I'm expecting a much improved showing from our pack in general and from Fielden in particular.
It's a real fresh start for him and i think he'll prove some people wrong.
wether some of them are big enough to admit they were wrong will be another question.

But the biggest reason i'm hoping for improvement will be because they will all be fitter and hopefully more inclined to work for one another.
I don't care what people think about certain players and their form, one of our problems has been that we have looked far too much for individuals to be so good that they can hide the fact that those around them are dead weight. By improving everyone the cream of the talent has the chance to rise.

The fact that at least three of our props are off contract at the end of next season could well work in our favour for the first half of the year. ( Fielden, Feca and Coley).

I expect our pack to be fitter and far more aggressive / rugged in their approach to the game playing a far more physical style of rugby than we have seen in recent times.

I do hope you are right in your assessment Tricky

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We don't have a single prop of international calibre and every other side I expect to see anywhere near the title does, Saints have Graham, Leeds have Peacock, Warrington have Morley, Huddersfield have Crabtree. Props who will dominate in every game and make their team big yards. We have Coley I don't think he'd even get a game at Leeds.

I'm saying he's our best prop, but still wouldn't get in the Leeds team. If anything it singles out the rest of them. I like Coley but he's got too much work on his shoulders, hopefully next year we'll sack off Fielden and get a quality replacement.

Surely Fielden was our best prop of last year, didnt he make more tackles, Metre's and tackles bust with less carries. Than Coley. I've said all along we need to complement Fielden with another decent prop not get ride of him. Coley and Fielden starting @ 8 & 10 is a good start for me. Prescott & O'Carroll as the next pair. Feka needs to work a little bit harder IMO.

Quote: jjb10 "Surely Fielden was our best prop of last year, didnt he make more tackles, Metre's and tackles bust with less carries. Than Coley. I've said all along we need to complement Fielden with another decent prop not get ride of him. Coley and Fielden starting @ 8 & 10 is a good start for me. Prescott & O'Carroll as the next pair. Feka needs to work a little bit harder IMO.'" Their stats are very comparable tbf; www.superleague.co.uk/statistics ... eason=2009 There is a 13 yards diff between Coley and Fielden in Fielden’s favour. Coley played one less game but made one more drive than Fielden. The argument I’m making however is that Coley is bang on his game and is easily fulfilling the role he was brought in to do, that of the number two prop at the club. Coley was signed to take some of the pressure off an all singing and dancing Stuart Fielden and he’s expected to turn out the kind of performances he is doing. In simple terms Coley is doing his job. He would be an excellent number 2 for a world class prop like Morley, Graham or Peacock

Quote: jjb10 "Surely Fielden was our best prop of last year, didnt he make more tackles, Metre's and tackles bust with less carries. Than Coley. I've said all along we need to complement Fielden with another decent prop not get ride of him. Coley and Fielden starting @ 8 & 10 is a good start for me. Prescott & O'Carroll as the next pair. Feka needs to work a little bit harder IMO.'" Their stats are very comparable tbf; www.superleague.co.uk/statistics ... eason=2009 There is a 13 yards diff between Coley and Fielden in Fielden’s favour. Coley played one less game but made one more drive than Fielden. The argument I’m making however is that Coley is bang on his game and is easily fulfilling the role he was brought in to do, that of the number two prop at the club. Coley was signed to take some of the pressure off an all singing and dancing Stuart Fielden and he’s expected to turn out the kind of performances he is doing. In simple terms Coley is doing his job. He would be an excellent number 2 for a world class prop like Morley, Graham or Peacock

I think that they are as well.

Coley imo was hands down the better prop than Fielden last season and i know a lot of people had Coley in their top three for a good few weeks of the season. But yet if you look at the stats Fielden could be seen as having the better season.

Maybe it's because i had very little expectations when it came to him but he really impressed last season imo.

There was defiantly talk of Saints looking at him as well as Wire.

Looking at the fact that Saints signed Fozzard who had a poor season last year it's not that of a stretch of the imagination to think they looked at him.

I honestly can’t see what peoples problems with the guy are?

Simple yes or no answer on last seasons performances would you take Coley over Leuleui? I would….