Played well in the Samoa-Lebanon game and provided a great inside ball out of the tackle for his winger to score. Also has a good try average in the NRL apparently and universally acknowledged as being strong defensively. I think he'll do alright for us.

Just as an aside, surely the likes of Trent Barrett, Feka etc. who have played against him recently in the NRL will have good knowledge of him as a player. You would think that opinions would have been sought before signing him....

That pass must have been a fluke, my nephew played outside him for 3 years and never once got a decent pass. One of the worst centres i've ever seen, poor defensively and often caught out of position.

I'd be inclined to take this opinion seriously, if we hadn't had loads of similar posts from people Down Under when we signed Trent Barratt.

I still remember them now: "I have it on good authority that Barratt is crocked." "I watch Barratt every week, and he's finished." "Barratt's not the player he was, he's lost all his pace." "My brother played with Barratt for many years, and reckons he was always overrated."

Forgive us if we don't automatically deduce that you're telling the truth.

This signing has rocked superleague.

In the same way that your statment has rocked this board

I can't believe the flak this bloke is getting and he's never played a match for us!

At the end of the day, he's been a starting centre in the NRL for 3 seasons. How many of the centres in last seasons SL would have done that?

Lets re-analyse next September, shall we?

It does bother me, this sort of thing.

One accusation that fans of other clubs regularly aim at Wigan fans is that we bag our own players too much. I'm sick of arguing about this, because - on the evidence of this thread - it's basically true. It's also highly embarrassing, though no more so than the 'Wigan standard' myth that so many arrogant fans still trot out whenever we sign someone who isn't an obvious world-beater.

I don't know what world some Wigan fans live in. They've been blasting Fielden all season, apparently oblivious to the fact that he's been injured AND doing the work of two men (the other being one of their darlings - the overrated Feka). And now they've decided this new guy is 2h1te, even though most of them have never seen him play.

Whatever happened to closing ranks or showing solidarity with our own? For Heaven's sake, if Carmont really does turn out to be crap, then have your day then. Until that day, give the poor guy a chance - he's wearing our colours and representing our side. At least respect him for that.

Well said......