Your looking at those stats wrong. I bet if you looked at Peacocks stats over those same 6 seasons he has improved on each year (as a general rule), this is what most forwards will have been doing (like Graham) and slowly, because Fielden has just stagnated on the same level of performances everyone else has caught him up and eventually over took him due to improvement. Therefore what was a world class level of performance is now just average compared to the best out there.

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Fielden has been using the same technique ever since he arrived, so Noble's had plenty of time to change it, if he thinks there's a problem. No matter what we think, the fact that Noble hasn't seen fit to change it suggests he thinks Fielden's halfar$ed attempts at carrying the ball are acceptable...

I agree with this, he is never goignt o be the player he was but he can be coached i think to be of more use to the team, i cannot understand why Noble cannot see it.

His running style is all wrong given his lack of ability to go through a man as he used to. He has lost some of his physical prowess and now rather than looking to break the defensive line he needs to concentrate on finding his front and quickly.

He runs in so upright it is easy for any defence to get under his ribs keep him upright and push him back turtling him and totally slowing the play the ball down.

Were I Brian Noble i would have him running with his centre of gravity forward rather than directly over his base and give him one instruction, on cantact find your front which is far easier running with a forward centre of gravity. It is no longer about busting tackles for Fielden or even making huge yards, it is about getting to the deck and back up as fast as possible, THATS IT. He may not contribute with big yards but this would certainly put us on the front foot unlike the drives he produces at the moment. Sadly i think both of them have been together too long and are too happy blowing smoke up each others backsides to face the facts.

You sure?

I cannot see footage at the moment of when he arrived. All I know is that what he does at the moment has no go forward

I've got to agree.

Don't forget about 'bending our backs'.

Agree again. I seem to be agreeing with everybody! Well, almost.
The trouble is he cost £450k so we have high expectations.
It's like O'Loughlin. Top tackler in the league but gets most stick.

To compare the 2 this season is an insult to Sean.

seans been great this season! was our stand out player in france and that was mainly in attack!

can anyone see noble back at bradford?

Just thinking the same as Newton-le-Willows warrior - would be ideal time for him to go back to the promised land

Straight swap for Burgess.

I could see it...more so after tonight against the wire.

Right, we'll take Noble now.

A few people seem to be saying this but after Mcnamara im sure that Bradford will want to bring in an Aussie coach who can build a team.

Both Noble and Millward had very good players with which to work with at St.Helens and Bradford but neither have really proved that they can build a team that doesnt have the key spine of the side already in place.

Nobles signings since being at Wigan would seem to support this, everybody but Brian Noble recognises that the forwards are not good enough.

Watching Bradford I was struck at how their style of play was similar to Wigan's and was sadly found wanting against a team prepared to gang tackle on defence and move the ball about on attack. I was not surprised.