won't be on field due to injury ...tough as nails though he is .
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tigerbenji
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Agree 100% Fulton is firing like a Gattling Gun, he does a lot of dirty work & tries his ring off every week & when Ellis comes back i think Heino will come off the bench which is good for H
watersider
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Another great thing about his game is his lack of errors. Playing off benji and robbie would be fun but sometimes they give the ball only half a second before the defensive line. I am continually amazed at fulton's ball security in those situations.
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Great, underrated player. His percentage of completing the tackle is outstanding from last year and has been the same this year. Rarely misses and I believe was somewhere around 95% last season. For a bloke who punches well above his weight - he's bloody tough and will always dig in and do the 1%'ers. His ball playing and chiming in the backline or filling in at hooker goes unnoticed sometimes also. Definitely one of the Tigers form players this year. Well done Fults
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I don't see Fulton as a utility player.
He is a starter who needs a good pack of forwards around him. So long as you have a good set of props and some backrowers that can help work the ball out of your end he is a real good player. He will hit it up but he gets dominated at times when working it out from our end.
He is a great player though - his running game and his defensive work rate are at the top level.
I think he should retain his spot in the team when Ellis gets back and Heighno goes to the bench.
He is a starter who needs a good pack of forwards around him. So long as you have a good set of props and some backrowers that can help work the ball out of your end he is a real good player. He will hit it up but he gets dominated at times when working it out from our end.
He is a great player though - his running game and his defensive work rate are at the top level.
I think he should retain his spot in the team when Ellis gets back and Heighno goes to the bench.
innsaneink
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@Chris said:
Wonder why he didnt come out publicly about it like he did with Farah, Woods & Kilo
larrycorowa
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Love the guy. He was our best last year. Has gone from a fringe player to an essential part of one of the best packs in the NRL through sheer hard work and persistence. The harder you knock him the better he gets….gotta love that.
Fulton was the one reason Buhrer was in SOOI but it wasn't Liam. You would think Stuart would find a new adviser considering some of his selection blunders in recent years (7mins off the bench in SOO....wtf?, Jason King was another brainwave selection....he wasnt even in the top 5 NSW props at the time of selection). Key reason why tigers havent got a look in over the past few years...Stuart is an idiot.
Fulton was the one reason Buhrer was in SOOI but it wasn't Liam. You would think Stuart would find a new adviser considering some of his selection blunders in recent years (7mins off the bench in SOO....wtf?, Jason King was another brainwave selection....he wasnt even in the top 5 NSW props at the time of selection). Key reason why tigers havent got a look in over the past few years...Stuart is an idiot.
happy_tiger
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Yep he is playing well at the moment Actually he has been playing well since our bad patch last season
I wonder how many are ready to admit they owe Liam a big apology
Many were writing him off and wanted him gone
I wonder how many are ready to admit they owe Liam a big apology
Many were writing him off and wanted him gone
@happy tiger said:
Its not that simple. I could always see his worth however we often suffered from a lack of go forward and this is the worse part of his game. Against Melbourne he made 53 metres in attack. Those metres are simply not good enough if your pack is struggling with go forward.
At the moment we have a great set of props and two wingers (especially Utai) who get us going forward from the start of our sets. This means that Fulton's weakness is not really a big issue and his positives are pretty obvious.
