at 1st glance i thought this was a thread about the old 3d character "rodders"

Some incredible memories on here for the guy who has to be the least inspirational captain I have ever seen, I sure will miss seeing him hunched over under the posts after conceeding a try with his whole body language saying Defeat.

The bloke is the embodiment of everything that has been wrong with the club for the past 5 years:

Boring
Slow
Dumb
Undroppable
Uninsipring
Plodder

Opening Lennys Bar

What has that got to do with anything ?

Have you ever heard a song and complained about it ?
Seen a film and complained about it ?
Eaten at a restaurant and complained about it ?

To claim you can only pass comment on stuff which you can do better than another person is ridiculous.

Would you be slagging him off if he wasnst with us?

Well said

As much as it was a honour seeing a modern day Legend play for us....I have seen a lot better in a Hull shirt than "sir" Fitz.

I'm pleased he isnt playing anymore and hopefully he can continue the work that Last has done with the 20's and get the likes of Crooks, Cunningham and Brown ready to step up to SL level in the next few years.

While I do agree, I think a lot of that was due to him playing in a crap team, with little tactics.

I reckon had he come into a good team as an experienced, quality forward (like Kearney did) we'd have seen a lot more from him.

And not as a 13....2nd row or prop and maybe he waould have been a lot better.

I've personally always thought that the word honour is a strange thing to say about watching a rugby player play rugby (especially when we pay the going rate to do so), but I'd agree it was a pleasure to do so. We've also had many players who have brought more to the team even if they weren't perhaps as good as him at his best. I'm still ambivalent overall about his time here.

Another point about the main thrust of the thread: What does his suitability for Captain have to do with his ability as a player? Richard Horne was every bit as unsuitable IMO, but that doesn't stop him being one of the best Hull players of the last 10 years in his prime. Then there are the vast majority of players who are never even given the Captain's role, does that mean none of them are good players or deserving of a testimonial? Will Yeaman have to go without?

You show a great amount of distain for the bloke that's clear to see, whilst maybe not the best on field inspirational captain I think it's a poor effort on your part to single him out given the very average rugby we've been served up over the last 4-5 years.

As for his body language saying 'defeat', well if your boss at work behaved in such a manner would you just pack in and go home? No, the other players were/are professional sportsmen (sure some young kids too) so to say it is the (nominated) captain's fault for pee poor performances is just garbage, EVERY player has to take responsibility for THEIR own performance.

I think you should get off his case and troll somewhere else

Not sure why their seems to be a lot love of love for "Radders"? I was chuffed to bits when he retired as he has been poor for at least 3 seasons now. Maybe he's done a lot of community work I don't know about but anytime I've seen him asked about the Hull fans he usually can't be bothered to at least pretend he likes/appreciates/respects us so I've no interest in supporting his testimonial events.