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Fittler.
Daley needed a Stuart at half.
Fittler didn't need anybody else helping him run the team.
Daley needed a Stuart at half.
Fittler didn't need anybody else helping him run the team.
IMO, Fittler had more ability but Daley had a much better work ethic than Fittler. Daley was a better defender and a better leader but Fittler could step off both feet and was lethal close to the line.
His semi final against Newcastle in 2000 was sublime. He single handedly dismantled the Knights after Darren Albert made that stupid gesture to the camera after scoring.
Fittler was lazy at times where as Daley was always competing at 110%. Daley retired relatively early (31) whereas Fittler retired at 33.
For mine, Daley wins on work ethic but there is a struck match between them.
lol it's amazing how people think Fittler was just average an first grader. Fittler dominated with such inspirational halfbacks as AWOL Adrian Lam, Craig Wing and he made Brett Finch look so good the guy became the f**king dally m halfback of the year. We'd made the finals series 1 time in about 15 years before he arrived and didn't miss the finals until the year after he left and in that time we made 3 consecutive GF qualifiers and 4 grand finals.
Brad Fittler has seriously become the most under appreciated first grade player to ever play the game. lol Daley has a solo 60 metre try in a grand final that was over from the first kick off, good on the little tucan. Fittler carried a team that was brutaly torn apart by Bob Fulton's insider trading and team went to shit without him.
f**king Canberra fans who thought 2011 was a write off and automatic premiership come in and start downplaying Fittler's career, you can go back and vandalise cars now.
lol it's amazing how people think Fittler was just average an first grader. Fittler dominated with such inspirational halfbacks as AWOL Adrian Lam, Craig Wing and he made Brett Finch look so good the guy became the f**king dally m halfback of the year. We'd made the finals series 1 time in about 15 years before he arrived and didn't miss the finals until the year after he left and in that time we made 3 consecutive GF qualifiers and 4 grand finals.
Brad Fittler has seriously become the most under appreciated first grade player to ever play the game. lol Daley has a solo 60 metre try in a grand final that was over from the first kick off, good on the little tucan. Fittler carried a team that was brutaly torn apart by Bob Fulton's insider trading and team went to shit without him.
f**king Canberra fans who thought 2011 was a write off and automatic premiership come in and start downplaying Fittler's career, you can go back and vandalise cars now.
Greatest 5/8 of all time he is more than likely not and Cliffy was a wonderful player so I would not argue that selection at all but it's time to call bullshit on these people, mostly star struck Canberra fans, who say Fittler wasn't committed and Daley was better in all areas except for kicking.
Most of Daley's career includes playing week in week out with Meninga, Stuart, Walters, Belcher, Mullins at his best, Lazarus, Clyde and whoever else Canberra had whereas Fittler never had another superstar player in his team during his years at the Roosters with an argument possibly to be made for Minichiello when he was at fullback, that's it and that happened in the twilight of his career. Fittler made shit players like Finch, Hegarty & Byrne look like superstars to the point of rep selection for Finch and Hegarty and he had the Warriors convinced on Byrne, Fittler played injured in 2000 and still took a team with bloody Richie Barnett, Shane Rigon and Dallas hood to a grand final and did it all again with Chris Walker, Todd Byrne and a Justin Hodges who spent the year crying his girlfriend left him.
Imagine if Fittler had a halfback who had 10% the skill that Ricky Stuart had between 2000 and 2004 we'd have won the comp every year.
Fittler was better had more longevity. Fittler's best performances were better then Daley's. When Daley retired the Raiders didn't really drop that far the Roosters dropped like a stone when Fittler retired.
I always thought Fittler was better, Daley whilst a great player in Canberra's great sides 89-94 you could argue he was there 3rd or 4th best player. When he became the Raiders best player they never came close to winning the Premiership in all honesty.
Fittler was Penrith's 3rd or 4th best player in 90-91. Fittler was the man for the Roosters in all four of there Grand Final appearances.
Fittler was the star player for a team who made 4 Grand finals out of 5.
Daley you could argue was behind Clyde,Meninga,Stuart in terms of that team's star player.
If you took Daley out of that Canberra side could you see them doing as well maybe not, But you could still see them challenging for Premierships with or without Daley.
Take Fittler out of the Roosters side from 00-04 and they truly have no chance of winning the competition.
Daley for me , was never completely sold on Fittler.
If we are talking about commentary though it's Fittler by a mile.