Maybe, but then again I'd MUCH rather have the new Feka - Solid in defence, with the chance of a barnstorming run - than the old Feka - The chance of 1 or 2 barnstormers, but an absolute liability when singled out in defence.

Just look at what Monaghan did last year - He ran at Feka all night and got a lot of joy.

He tried it in the pre-season match this year, and all he got was dumped on his Iestyn (repeatedly).

To be honest i think that was inevitable, but i am confident as the season progresses he will improve in this area. For him to lose the weight , he will have had to neglect some of the power training and look at more aerobic training, whilst this will have benefited his weight loss it will have hampered his power.

Once he is at the weight we require from him, I am sure the emphasis will go back to power training, with enough aerobic training to control his weight at an acceptable level. While the runs may take the hit now as the season progresses and his training becomes more power focused I am certain come October 10th at Old Trafford he will be back to his barnstorming best scattering the Leeds defenders to all corners of the pitch.

He was talkin to the physio after one of their tries and shakin his head, she waved 2 the bench and he was taken off.

That may explain his absence.

O'Barrol for next week if Feka's not fit me thinks.

Is it me or as feka lost his impact since he lost all this weight?

He seems much easier to tackle this year and making less yards.

I might be wrong, but seen him twice this year and he don't look to have the power he used to.

feka takes plenty stick for his weight but solomona looked bigger tonight!!!!!!!

impressed with phil bailey tonight aswell when he was on, didnt really look like he had been away.

Been told Mossop may have been carrying a rib injury which could be why his game time was limited.

To be honest i was not, although i will say he added some experience when we needed it. He did seem very sluggish (which is to be expected) and gave away a couple of very silly penalties at bad times for us. He was testing the ref but in my opinion he did it at a bad time in areas of the field where he should not on a couple of occasions.

I would have hoped for a little more leadership from him at the end, but to be fair he has been out for a while and he deserves a break so I may be being a little harsh.

I appreciate Tomkins and Mossop have been grabbing the headlines but for me Hansen has been outstanding thus far, and has filled the potential void that will be left by Bailey next year, in fact I think Bailey will have to do something pretty special to get his shirt back from Hansen.

Ive been quietly concerned about Feka given his perofmrnaces so far this season and its not so much his lack of impact bursting through tackles that concerns me but his game time despite the obvious weight loss.

His defence is the main area of improvement for me, so far this season he has made tackles that he could not physically of made last season and in attack his ability to off-load the ball seems to have improved too, but as expected he does seem to have lost something going forward with those big driving runs.

Andy Coley and Stuart Feilden have been outstanding so far this season, i thought Fielden had one of his best games in a Wigan shirt against Warrington last night and in compasrison to those efforts Feka has a lot of improvement in him if he is to remain a Wigan player beyond 2010.

October 2nd

I don't think Feka was injured tbh. I just think Maguire wanted to keep Fielden and Coley on as long as possible because they were head and shoulders our best props.

Feka has lost this weight and found some extra mobility. He's defending better without question but so far hasn't done much with the ball. I think that'll improve as the pitches firm up. I'd also like to see us run him a little wider because he'll cause some damage out there and get a few offloads away to the faster men.