I agree with that, like you say it was a privilege to see him in our shirt, and no doubts he was a work-horse but the bloke only broke a hand-full of tackles in all the time he was here.

Certainly Lynch is far superior to the Fitz we saw hard worker though he was.

Fitz was hampered by playing in Agar's team though, a better coach would have spelled him and introduced him to calm the game down/shore up the defence at key points. Instead he got flogged to death for the full 80.

Andy Lynch has already proven to be an absolutely immense signing. Not been a worthier holder of the position of captain of Hull FC in the SL era IMO.

Great signing , probably our best in years.

We carried Fitzgibbon in possession at least as much as he carried us in defence. He may have been special during his career, but certainly not while with us, he was far from it.

Lynch has been absolutely outstanding for us in both attack and defence, and I actually think it's doing him a disservice to make the comparison.

That is incredibly harsh, what was he ever asked to do in attack? It's only like when Aspinwalls at 13 except Fitz was 10 times the defender. Shockingly poor statement that.

I was very impressed when we signed him (and didn't care one jot about his age) but he is even better than I thought. IMMENSE in every way!

He was often at first receiver when trying to move the ball along the line and his passing was shockingly slow. He also lumbered at the line rather than attacked it. I've also not seen Aspinwall knocked on his a*se yet like I did Fitzgibbon several times, but maybe that will change on Friday when he faces the incredible might if Fitzgibbon's nemesis, Scott 'are you going to finish that pie?' Murrell, eh?

He's been the most over-rated player we've had in the years I've been watching, a good player and a terrific grafter, but the amount he brought to our team is vastly overestimated.

Wow, for somebody usually so reasoned and balanced on here that's shocking.

It shouldn't be if you read my posts on him when he was here. I appreciate that some of it was down to the poor team he was in and the poor coaching it received, but I genuinely don't think he was that good for us as a team, and that that was partly down to him and his attitude as well. Reading his writings/quotes in articles and listening to his interviews, there was more than a whiff of arrogance about him, and he seemed to see playing 80 minutes every week as some sort of crusade to prove his incredible fitness at his age, despite this not being in the best interests of the team with his performance levels. Our lack of a strong coach did not help either, and I got the impression he was treated with a certain amount of reverance which meant he had more control/influence than a player should.

Lynch has been an outstanding signing. Really brilliant. Can't say enough fora out him so far.

As for the jibes at Fitz, for me it was appreciating his sheer presence, effort and passion for doing all the right things. I know we didn't get him in his prime, but for me Fitz was great for us.

Lynch has been great this season and will have to be outstanding if we are to win on Friday, a lot on his shoulders with Ogre and Moa out. Has a good mix of yards and good hands close to the line. Real workhorse but with quality.

You have been the beneficiary of the Bulls' financial situation. Lynch left because the club seemingly needed the transfer fee. Your gain, fekking crap for us.

Would you believe, we had fans who did not see Lynch going as being a dreadful loss? You could not make it up.

Great to see Andy getting the recognition he deserves at your place. He's a superb guy too. Maybe one day the wassock in charge of England will recognise it.

Again, his passing was a major part of 2 of 4 of our tries. Brilliant.