Fullback of the decade?

[mongoose]

Again, have NSW selectors ever been good at their job? FFS they've used Kurt Gidley and MARK HUGHES at Fullback!

Patten has been very consistent and is a tremendous club player but he has never been the best fullback for any season. You are kidding yourself if you think the selectors were stupid to pick Minichiello over Patten. Hodgson was selected off the back of a GF win and Stewart is just a much more dangerous player than Patten.

You have a point with Gidley and Hughes though..

 

[Bulldog Force]

Patten has been very consistent and is a tremendous club player but he has never been the best fullback for any season. You are kidding yourself if you think the selectors were stupid to pick Minichiello over Patten. Hodgson was selected off the back of a GF win and Stewart is just a much more dangerous player than Patten.

You have a point with Gidley and Hughes though..

I never said over Mini. Hodgson came off after a loss. Yes Brett Stewart is better nowadays - speed and try scoring ability and what have you.

 

[pennywisealfie]

put it this way...

would Slater have ever played for queensland (besides on the wing) if Lockyer never moved to 5/8?

 

[watatank]

Again, have NSW selectors ever been good at their job? FFS they've used Kurt Gidley and MARK HUGHES at Fullback!

So? We're talking about the best players here. No one is claiming that Gidley and Hughes are the best or comparing Patten to them. My point is all the best players have played and excelled at the highest level which Patten really has never done. oes

 

[Coppo_ForeverYOUNG]

Stewart Mini and Inglis are/were at their peak all better fullbacks than Slater. Hunt debatable.

I would throw hodges in there too, every gae I have seen him in the #1 he has played well, better fullback than hunt but played centres because he was more versitile. Really hope they put him back there next year.

 

[jpaciocco91]

I'd say Slater...he has f**ked up in the past though such as in the World cup but overall he's been a freak...those runs he does are crazy. Minichiello 2000-05 was pretty good to but now due to age and injury he may never return to the fullest of his great form. Patten has been good at FB also this decade, same could be said about Gidley, cutie, (he is a cutie merkin now), Wesser at times, Meritt, etc

 

[jpaciocco91]

Again, have NSW selectors ever been good at their job? FFS they've used Kurt Gidley and MARK HUGHES at Fullback!

that annoying melbournian comedian with the nasal voice?

 

[mxlegend99]

I'd say Slater...he has f**ked up in the past though such as in the World cup but overall he's been a freak...those runs he does are crazy. Minichiello 2000-05 was pretty good to but now due to age and injury he may never return to the fullest of his great form. Patten has been good at FB also this decade, same could be said about Gidley, cutie, (he is a cutie merkin now), Wesser at times, Meritt, etc

He was absolutely amazing in 2003 and 2004. Easily the best fullback the Panthers have ever had... probably for years to come aswell.

 

[Big Pete]

I thought Wesser was awesome in 03 and 06.

Also Hunt is a far better fullback than Hodges.

 

[jpaciocco91]

Always injured though...in recent times anyway. But when fit he is a great fb yeah

 

[The Engineers Room]

that annoying melbournian comedian with the nasal voice?

That's Dave Hughes.

 

[hilltop hood]

That's Dave Hughes.

Most Annoying Melbournian Comedian of the Decade?

 

[The Dodger]

Luke Patten.... by far.

 

[The Engineers Room]

Most Annoying Melbournian Comedian of the Decade?

I don't agree but it is the name he was after.

 

[Lambretta]

Someone mentioned that Slater was a centre and moved to fullback. When? I thought I saw Slaters debut season in 2003 and he was the fullback for the Storm then. He played wing for QLD - but I cant remember him being a centre for the Storm.

Slater gets my vote for fullback of the decade, because he's been the best at the one position over the longest period.

Mini has been special - but only for 3 seasons
Patten is Mr Consistant and is a contender
Lockyer made the move to the halves too early in the decade to be a "fullback of the decade" but when he was there he was mnd blowing

So many good players in that position.

 

[Jono078]

I voted Minichiello.

Got the vote because he was a big game player. He delivered in big matches and made big plays.

Especially for NSW, was always one of the best on field when he played.

 

[Noa]

Yeah, Slaters been a Fb since 04.

 

[watatank]

Someone mentioned that Slater was a centre and moved to fullback. When? I thought I saw Slaters debut season in 2003 and he was the fullback for the Storm then. He played wing for QLD - but I cant remember him being a centre for the Storm.

When he came into first grade Robbie Ross was fullback so he played centre. If memory serves me correctly Ross got injured inside the first six weeks or so, Slater moved to fullback and hasn't played anywhere else since.

 

[LRC]

Im huge mini fan and a rooster as well.
But minis passing game was at best average. Always on the edge of my seat when he had support he had to pass to.
Great kick return and hole runner (although can mis-time his run)

Put his body on the line defensively.

If Hodgson had another few kilos he would have bene the best.

Lockyer gets my vote,...

I reckon Inlgis is the best fullback... Ide have him there in a heart beat.

 

[Johns Magic]

Which Origin series was it when Johns and Minichiello first combined for the Blues?

They were lethal as a halfback-fullback combination.