One thing you NEVER hear about Fielden is an unprofessional attitude. have you ever heard anything about him falling all over King Street?

He is the consummate professional.

Not that I'm suggesting he does it anywhere else but don't you think that might be because he lives in Yorkshire?

i think Fieldens situation could just be similar to that of mathers. We all know they can do it, they both give 100% every game.

A change of scenery and/or coach would be likely to rejuvinate the guy.

To be fair I've never heard that about Bryn Hargreaves either. It doesn't mean I want him fronting our pack on a classy halfbacks money.

Fielden to me looks like a man unhappy in his skin or his environment. I don't doubt Nobby has tried what he can to get the best out of him but I think ultimately the player has to want to be where they are or doing what they're doing. Fielden to me simply looks like he'd rather be somewhere else all the time.

Surely all those fans of other clubs based in Yorks would be on here sharpish saying they'd seen him drunk, staggering, taking coke etc if they had? These days there's very few, or no, hiding places.

You've obviously never been down the Calderdale Valley.

It was a tongue in cheek remark about King St.

No,
Talk to any player who plays with or against him.

Have YOU heard different?

Fielden has been stealing a living for the past two years, he doesnt want to play for Wigan and openly slates Wigan fans whenever interviewed on TV, he came to Wigan for the dosh and is happy to bank the money on the back of cowardly performances, i hope for everyones sake he is loaned out to another club next year even if we have to pay 70% of his wages, at least the other 30% could be used to sign a prop with a bit of heart.

With posts like yours is it any wonder?

Look at the stats I posted earlier then tell me why in your opinion he is not the top prop at Wigan.

I dont care for your stats, he has been rubbish for two years and gets knocked around like a rag doll every game, the best paid player in SL should at least show a little heart and fight, unfortunatly he would struggle to fight his way out of a paper bag.

You need to stop getting your knickers in twist. The Yorkshire comment was obviously because you mentioned him not being found laying in a gutter in King St. That might be because he lives about 70 miles away.

I'll post the qualifying statement I did last time again, hopefully this time you'll read it before pulling your handbag out - "Not that I'm suggesting he does it anywhere else".

Obviously not, because it doesn't fit your agenda.

Who is the top prop at Wigan and why?

Agenda?? you mean i see Fielden for the washed up player he is!

Wigans top prop this year has been Coley followed closely by Feka with a fit Prescott in third, Fielden has been a passenger once again, he is scared of runnning the ball in, not a great trait for a prop to have.

Stuart is a solid hard working prop - but he is hamstrung by the mega salary he is paid, it puts a huge amount of pressure on him and its affected his game. However, Maurice offered him the cash - its not his fault - so people should get off his back. He will definately leave Wigan at the end of 2010 and probably play better at somewhere like Wakefield or Huddersfield on half the money.

Overall, yes I do believe he has been a disappointment in terms of value for money, but he has a great opportunity in what might possibly be the last big opportunity of his career against Warrington in two weeks and I really hope he has a stormer and takes us to Wembley.

I dont think he should retire. Stuart is a good player that is struggling for form. For whatever reason I have no idea, and I don't think Stuart does either otherwise he would be able to fix it. I don't believe that getting knocked out by Mason had anything to do with his dip in form or confidence though. Partly I think Stu is trying to play the role of a barnstormer like he did at Bulls, but he always had another 3 quality props around him in thos days and a lot of the time he cam on after 20 minutes when the opposition had been softened up. He's probably trying to hard to live up to his price tag aswell when he shouldn't, it wasn't him that put that value on his head. I reckon he should relax a bit and not put so much pressure on him self, he often looks really frustrated. Just concentrate on running hard and making the tackles Stu and I'm sure it'll come back.