I said it on here about 6 months ago and got slated. Stuart Fielden is shot. The guy offers absolutely nothing, I dont know if he's fell out of love with the game or what but the desire he had has gone. It's as if he cant wait to be tackled when he takes it in.

How do you know that if you dont give someone the opportunity how can you make that statement. His last 2 tries came against Bradford 5yrds out both of them. He aint going to run 30 yrds and score. Lets give him the ball and see what he can do, in the NRL and international rugby, even in SL teams give the ball to their props 5 - 10 yards out. We are the only team that dont.

FACT

Check the stats I dont want to sound like that tw&&t Rafa, but Facts are Facts.

We regularly give it to Coley & Feka that close. We dont give it to Fielden because he isn't interested.

The lad is done, he either has no desire to play for Wigan or RL in general, but one or the other is true.

I'm at a loss to see how any of these Fielden lovers can back him after that tonight. Anyone who studied him live today will have seen the occasional good run and his usual work rate in defence.

What he is missing is the dominance we REQUIRE from him in his role as a supposed enforcer of the pack. Is it really too hard for some people to see that he is a pale shadow of what an enforcer should be?

We pay him top dollar to be dominant in defence and hit hard, not just being happy to make a tackle and get the tick off the stats man. Defence that hurts is what we pay him for.
We pay him top dollar to be dominant in the collision and go-forward.
We pay him top dollar to be vocal and lead our players when we are under pressure, to be the shining example of what it takes to drag us forward when we are under extreme pressure.

But no, it's not his fault.


It's down to hookers who can't find the target area.


It's down to oppostion players having good footwork to put him off balance.


It's down to a lack of support from his fellow front rowers.



Although when he knocked on it looked as if the tackle was a deliberate attempt to tackle the ball, it was a loose carry where he was running sideways and away from the direction he was supposed to go i.e. forward. His reaction after it? Stood up, turned around and looked at the screen disconsolantly. That was the moment I lost any faith in him having a positive future at the club.

The last time i saw the stats they didn't look too clever tbh.

I don't want to sound like one of these moaning fans that likes to get on the backs of players because i'm not but i'm honest and will question a players preformence when i think it warrents it.

Fieldens does without doubt.

Put Davies on the plane to France, leave Fielden at home. He was gash tonight.

He needs to be dropped. Players can't get selected based on the name on the back of the shirt. We're paying a lot for nothing, I struggle to comprehend Noble sending Mossop out on loan when Fielden is so poor. I can only assume it's a monetary issue, presumably related to us signing Gleeson. This season Stuart Fielden to prop has been what Mathers has been to full back, but one of them has a bigger name to fall back on than the other. Give him a spell in the reserves or on loan and see if he comes good, but I doubt whether he ever will.

The bit in bold says it all...

Simple, he was in a pack with Vagana, Anderson and Peacock. Most of the heavy stuff was done by Anderson and Vagana, Fielden was able to pick and time his runs after those 2 had smashed the opposition to bits.

Ive always tried to stick up for Fielden, but i cant bring myself to do it any longer, his contract at Wigan should not be extended and its time for him to admit, whatever he had 3 seasons ago, he hasnt any longer.

Sadly I too am finding myself getting drawn into this camp.

The reality is that he is an "OK" player. He is worth keeping in the squad.

The reality is that he is also paid (probably) about 4 times what he is worth.

Therefore he has to go.