James Graham was only 17 or 18 when he made his 1st team debut at Stains. Unless the youngsters get a shot we will never find out if we have a freak of nature

James Graham was not brought into a team thats pack was being crushed at the sight of anything weighing over 14 stones. There is a time for bringing young lads into the front row and its not when the rest of the pack are being slaughtered.

We want to get rid of the lad, invest in a better player next season, don't know what's happened to him though.

Absolutely correct.

I don't like him. When's his contract up? I think I read this year on here somewhere. Knowing our luck he'll do a Calderwood and play well at the end of season and in Noble's eyes "earn himself a new contract" then doss about for another year or whatever he gets

He's no confidence and he's getting bashed and launched all over the place.

To save his career, he needs to pile on some pounds and use him less frequently. Unfortunately that's the only way Stuart Fielden will make any impact at the moment.

and he was brought on in the back row for very short spells in his first year, he didnt get where he is today by being a starting prop at age 18 and playing 60minutes a week.

Too late imo. He is done.

Maybe the pack wouldn't be getting slaughtered as badly if we threw in a young lad with a point to prove? I refuse to believe that he could do worse than Fielden is now. All Fielden does is tackle, fall at players feet and stand tall with his hands on his hips like he's He Man.

Exactly, the benefits of having a team whose players know they need to perform in order to get picked far outweighs the potential risk of playing a few young lads. Imagine the message it would send out to the rest of the team if Noble's golden boy had to play in the reserves for a week or so.

Fielden is the only one with a past reputation and it is he they target. No one targets Coley as they have 2 row men who can handle him.
What I just don't understand is that since IL bought the club, and before, props were our signing priority.
Since IL arrived we've brought in Mathers, Phelps, Pryce, Roberts, Gleeson, Carmont, Smith & Riddell. Only one forward and he's a 9. Not a prop anywhere.
Why?
We've obviously had the cash to pay a transfer fee and salary cap money available to sign all those backs so the dosh has always been there.
Our pack is getting beaten almost every week and when a signing arrives he's a back.
We can have the best backs and halves around but if the pack is getting steamrollered then none of them will be able to put in a decent game between them.
I just don't understand it at all!

IL is obsessed with attackig rugby and fast wingers. His interview about Gleeson was more about Roberts try v Hudds than it was about Gleeson. I do feel, his obsession in this area, is perhaps detremental to the building of the squad we need.

and knock-on regularly

followed by a really convincing, 'it-wasn't-me-ref-it-was-him' look to the ref.

and the tackler, at the same time, (but with different eyes)