Looking at the team sheets before the game i was extremely concerned about the way our front row compared to theirs. I have no confidence in Fielden or Prescott's ability to match the big 8's and 10's in the league. I'm tired of hearing it but its true, since Willie Mason embarrassed him in front of the RL world Fielden has not recovered, he simply is no longer in the same class as Morley, Peacock, Burgess etc.. Prescott is a big guy who has plenty of balls but to me he is just cannon fodder.

I agree, particularly when you add Ryan Hoffman to the list too.

My only worry is now retention.

Its important to keep Andy Coley at Wigan for another year and if possible Fielden too.

Lima completes our front row, no questions.

The agression he will bring to the team will allow Fielden to do what he does best: make yards and make tackles, and he won't have to 'lead' the pack or worry about 'scaring' the opposition's forwards.

As a result of this, us fans won't be looking for that from Fielden, so a lot of the pressure will be off him, and hopefully he can really perform on a consistent basis.

I'm looking forward to the back end of next year when Lima, Hock, Hoffman and Joel can start smashing the opposition around the field, and Fielden can quietly get on with being the hard working prop forward he is.

Fielden has tackled better than Coley and thats about it. Coley has been better in most departments imo.

Fieldens game will not improve no matter who he plays with, hes about workrate these days as he has lost any legitimate claim to being an "enforcer". Hes never going to be a bad player the question should be, is he good enough to risk potentially losing players like Prescott, OCarroll, Davies etc I would argue no.