Official Craig Fitzgibbon

[Western Sharkie]

I don’t think we are looking at just our six and seven to kick. There’s also Wade, McInnes and Brailey. Perhaps Fitz plans to get those three more involved especially Brailey and McInnes from dummy half.

That would be a great strategy.
Spreads the threat for opposition teams who can’t then focus on targeting one kicker as we have too many options.
Helps put us on the front foot with more variety.

 

[Sir Chadley]

That would be a great strategy.
Spreads the threat for opposition teams who can’t then focus on targeting one kicker as we have too many options.
Helps put us on the front foot with more variety.

Agreed WS. If Fitz is hell bent on putting Moylan at six, and that’s fine as an attacking option, we know he’s not a kicker so you would think he’ll have a plan B with others.

I think MM is ok though with little kicks close to their line.

 

[Super Impose]

I don’t think we are looking at just our six and seven to kick. There’s also Wade, McInnes and Brailey. Perhaps Fitz plans to get those three more involved especially Brailey and McInnes from dummy half.

This is a good point - Wade can be positioned just outside Moylan for his long kicking game .

I also love the early kick from dummy half - everyone onside and opposition wingers up …

 

[HaroldBishop]

From memory Wade's kicking game has been average for a few years.

 

[vicsharkfan]

Love to have more kicking options
2016 we had wade (in a pinch) ennis chad and Maloney, even lewy chimes in with the occasional remember that one in semi v raiders. The ability to kick from dummy half is what I want to see more of. Can we start a season 22 countdown already mods.

 

[stormshark]

We have a good halves pairing in there somewhere. Just wish we would sign a halves coach. Could Benji be worth a go there?

Make Chris Beatty our forwards coach as well, whats he up to.

 

[Super Impose]

From memory Wade's kicking game has been average for a few years.

Maybe from lack of use .

His kicking was excellent when he come off the bench and played 6 in origin a few years ago ..

 

[gando2230]

How long is Fitz contract?

 

[Sharkies_001]

How long is Fitz contract?

3 years

 

[Blix]

Hynes / Moylan is a deadset shocking pairing.

Hynes has done next to no kicking in first grade and Moylans kicking game has been horrendous.

Would of thought a even half decent kicker would of been a priority.

Moylan does nothing but completely disrupt the team. Now he is going to have Hynes shoed into 7, then Moylan goes down first week and mixes the team up again to make trindall the 7…

Would even much rather invest the time in Metcalf.

 

[Western Sharkie]

Hynes / Moylan is a deadset shocking pairing.

Hynes has done next to no kicking in first grade and Moylans kicking game has been horrendous.

Would of thought a even half decent kicker would of been a priority.

Moylan does nothing but completely disrupt the team. Now he is going to have Hynes shoed into 7, then Moylan goes down first week and mixes the team up again to make trindall the 7…

Would even much rather invest the time in Metcalf.

I get the love for Metcalf and I agree we want to keep him…..

“A lot of people wouldn’t know, but Nicho has only just started playing fullback in the last 12 to 18 months,” Fitzgibbon said. “He actually grew up as a half, and he’s been a half most of his life. We signed him as a half.

“What that looks like? I’m not sure. I haven’t even watched a training session with our existing halves, but competition for spots makes everything competitive.
“We’ve got four really good halves on our books. We need to complement a style that makes Nicho look the same way he did this year because he’s pretty exciting. If he wears No.7 or No.6, I’m not going to change the way he plays.

New Sharks coach Craig Fitzgibbon on his first day at the club.

 

[Deleted member 3365]

I reckon we might be wasting the development of either Metcalf or Trindall with Moylan playing in the halves.

But who knows, Fitz could just be bluffing everyone.

I reckon we don't even need Moylan tbh in the top 17 unless there is an injury.

 

[Thresher]

Moylan creates tries, no denying that. If we have enough kicking options from all of the part time toe pokers we might just work out some kind of alchemy.
Will be an interesting season.

 

[Blix]

Maybe from lack of use .

