No Canterbury fans rate him either. But disregarding fans opinions, the guy is 26 and not ONE nrl club wants anything to do with him. And that includes that new club the dolphins who are scratching around for players!

Which means he'll be man of steel over here according to Aussie fans. Apparently he's suddenly rated highly and will tear opposition apart and immediately be man of steel. These are genuine comments from Aussies saying he's a better fullback then half the players in the NRL currently. Must be something wrong for nobody to be interested, he's been none existant in the games i'll seen this year and last year.
I asked the Mole about Dufty signing for next year and Mikaele coming over this year, he hasn't replied but has liked my comment. Read in to that what you will?

If we do sign Dufty and play him at fullback instead of Thewlis I won’t be renewing my season ticket next year for the first time in over 40 years.

Whether Dufty is the greatest fullback in the world or a chancer who sees pound signs when Wire are mentioned, it's still a ridiculous signing if true when a fullback is the least of our worries.

Waste of cap space & waste of a quota spot.

Why isn't kisscamkarl tapping up prop forwards.....because that would make sense, that's why!

Never mind, if he's been to the magic round whilst he's over there then what's the betting the HJ gets a "flying fox" skycam, just what we need!!!

If the Dufty rumour is true then I will back Powell on the signing for now.
Now I am gonna say something here that people will laugh at so here goes.
When Powell was in charge of Leeds he had a young No 7 called Rob Burrow that was 20 years old but then signed "journeyman" aussie Andrew Dunneman from Halifax. Halifax only won 7 out of 28 games in 2002 so I would guess the Leeds fans weren't over the moon with that signing and probably saying exactly what we are saying.
Burrow made his Leeds debut in 2001 and had played just short of 50 games before Dunneman arrived. I wonder how many games Thewlis will have played before Dufty lands. Now I am not saying it will turn out the same way but if Thewlis ends up with half the number of Grand final rings as Rob Burrow then I would be happy.
Thewlis is the future but even the most one eyed wire fans must realise he is not the finished article and I would think that Josh Thewlis himself knows that just as Burrow probably did at the time..

No if as accord to Guardian website it’s a done deal and according to the poll on there 60% say it’s a bad signing.

Strike while the Irons hot

1. Duffy
2. Thewlis
5. Ashton

Good start

Didn't Dunneman play hooker for Leeds?

From memory Diskin started most of the leeds games in 2003 at hooker. Dunneman played 6/7

I didn't wish to be reminded of the terrible day that he signed for us. I still cannot get the look of total glee and amusement on Charlie's (Lower Angel landlord and Widnesian) face, out of my mind.

Sorry, but the feeling of animosity towards the player and hostility to the Wire hierarchy seems the same.

This is happening, before the player arrived here, just like the Currier debacle

Getting battle hardened for our own relegation fight LW?!

I’m standing in line with my pitchfork in one hand and my firebrand in the other, but before I set off jas the signing been confirmed?

#Kisskamout

Maybe they're about to send him the contract, but leaked the news to the Guardian to gauge our reaction before they put pen to paper. I hope they go the Facebook site to get the pulse of the fans though

This, we won't get sorted until he's gone IMO. He's turned us into a circus and now it's hard to see anything but clowns. I think a higher standard needs to be set by a CEO.

#PowellOut, Leeds got rid of the clown even after his supposed masterstroke of signing Dunemann and replaced him with Smith, let's hope history repeats itself.

I remember an interview with him last year (before bulldogs came in for him).

He was very derogatory to SL and basically said he’ll have to go there as a last resort.

Don’t think he’s the answer to your culture issues.

However he is fast, can throw a nice pass and can get away with average defence a litre more in SL than over there.

I’m very pro Thewlis at no1 choice fullback, however I can see a positive in bringing Dutfy. He has much in his game that Thewlis doesn’t. A couple of years of Dutfy can be beneficial.

Kevin Naiqama said the same thing, he laughed when asked about coming to super league, then when no more NRL teams were interested....hey presto here he is.
I'm not excited for Dufty but until he's got 10 games in (enough to find his feet over here) i'll save judging him. 10 years from now he could be a wire legend you never know

Can we all stop blaming fitzpatrick for crying out loud. He has as much say in which players we sign as the people posting on here. Moran and Middleton make the 'vanity' signings and Powell has been given free reign to sign who he wants. I'm not KF's biggest fan, but he's not the reason we have some shocking players and are playing like relegation candidates.

Do you really believe that, was it Moran and Middleton that sent Fitzpatrick to Australia, if it’s them two are deciding the signings it could of been done without sending him.

He can't tackle. Stick with Thewlis would be my advice.

Thats a decent point really bit I still feel thewlis will develop better by playing. He can watch highlight reels or as much NRL as he can if he wants to learn by watching, he could even just watch Wigan games to see what field does in terms of movement in to the attack. Better off on the field to practice what he has been watching IMO.

#Kisskamout