OFFICIAL Liam Fulton [Discussion]

Liam reminded me of Junior Pearce! That is the biggest complment i can give someone!!! This kid is awesome!!!! And for anyone goin on about size…...Liam plays well above his weight,and Junior was five ten and about ninety kegs!!! Its not their size, but the size of their ticker!!! Like Junior, Liam has a HUGE ticker!
 
He needs to be in the starting side in 2012\. Does so much work cleaning up in defence. He is everywhere. Will not have impact off the bench.
 
If Fulton is not the form second rower of the comp then i dont know who is, i would have liked to see him at least get a selection in the train on squad. Your thoughts.
 
@bp tiger said:
If Fulton is not the form second rower of the comp then i dont know who is, i would have liked to see him at least get a selection in the train on squad. Your thoughts.
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Yeah totally agree I wouldn't put him in my final 23 but he would of been in my train on squad
I just hope he can continue this form in 2012 and beyond
 
Not too sure whether the form will continue next year. With the addition of Blair, all of the 3 back-rowers will have their minutes cut and Fulton is an 80-minute player.
 
Fulton was defenitely sensation :blah & like our two stars in the team, we don't in anywhere nearly as many games without him … BUT Two very uncharacteristic errors ended up being crucial. He dropped the ball for the Warriors to scoop up on their 1st try... And then 12m out on the 1st tackle. OTHERWISE the Big guy has surprised since returning form the UK he has a good rounded game (defense & attack).
 
To my mind Sheens has to pick either Fulton or Heighington in the side for 2012 and leave the other player out of the 17.

I believe that size has become such a factor that we carn't carry 2 players that size into the game when we can have a player like BMM come into the game and make an impact.

Both Fulton and Heighington have been great servants for WTs and its unfortunate but Sheens himself put the writing on the wall when he made both available to leave.

Circumstances dictated otherwise and we see them both still here but I feel that is contary to what Sheens wants and he will be looking to bulk up his bench.

BMM has to step up next year and show strong consistancy, Bell will be a hard honest toiler doing a Gibbs role and Groat will be looking to take another step to playing regular top grade.

With Reddy making an ideal bench player that leaves either Fulton or Heighington out all together with to my mind only injury allowing both to play in the same side.

Its a great problem to have and puts the pressure on them to perform week in and week out or find themselves in Reggies.

With Dwyer hopefully fit enough to come back in 2013 that will leave one of them redundant so its a great chance for them to showcase their talents to other clubs.

Maybe Heighno may still finish up at the Panthers down the track !
 
I like Heighington but all he offers is a consistent quantity of work, he doesn't dent or break the line, he doesn't physically dominate the opposition but he always takes the run and makes good total metres (but no per run). If the other backrowers increase their workload on average then Heighington won't add much for the team.

Fulton has very apparent deficiencies and his metre eating is near non existant, but he offers creativity in attack and has been able to shutdown key players in the opposition attack - if the other second rowers and the props are going forward then Fulton adds more to the team.

If Dwyer didn't get injured then they both would possibly be out of the team next season and certainly the season after.
 
@innsaneink said:
They'll both be there - somewhere
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Exactly. Injuries will happen and invariably both will be used, and they're both too good not to be used.
 
There is no way Heighington will be dropped, an given Fultons form and consistency, he won't be missing out anytime soon.

IMO Bell will be pushing for a bench spot, but won't be making the bench easily unless we get hit with injuries.

BMM size is great, but it counts for nothing against ability and experience. I'd love to see him step up, but I won't be holding my breath for a regular bench spot straight away.
 
It is good to have the depth particularly if WTs get a fair go during SOO and of course the inevitable injuries need to be covered. The experience and ability that both players bring to the team can't be discarded. Besides, I'm looking forward to when we play manly to see Heighno get his own back next time he has to tackle TREX Williams after his effort in the 4 nations.
 
With our lack of prop depth, I really think sheens might be moving a 2nd rower to the front row. Blair, Ellis or BMM.

There might be a spot for both fults and heigno.
 
IMHO Fulton should be our lock. He's a terrific defender and offers another dimension in attack. Heighington should go to the bench for mine, and play 40-50 minutes. It might increase his impact if he's coming on against tiring forwards.
 
My thought on how Sheens would play this out (especially after his comments last season in regards to both Ellis and Rhino) would be this
8 Gallaway
9 Farah
10 Woods
11 Blair
12 Ellis
13 Fulton

At first interchange Prop he brings on Rhino and puts Ellis into front row
2nd interchange he replaces other Prop and brings on either Groat or Bell .
It will keep our props fresher and they can do more damage in shorter stints and saves one replacement also
 
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