Id personally rather have to out and out hookers in my squad and one utility man tbh. We have better second choice players in all the positions you have just named.


You can't underestimate the qualities of having a two good hookers in your team.

Folded hopefully. What a flop.

Such a shame i thought it was going to be massive aswell

Second row is his best position according to nickhkr

Cant understand why we are playing a winger in a specialised hooking role?
Is it because he's a aussie on a very big contract hence play him just to justify the salary.
It's only my opinion but i have always thought him being sh*t

if anyone else went to quins away chaz played at hooker rotating with fisher and it worked very well as both are ball players and we won the game which is also a positive as before that we had never won there

Iv allways known him being sh#t hes a shocking talentless player, the worst player in our squad by far.


And he is only being played to justify the signing.

Everyone has their own opinions but tripe like this shows you know very, very little about Rugby League.

Well said, these pillocks wouldn't know a decent RL player from a ballet dancer. Probably some of the ones who quote Fletch and Mansson as 'world class' in previous threads. Fitzy is a good quality RL player, better than a lot in SL.

Correct me if i'm wrong but terry Newton is ooc at end of year i think, might only be a stop gap cos he's gettin on a bit but could do a job, still a nasty tw#t and a very good hooker. Just a thought

There may be a somewhat over reaction to our recent loss .

Fitzy may well have been moved infield to add some zip to the attack.

Our current league standing does indicate that we are doing some things well to say the least , though of course the true indication will be at the end of the season.

I think he's playing really well and doesn't look out of place playing at hooker. Let's face it he's played there lots this season and we're not going too badly are we? Just because we lost one game (yes, i know it was an important one) doesn't mean we should start knocking players who are actually doing a very good job for us. Fitzy gets through lots of work when he's on the field and has given us an option that we otherwise might not have. I agree that he is not a world-beater and that in an ideal world we would like to have two top class hookers like Leeds and Saints, but until we are in such a position let's give Fitzy some credit for playing out of his prefered position and making a bloody good job of it.

I agree that signing another specialist hooker would probably improve the team, but for god's sake don't start on Fitzy - he's hardly Chris Thorman!

He usually does on opposition players.

The most accurate post on here.

I didn't mean for this to be a free for all against Fitzy.

At the top end of the game the margin between success & failure is very small, as we saw on Saturday. Hooker is a pivotal position in the modern game & my point was that he just lacks some of the subtleties that a top class dummy half possesses.

Those saying he's rubbish are way wide of the mark.

As for those wanting Newton, I can't think of another player I would want less...I'd rather bring Tich out of retirement!

Matt Diskin anyone??

yes,one of Leeds hookers is

Jamie Lyon anyone?

He'd be a crap hooker!

All things considered; i.e. pedigree (Leeds background), honours (SL winners medals), international caps, Nationality (not a quota player), style (excellent dummy-half runner), sanity (i.e. not Terry Newton), then Diskin would be the perfect signing IMO...

Wasnt that more as a wing,centre or 6 than a hooker?