Fielden is getting picked over Feka due to his fitness nothing else. Fielden takes 3 drives to every 1 drive Feka does but Feka still makes the same yards. Fielden might burst more tackles but thats because he takes 3X the amount of drives. He bursts the tackles then makes a stupid mistake like a offload when not needed.



At the games feka gets the crowd going, he is a big impact player its just ashame that he can't last very long.



Feka should keep working on his fitness but try to keep the same size/weight and know its not easy to do but if that could be possible then I think thats what Mcguire will try to do. He comes on and sometimes changes the game IMO i've never seen that done before at WIGAN from Fielden...

i'm preparing to be shot down in flames here, but ....



i think andy powell would be a great 2-3 year option as a feka style prop.

he's british, has played RL as a school boy, is fitter and stronger than Quinnell was when he came over, and with MM as a coach i really do believe he can made into a quality impact RL prop forward.



phew. got it out. tin hat on



fire away

I think your right he will over time become a good RL player, the only down sides are he'll take a fair time to adjust, plus his wage demands will be rather high.

As I was watching a couple of Oz games this morning on MSK I was thinking how good the forwards were and that none of them had Feka's build (even though he has slimmed). With the money he is on he will definitely be leaving and I'm sure we'll get a great replacement.

I agree, think if the wage demand was right, he could do a job. Fast for his size, has a step and playing loose forward in RU he can play the ball.



I can do one better for being shot down mind - Clint Newton. No nonsense, settled in SL and probably HKR's best performer of the last few years? Replacement for Stu?

I don't think it will take him that long. Like ShortArse said he played League as a schoolboy and to be fair there's not a great deal he'll have to learn about playing prop in League that he won't have done before in yawnion