We will never move forward with anasta!

[Vasco]

But WHO touted him as that....certainly not Braith....so why crucify him.....

And on a side note....Fittler was one of those players who either played the game of his life and everyone loved him for it, or he had a shit one, and everyone wanted to hang him for it...but people were never EVER happy for an average game from him, and there wrer..so in a way they were a lot alike....not in skill, but in how people perceived them......

I don't recall Fittler having too many "shit" games. If he wasn't scoring or setting up tries he was making 20-30 effective tackles and directing his team around.

[Cockadoodledoo]

It's ok for players on $100-150K to "play with passion and commitment. However, when you are the highest paid player at the club you are required to be a match winner and stand out player.

Johns, Fittler, Lockyear, Thurston, Hayne, Marshall.

Anasta wouldn't even polish their boots.

He is a good first grader and that's it. He's not a ball player or kicker in general play. This has been forced upon him by coaches over the years. The same happened to Freddy but he was good enough to develop a passing and kicking game. Gould has said this many times about him.

Anasta just isn't the player he was touted as being. It happens.

Exactly, you have to consider that we are paying him top dollar.. the sort of dollars commanded by the 'elite' players as you mentioned above, they all have the ability to turn the game in the twinkling of the eye, to come up with the winning play right at the death of a match. Can Anasta do that? Have we seen him do that?

Are we happy that we are paying this top dollar to a guy who admits he is happy the play making pressure taken off him by Carney and Pearce? When you are paying that sort of money I want a guy who says he wants the responsibility.. After all as Captain and probably best paid player that's what he should be doing.. Our highest paid player in all probability won't even play origin which is a pretty good indicator of where he is at.

I love Braith's passion and he seems like a great guy, I see him kissing babies after games etc etc but at the end of the day that is not enough when you are paid at the top end.. We need a match winner... With Pearce and Carney we have potentially the best halves combo in the comp.. With the likes of Myles, Maubs, Symonds, Cherrington, Cordner, Lowe, we have plenty of options in the backrow going forward. Sad to say and I said it last year when Carney was signed that we don't have room for Braith in the team and his money would be better spent fixing some of our major deficiencies, ie; Front Row, Centres even Full Back going forward if Carney moves to 5/8.

[Guest]

We need to punt anasta to england or the sharks, get dugan to play fullback and carney to play five eight.

[Guest]

While we are at it, Thurston will play half and Hannant will slot up front.

[Andrew Walker]

We need to punt anasta to england or the sharks, get dugan to play fullback and carney to play five eight.

I would prefer Lachlan Coote but would take Dugan

[stsae]

I don't recall Fittler having too many "shit" games. If he wasn't scoring or setting up tries he was making 20-30 effective tackles and directing his team around.

Who called him Shittler years ago??? JT maybe???

That was some funny sheeeeeaaat.

[Kingbilly]

I don't recall Fittler having too many "shit" games. If he wasn't scoring or setting up tries he was making 20-30 effective tackles and directing his team around.

Never saw a game where he didn't earn his money in defense.
But plenty when while not "shit", where he didn't earn his big $s in attack.

Would not have swapped him and I am grateful for 3 GFs but I still think he didn't stand up enough in either of the 3 GFs

[Cockadoodledoo]

Never saw a game where he didn't earn his money in defense.
But plenty when while not "shit", where he didn't earn his big $s in attack.

Would not have swapped him and I am grateful for 3 GFs but I still think he didn't stand up enough in either of the 3 GFs

Maybe you should watch the 2002 GF, he pretty much set up each one of our tries... At the ground I thought Fitzy was MOM, watching the replay Freddy was stiffed. 2003 he played with a bung shoulder.. 2004.. I don't want to think about but he layed on the try for Walker and threw great balls to Cross and Hegarty early on which they should have taken and may have been chances to score but they dropped them cold when the ball hit them on the chest.

[redwhiteandbluester]

He wasn't terrible in the Grand Finals, and playing injured in a few of them. Definitely the best player on the pitch in 2002, Fitzy was lucky to get the churchill medal.

There was also 2000 when he was really battling with groin issues and wasn't fantastic in that match. Even if he was firing, it would be tough to see that excellent Brisbane side get beaten.

[Guest]

shockingly overrated. he won the NRL's most overrated the most in its history. will not win it again because he is not rated....but overpaid!!!!!!!whoaaaaaa our marquee player and he belongs in reserve grade. Finch was better....is better
luke lewis showed him how to play

[Guest]

carney has already, in 5 games, won more games for us on his own basically than what anasta has done in anasta's 4 years with us.

they get paid around the same as well.

sort of says it all.

[Guest]

carney has already, in 5 games, won more games for us on his own basically than what anasta has done in anasta's 4 years with us.

they get paid around the same as well.

sort of says it all.

Im sure Anasta is on a lot more than Carney.

[Guest]

Ive had it with this guy!
Although im not blaming him for the loss,he aint a bloddy 5/8th and needs to go to lock or out of the team altogether..
His kicking game today and predictable play with ball in hand has made me ill..

Totally agreed!! mid field chip kick just before halfe time to him self (the slowest 5/8 in the game) was typical Anasta. I just hope he can prove me wrong and have a blinder against Canberra.

[Johnny Tobin]

Who called him Shittler years ago??? JT maybe???

That was some funny sheeeeeaaat.

That was in 2001 when even he knew he was shit.

He redeemed himself in the next few years - only to become Shittler again as coach.

It's funny that the best times on The Wall were when we were craphouse.

[Johnny Tobin]

My sudden realisation is that Andrew Walker is a dead set fruitloop........

That's funny.

I have a sudden realisation that I am starting to like him a lot.

Especially since he has caught you out being a hypocrite.

You are alleging that we are weak because we criticise players on an anonomous forum yet don't do it to their face.

There is no way you criticised Fitzy to his face and you know it.

We all love a hypocrite.

Just like we all love a westie.