Feka is one of two Wigan players who I am led to believe are taking up almost 25% of our salary cap. He is going at the end of the season.

I have been on my jollies for a week, so I am a little out of the loop regards injury, but if we are in a similar position to what we were going into the Leeds game Feka has to be on the bench.

From a fans point of view I agree I think he has been treated harshly, but at the end of the day we are on the outside looking in and there must be reasons for this either by a simply clash of styles to what MM likes or other reasons that we will probably never know.

Is the other one a prop aswell by any chance?

It's hard to know what's going on between Feka and the coach. If it's not simply a falling-out between coach and player - perhaps MM is asking him to do the kind of stint a man with his physical attributes can't possibly deliver in terms of yards/tackles/game time. It might simply be a management decision, i.e. Feka's salary could be used to bring another prop to the club who fits in with what the coach wants. Perhaps it's simply what a lot of people have said in his time at the club - he's a luxury we can't afford with a relatively young pack.

I know at least one poster has suggested MM should be more flexible to include Feka in his plans, but that all depends on whether he brings more positives than negatives to the team as a whole. The jury's out on that one for me.

Whilst I'd be sad to see him go, I wouldn't be that surprised - how disappointed I am depends on who we can bring in instead.

Having said all that, when he crashed over the line at KR on Good Friday, he did give me my favorite moment of the season so far... I just wished he'd done it more often.

Fielden?

I don't know any other player in Superleague or NRL who has Feka's build. He just isn't mobile enough with the ball and never hurts anyone in defence.
He's earned good money whilst he has been at Wigan but the gravy train has hit the buffers. It's a shame for him but that's life.
I predicted a good season for him and piggy because I knew they would lose weight and Feka was playing for a contract. I was wrong regarding the latter.
Piggy has delivered because the extra fitness has meant he can display his considerable skills without blowing up.
However Feka losing the weight has merely shown that he has nothing else in his nal.

I'm pretty gutted. I was hoping to see a lot more from him this year.

When Feka is at his best I don't think their is a better impact prop in the world, that includes Moi Moi, the problem is that he cannot get back to his 2007 form.

Are you saying that Noble managed to get more out of him than Maguire?

I am saying that his form was better in 2007 than it is now. No comment on the coaches.

For whatever reason Maguire does not seem to want to get anything out of him, and although as a fan of his I am gutted not to see him play, you have to respect the coach and his long term vision for the club.

That seems a little harsh. I'm sure Madge and Mark Bitcon will have tried their damndest to get him to a level their satisfied with, but for what ever reason it's just not happened. At the end of the day they'll have set goals for Feka to achieve just like they will have with every player, and sadly for him it appears as though he's not matched their ambitions or expectations.

Well said

I did not mean that they will not have worked with him, simply that he clearly is not the type of Prop MM wants in his team.

Not being selected on the bench vs Leeds indicates that.