Yep. Fitzy had no real interest in the on-field performance of the club. He fell into what was the Secretary role in the late 70s and was gifted a once in a generation crop of juniors coming through the ranks. He did nothing to ensure ongoing success and held onto players way too long.
Brett Kenny is scathing of the club in his book for not signing Gene Miles in 1985 when he was desperate to come to Parramatta. Instead they stuck with Cronin who was never going to last too much longer. Sterling and Kenny played two seasons too long on massive coin. These, amongst other decisions like handing head coachig roles to Cronin and Hilditch resulted in some lean years from 1987-1996.
But was he wrong? Miles, who was the then Queensland and Australian centre was prepared to sign for Parra for bugger all. Yet Fitzy said 'no thanks', we've got our 34 year old centre in Cronin.
"FOR FUCK SAKE. Why is Latu relegated to the bench in cup. Put Guymer into the middle rotation where his future is and start Latu on the edge. Brain dead. Pure brain dead."
""Touchy" ahaha listen to yourself mate. Dce wouldn't come on 100% footy for the exact same reasons. How many ex players refuse to work with journos, e.g Joey John's, could list 100 other instances of players refusing interviews.
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Have a look at the name of the original poster
So basically what is Hadley saying about Brad Arthur?
Same thing you say about BA lol
I love BA. He turns me on
Hadley = Fitzy
Fitzy = Believes he should be running the club.
It's not hard to connect the dots.
Bring back Fitzy.
If you're old enough to remember those dark years, I would suggest you have a rethink!!
Yep. Fitzy had no real interest in the on-field performance of the club. He fell into what was the Secretary role in the late 70s and was gifted a once in a generation crop of juniors coming through the ranks. He did nothing to ensure ongoing success and held onto players way too long.
Brett Kenny is scathing of the club in his book for not signing Gene Miles in 1985 when he was desperate to come to Parramatta. Instead they stuck with Cronin who was never going to last too much longer. Sterling and Kenny played two seasons too long on massive coin. These, amongst other decisions like handing head coachig roles to Cronin and Hilditch resulted in some lean years from 1987-1996.
Brett Kenny would be scathing of his own mother for giving birth to him on a day that he didn't like the temperature.
But was he wrong? Miles, who was the then Queensland and Australian centre was prepared to sign for Parra for bugger all. Yet Fitzy said 'no thanks', we've got our 34 year old centre in Cronin.