Slipshenry - please drop him
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innsaneink
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@senexx said:
Which were these?
I mustve blinked
Mitch Brown to start as winger. Let's hope Fitzhenry injuries himself in a training mishap. It's the only way he won't be
picked. Agree Fulton can cover back and forwards position and should be number 17 with Moors, Fifita and Patyen joining him on the bench. I would start Dwyer in the second row
picked. Agree Fulton can cover back and forwards position and should be number 17 with Moors, Fifita and Patyen joining him on the bench. I would start Dwyer in the second row
@innsaneink said:
I laughed so hard when sterlo said that…..reminds me of that pic you made of him doing doughnuts in the
car park...lol
Fitzy was always going to feature alot this year.Sheens loves him.Imo he should be near a backline.If he
is going to be there,which he will,I see his only value is coming off th bench at dummy half.Farah dropping
back to half like he does at stages.I don't know why he's rated higher than Brown.I think Brown does a much
better job on the wing than fitzy.
TBH in all the time i've seen fitzy play.He's been very ordinary,though he did start a season very well in 07 i think
was.Apart from that well.....
@diedpretty said:
I heard this also. Isn't funny that not only us fans, but former players can also see the obvious weakness in the side. He is a liability. No other team in the NRL was interested in his services when he was returning from the UK except Wests. Tunksy went on to say that Sheens is very loyal but loyalty doesn't guarantee success or win premierships. Sheens' loyalty to Fitzhenry is sickening. Especially considering when there are players that are more deserrving on an opportunity but don't get a look in due to this favouritism. Apart from his ridiculous fixation with manufacturing players in new positions, this loyalty or favourtism is another area where Sheens lets himself down as a Coach.
I wonder if Sheens though has actually stuffed up Fitzy's development as a player.
As a fullback he might have been a good player. He is elusive at times and does have some speed. I remember one game at Leichardt when he killed them from the back. Lincoln Withers was on fire at halfback.
This year we have seen him perform pretty well from the back as well.
Maybe if he had been allowed to play in a set role in the lower grades he might have been able to perfect his game.The constant positional changes especially to positions where he is not suited (the halves) may have stopped him from becoming the best player he could be.
As a fullback he might have been a good player. He is elusive at times and does have some speed. I remember one game at Leichardt when he killed them from the back. Lincoln Withers was on fire at halfback.
This year we have seen him perform pretty well from the back as well.
Maybe if he had been allowed to play in a set role in the lower grades he might have been able to perfect his game.The constant positional changes especially to positions where he is not suited (the halves) may have stopped him from becoming the best player he could be.
No doubting that whatsoever tiger05\. Just look at Bronson Harrison & Dene Halatau for example. I'm convinced Sheens buggered up both these bloke's potential and development. Harrison and Halatau came through the ranks as devastating outside backs. He turned one into a prop and the other got whored around from second row, lock, hooker. Halatau never had the opportunity to cement a position that he could grow into. Fitzhenry came to the club from Souths as a Fullback. Bob Linder at the time utilised him as a Fullback after seeing he couldn't handle the ball playing role in the halves and struggled under pressure on the wing and had problems reading the defence playing at centre. Years later, Fitzhenry like Halatau now has that infamous label as a 'utility' and unfortunately may be able to produce a moment of brillance every so often, yet he counteracts that with displays of ineptness. It's not entirely his fault. At the end of the day, Fitzhenry doesn't asked to be selected now does he….
southerntiger
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@Gobbs said:
Wasnt it Lamb that selected Fitzy in the centres and at five-eighth initially?
Tiger_Watto
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@alex said:
Agreed. Daneils "Utility" value is a positive, but we would be better suited bring in one of the boys from 20's or NSW Cup if its for a starting position.
At some stage leading into the Finals, if we are going to continue with a 17 to cover the backs, it needs to an Impact player, a real stryke weapon. If not, we would be better suited having 2 props, 2 backrowers.
In the finals, you need some 'interchanges' and some 'impact' from the bench!!!
ron_burgandy
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im resigned to the fact that fitzy will be in the side for the remainder of the year…totally undeserving of a spot in the team just like a few others....
I think it is truly a scandal that a slow and useless player like Fitzhenry can get a start over Brown. Brown is younger, quicker, stronger. It is just disgusting. Plain disgusting that our coach plays such obvious favourites to the detriment of the team.
I can accept him at 17 but there is no way in 2010 that this slow and usless player should be starting a game. He should be playing in reserves or maybe Group 7\. We are the onlyclub in the League that would accept his talents. I don't hate the guy, I feel sorry for him. He will be ridiculed for years because Sheens has played him when he clearly is not up to it.
I don't think i have seen an outside with less attributes or talents play over 100 games. It is a joke.
I can accept him at 17 but there is no way in 2010 that this slow and usless player should be starting a game. He should be playing in reserves or maybe Group 7\. We are the onlyclub in the League that would accept his talents. I don't hate the guy, I feel sorry for him. He will be ridiculed for years because Sheens has played him when he clearly is not up to it.
I don't think i have seen an outside with less attributes or talents play over 100 games. It is a joke.
supercoach
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It can be argued that Fitzy deserves the no17 jumper but to send him out in front of a long list of players who are younger,faster,stronger,bigger seems to be absolute madness. The trouble is, we can all post stuff till the cows come home, Sheens will not change his ways. Even if TNT Moltzen and Ryan were fit he would still find a place for FItzy in the 17\. If he was a old hard headed forward I could understand where Sheens is coming from but your outside backs need speed and size and Fitzy has neither.
Sheens should bite the bullet and give Fitzy the runners job –that would solve a lot of problems
Sheens should bite the bullet and give Fitzy the runners job –that would solve a lot of problems
What's with bagging Fitzy all the time?
Was he responsible for not defusing the bomb against the Broncos that lead to the try? Considering the Brisbane player had the run on him and Daniela and Marshall offered no blocking play or support around Fitzy to pounce on any lose ball. The other 2 left Fitzy isolated against 2 Bronco players. Blame Fitzy its easy.
Did he not help in stopping a near certain try with Farah locking up the ball? That play enabled us to win the game in the end. Forgot about that play did we.
He went around in circles 2metres from his own line with 3 Bronco players converging on him. Sorry, my mistake. Sack him because he didnt make a line break and streak down the field.
The criticism of this player is pathetic from so called supporters.
A winger or utility is not the difference between winning and losing games.
Was he responsible for not defusing the bomb against the Broncos that lead to the try? Considering the Brisbane player had the run on him and Daniela and Marshall offered no blocking play or support around Fitzy to pounce on any lose ball. The other 2 left Fitzy isolated against 2 Bronco players. Blame Fitzy its easy.
Did he not help in stopping a near certain try with Farah locking up the ball? That play enabled us to win the game in the end. Forgot about that play did we.
He went around in circles 2metres from his own line with 3 Bronco players converging on him. Sorry, my mistake. Sack him because he didnt make a line break and streak down the field.
The criticism of this player is pathetic from so called supporters.
A winger or utility is not the difference between winning and losing games.
@dimitri said:
Where does Mitch Brown play again?
