Played well AGAIN last night but I've a feeling he may be missing for the Leeds game.

In the second half he took the ball in and as Newton came in for the tackle, Fileden lifted his knee. It's something he has again been warned about.

Newton said something to him. Wigan went up the field and scored.

From the kick off Fielden got the ball looked up to see where Newton was and ran straight at him.

Wouldn't read too much into the Fielden/Newton incident. Seemed like in Fieldens interview for the WEP that it's always a heated exchange when they play against each other but are good mates off the field.

I certainly hope he isn't missing for Leeds, Fielden is the hardest working forward at Wigan IMO, something which he never really gets the plaudits for.

Say what you want about Fielden not living upto his price tag but he's still a very good forward. He makes yards and gets through tonnes of work in defence.

I'm not sure he'll ever be back to the old vintage Fielden but aslong as he keeps churning pout displays like last night i'll be happy enough.

Hopefully come next year Lenagan will look into extending his deal on lesser terms allowing us to get him some real quality help in the front row.

He needs some more help in the front row, I'm not putting a downer on Feka's/O'Carrolls performances because they have been great, but Coley just isn't doing it, an Andy Lynch type forward would suit Wigan down to the ground.

Better still is there a Reserve prop ready for the step Rogues? I know Mossop is there and there abouts but he's more a second rower.

Ben Davies looked very good in the friendly but I'm not sure if he is better suited to the second row.

Fielden had a good game. He has a fantastic work rate and gets through a lot of work in both attack and defense. He is not to the standard he was at Bradford but he has been much better so far this season and needs to keep this up as one of our more senior players.

I agree with calls for him needing a bit more support up front. I think his recent improvement has been down to Feka and O'carrolls form. I thought Andy Coley had a better game tonight to be fair but still is a bit of a donkey at times going forward. I can't wait for Paul Prescott to be back fit and ready to go because I think he could give us that extra edge going forward. Prescott O'carroll Feka and Fielden will be a very good set of prop forwards for us.

Agreed. A fully fit pack of Feka, Fielden, O'Carroll and Prescott is a good and very talented pack. The only issue I'd have with signing a new prop would be that O'Carroll and Prescott would become victims of it, one of them will be dropped, and undeservedly too.

I think we need to see how Prescott plays when he gets back into the team, We all know he is good when hes on form. If he plays well then I dont think going for a high payed player like Lynch would be the answer, OCarrolls now shown he is a first team prop, weve got Fielden and Feka, so if Prescott shows so great form like he has done in the past then we wont need Coley and we will have 4 good props. On that basis it wouldnt seem fair dropping Prescott or OCarroll imo.

Fielden had another good game last night as he has done so far in all the games this season.

The difference now is that on the back of a great team performance people are not questioning him like after a poor team performance.

A solid performance from Fielden last night.

I think that is how Fielden's career will go now; solid if unspectacular.

Fielden was the unsung hero last night, made a load of metres and on top of that, his defence is excellent, he runs Locky & Bailey close in terms of defensive effort.

And if he offers that solidity at the right wage he'll be at Wigan 'til he hangs up his boots.

Thought Fielden went well last night

Form improving all the time

The only way he will the fans over for me (apart from getting his Bradford form back) would be taking a reduced wage sooner rather than at the end of his contract. Not likely to happen though I know.

It was great to see Fielden get rousing applause when he went to the bench in the first half. He came off, looking knackered, and as he walked past the front of the South Stand, there was great support for him from the fans. He's often the unsung hero, Fielden, as proved by his stats. I'm still not sure he's been worth the enormous fee we paid for him, but you can't blame the player for getting the best deal possible. Really pleased for him last night.

Hope so.

I didn't make that comment as a criticism of Fielden.

That said, it does need to be at the right wage.

i think this lifting of the knee is aload of crap because thats just the style of fieldens running after watching fielden for a few seasons now he tends to run into ppl pushing them with his fore arms with his legs pumping cant believe he got warned over it when you have that peacock running round lamping ppl an getting away with it

Hock wiped out Godwin off the ball stupidly too, might get looked at

Realise it wasn't a criticism. Don't think we'll ever see the Fielden of Bratfut form but he continues to play as he did last night week in week out I'll be happy.

Classic prop play, all graft & effort and no glitz & glamour = a great platform for the halves and those in the 3/4 line to do the pretty stuff.

Well done Stu, carry on being a unsung hero to those who understand.

Agreed 100%, I think I posted the exact same point on this thread.

Fieldens work rate is excellent, a number of Wigan fans only seem to think a player is playing well when he is in attack.

Fielden was always unspectacular even when in his 'prime' at Bradford.

He is running in hard, making yards and putting in lots of work in defence, and now he is running better angles, and is getting better service.

Exactly what I would want in my starting prop - doing the hard stuff.

If only Coley were the same we would have a great pack - time for prescott to be given a chance now he seems to be getting some match fitness back.

I made a comment about his knee raising to the people sitting next to me. After his letter last week, he could be in trouble.
A high running style is okay but a sudden lift as someone goes low to tackle his legs is not on.
I agree his form is excellent.

Having watched the game twice now I thought Coley had a pretty good game by his standards.

What about Hanson?

Fielden was brilliant on saturday night, he will be even better when Coley gets dropped as well. Fielden took in so many carries and made so many important tackles, he was vital to our good performance.

Hansen was much improved against Bradford.

Fielden not up before the panel.

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