cannot believe people knocking mr tickle , been our best back rower by a country mile this season,what a bunch of losers. support your players not diss em ,your not hull fans in my eyes

Exactly, this one was kept fairly quiet, whose to say there are not more in the pipeline!

He was doing well until the derby, but struggled since IMO. Probably the lack of a rest though, as with Manu.

Not "dissing" Tickle, just a fact that in defence he is associated with far too many opposition tries and clean breaks. It's a serious weakness that needs addressing.

Our best second row has clearly been Manu while Mike Burnett has been very good IMO when on the field.

Thats not a bad idea!!!!

Terrible signing. Great player, great goal kicker, another back row forward wrong side of 30.

Keep thinking Hull and one day soon you may just grasp the fact we don't need players like this.

We need a scrum half who's class, we need a fullback or stand off dependant on the plans for R. Horne and we need a pacey/powerful centre.

Get a grip Hull it's not what we require, hope he can't get a visa.

I really cant see how Fitzgibbon is going to dramatically improve this team.

We needed size and speed to improve the forwards, Fitzgibbon brings neither.

A handy forward in his day, with a good injury record and a good goalkicker, just not the player we needed.

my only hope is that he has a previous so his visa will be rejected - souths gets crocker and who do we get

my shirts already for sale

Difference is our a far younger and NOT at the end of their careers as FC seem to make a habit of signing theses Aussies in the Twilight of their careers.

Not only that our overseas signings have been far superior to yours.



Missing a Dobson by any chance?? Bet you would love Newton or Galea too

even at 33-34 he's going to be better than Radders



Great recruitment policy BTW

I really despair with some fans!

Sign Crocker, one of the best ever 2nd rowers and it doesn't come off for us

So then, we sign Fitz, another one of the best EVER 2nd rowers and being offered a contract at his current Club in the Roosters, one of the best clubs in the world.....Still, it seems, not good enough for some fans!

Here's some of his stats off Wiki:
* Played in the 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 & 2004 Grand Finals (scored 3 tries & kicked 9 goals for 30 points)
* Won the Clive Churchill Medal in the 2002 Grand Final
* Played 8 games for New South Wales 2003-2005 (scored one try & kicked 16 goals for 36 points)
* Played 15 games for Australia 2002-2005 (scored 3 tries & kicked 39 goals for 90 points)
* Played 4 games for Country vs. City 2002, 2004, 2005 & 2006
* Craig Fitzgibbon is the highest point scoring forward (1482 points)
* Is the current captain of the Sydney Roosters
* Has played 239 first grade games (scored 39 tries & kicked 664 goals for 1484 Points)
* Has kicked over 600 goals for the Sydney Roosters


Still a bad signing and poor recruitment?!

I think not

The trouble is he is not a 'World class scrum half' who just happens to want to come to our club after dropping everything at their current home. He is a world class player and an ideal replacement for Crocker as you say, but until we have a 'world class' 7 playing for us, people will not be happy. The club have got to push the boat out to get someone, or else a lot of money will be lost.

Well if Fitz can't attract a World Class Scrum Half, I don't know who will

As suggested elsewhere, signing Fitzgibbon doesn't mean we aren't signing a scrum half.

Spin spin spin

You are James Rule

What about the chances we have taken int he past on [size=150YOUNG[/size players: Vaikona, David to name 2

Look at Sheffield, they have three overseas players UNDER 24 who would walk into our team.

Signing a 33 year old for one season is NOT GOOD planning. Hardly building for the future.

TBH i expected a grandad like this after we went for Wiki.

No matter how good they have been it's one year of OLD PLAYER.

Maybe we should sign Lomu, Farrell, Wilkinson, Robinson, Edwards ?

Now i do dispair with some fans

Exactly, in fact probably the opposite. He will attract interest.

I agree 100%. I think Fitzgibbon is a quality signing and an excellent replacement for Crocker.

Worked OK with Stephen Kearney.

He's 31 mate.

He gets here for SL in Feb 2010.

In June 2010 he's 33.

SPIN SPIN SPIN

well steve menzies is doing alright at present for bulls its a good signing really and im sure the youngsters will look up to him like they have for berro

6 of our players who played today are under 24, and a potentially big part of the future of our club. We have Berrigan as the only stand-out influential and experienced role-model at the club for these youngsters, surely signing Fitz will give our youngsters something that will be highly beneficial?

As people have said, just cos Fitz is coming it doesn't mean others cant!

hmmm those stories about Berro fill me with confidence...........

Why is it the first we hear about it is on SKY during a game that most fans are at?