Sorry, but anybody wanting Stuart Fielden back should be admitted straight into the nearest mental institution. He was dire just before he left us, and is even more dire now. Infact, I'd go as far as saying he shouldn't even be playing in Super League at the moment.

Lynfield Mount here I come!

Big Stu just needs the right props and players around him. The Wigan team, perhaps understandably, have no respect for him and he's the dummy runner more often than not. Bradford showing faith in him would rejuvenate him. But this ain't a Stu thread so pardon my diversion.

Whilst Stu is a shadow of his former self he is still an able SL Prop. He's not the dominant enforcer he used to be, but he still works hard. For an average SL prop wage, I'd have him at Bradford as 3rd/4th choice Prop.

Yeah, but who would you replace Nobby with? Who is available?

Dear me!

Steady on, you'll have Mystic Eddie going apoplectic coming out with stuff like that.

He'll have that wall back up before you can utter "ya wee timmering beastie!" . . . . .

See. There's a positive side to everything

Right before I start, I am not confirming the validity of this, but the story I was told last night (from someone who knows a player down at Wigan) goes like this:

- Tuesday training cancelled at Wigan
- Noble went to London for a meeting with the Cheif Exec. (his name escapes me)
- Wigan offered Noble back to Bradford.
- Bradford refused
- Training as normal at Wigan yesterday.
- The feeling of the players at Wigan is that he will get the chop sooner rather than later.

For free?

Can we have Noble plus some players?

For free.

Yup

But we'd still have to pay him if we wanted him to do a job for us obviously.

Despite the views of some on here I'd welcome him back. He's an experienced coach with knowledge of the club and has proved he can turn around an underperforming side as he did at Wigan in 2006. What I don't know are the true circumstances of his departure from Odsal so I can't say whether his return would cause any ructions.

I reckon he could do a job for us at the right price. Not offering much going forward but he does a lot of defense for Wigan and that is what we need!

If you don't think he should be in SL then what do you think about our team? He is the cornerstone of the pack of a team that thrashed us and is higher in the table. Bring him home and he'll be happy in his old haunts. Good bit of business if we get him on a free

It seems to me that there is lots of talk about Fielden. Whether personally you want him or you don't In my opinion you'd be better spending your money on backs not forwards. You have a pretty solid set of forwards already, money spent on forwards (for me) is money that could have been better spent.