His kicking was excellent when he come off the bench and played 6 in origin a few years ago ..

Wades kicking game might of been decent for part of a single game. But overall his general play kicking is crap. He was trialled at 6 earlier in his playing days at Cronulla, and just like when he was younger it didnt work cause of his kicking.

Graham - rank kicking play unless dabbing at the line and always injured, shouldn’t be let anywhere near the general kicking
Moylan - doesn’t kick now probably due to injury, when he did it was dabbing in behind the line, his general play kicking was always pretty bad and his kicking of late if he ever did has been crap also always injured shouldn’t be let anywhere near the general kicking
Hynes - has done very little kicking in first grade and he looks like a running half
Brailey - has put in a couple of big kicks last season but hasn’t been a general play kicker
McInnes - has been used to dab in behind the line hasn’t been a general play kicker for a number of years.

I want to be positive about next season but I don’t see how spreading the kicking out between a heap of injury prone (Wade and Moylan) and average to crap kickers is going to be successful…

 

[bort]

What’s your solution then?
Bring in Trindall to be a marginally better kicker but worse at everything else (except I guess staying healthy) and have him get pressured relentlessly as our only kicker?

Spreading the kicking gives us more time and space for the crap kickers to get a decent kick in

 

[Blix]

What’s your solution then?
Bring in Trindall to be a marginally better kicker but worse at everything else (except I guess staying healthy) and have him get pressured relentlessly as our only kicker?

Spreading the kicking gives us more time and space for the crap kickers to get a decent kick in

Spreading the love between 5 people is going to lead to bedlam, opposition won’t know what’s coming because neither will Cronulla….no Cronulla doesn’t have a dominate kicker like Cleary, Reynolds or Hughes but when has using a number of makeshift kickers been successful?

Maintaining Trindall at 7 where he was consistently improving might not be ideal, but having a “decent” and improving general play kicker has to be better then using Mythlan as a kicking option.

Moylan in the last 3 years has played 34 games in first grade and kicked 34 times. He has probably kicked long 5-10 times in first grade in the last 3 years (probably nearly all of them crap)

Anyway, I knows it is purely my opinion but I can’t stand the thought of seeing Moylan stuffing up the preparation for another season especially when I think he is exactly what the team doesn’t need and is wrecking the pathway for other younger players with potential in Metcalf (who might have already cracked it with the Moylan situation) and Trindall who whilst not being stella has shown consistent improvement and is what the team needs as a traditional 7.

 

[egg]

SMH article

Why Fitzgibbon was worried he would upset Politis on first day in Sharks colours

In-coming coach Craig Fitzgibbon on not wanting to upset Nick Politis, plus getting the best out of Matt Moylan and managing Wade Graham’s concussions.

www.smh.com.au

 

[Wiz]

I reckon we might be wasting the development of either Metcalf or Trindall with Moylan playing in the halves.

But who knows, Fitz could just be bluffing everyone.

I reckon we don't even need Moylan tbh in the top 17 unless there is an injury.

I agree mate - Were actually blessed with halves, Trindall and Metcalf are genuine good players with very good base skills as halves. Kind of feels like some people on here are taking them and their potential/skill for granted, already Trindall has shown he can take Chads spot with ease and we don't miss CT at all.

With those two in our team Moylan is surplus and could get in the way like he did blocking Trindall this year from getting an earlier start. He's not ageing well getting more injuries, can't run at full speed and doesn't kick - Hynes will need someone to help him carry all of the load as a rookie half not just someone who can ballplay

 

[Wiz]

What’s your solution then?
Bring in Trindall to be a marginally better kicker but worse at everything else (except I guess staying healthy) and have him get pressured relentlessly as our only kicker?

Spreading the kicking gives us more time and space for the crap kickers to get a decent kick in

What is Trindall worse at ?

 

[Deleted member 3365]

What is Trindall worse at ?

Yeah not sure what he's worse at? Trindall and Moylan are pretty separate players, both are a rare example of the difference between a 7 and 6.