[url=http://www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.aspx?id=5740&type=1Confirmed by club - out for 3 or 4 months[/url

I thought that. IIRC I had him in my top three as MOM on here for the Bradford game. I'm guessing the knee broke down in training the week after that game because he hasn't been seen since

Gutted about Fielden, he was superb last year and he was solid down under I thought.



Maybe he will at least be back for saints away and the run in at the end of the season.



My worry is that we have quite a few players out now and if we get a couple more injuries over the next few games then we could really start to struggle. Our strength in depth willl only go so far. Imagine what our team would look like if we suddenly lost Lockers and Tomkins.....

The strength in depth will be tested in the coming weeks now.



With Finch, Richards, the other Centre, O'Carroll and Fielden now out the injuries are stacking up. There could be a fair bit of re-jigging needed if we get any more forwards injured during a game.

i honestly think this is a major blow for us. paaaaaat it still a while off, no sign of finch yet, o carroll out, fielden out, rumours about Gleeson. Our young kids are really gonna have to step up week in week out. That is a big ask. Ifw e lose many more, defending the title is gonna be a very very tough ask. The only silver lining is that at the moment Saints, Leeds and Wire also have injury problems. Ours unforunately though are all long term it seems.

Not looking forward to an away trip to Hudds followed by Wire at home followed by Leeds away. Anymore injuries on sunday and I think we should be happy to win one of those. However, this team always steps up a gear when they need to, hopefully they will do the same.

I hope I'm not the only one worried about the size of our pack compared to Huddersfield and Warrington?



Missing Fielden for another 4months is a MAJOR blow IMHO, and I just don't think the props we have left apart from Lima are going to be very effective.

Did we not just do pretty well in the World Club Challenge without Fielden and Lima. Granted we lost but I'm certainly not panicking at the lost of one player. I have faith in our squad. Someone will step up now and surprise us.

I think Prescott and Mossop will step up now. They've started this season great.

They were superb in the WCC and as Bilko said, we coped. But can they back it up week after week?

I agree with you Bilko but I am concerned that our pack is not big enough or experienced enough against the likes of Warrington and Huddersfield and arguably now Hull KR. I want to be proved wrong but when Coley and Lima are off the pitch our metres gained by the props is decreased, IMO significantly although stats may say differently. I'm not too sure about Mossop at prop, nor am I satisfied with Prescott at prop without Lima/Coley.



Prescott and Mossop have started the season well, no doubting that but I'm not too sure about them being on the pitch together at the same time at prop.

Well the easy solution to that is, to split up Prescott and Mossop and partner each of them with Coley or Lima that way we shouldn't have much of a lull when we rotate the frontrow.



I think a little to much emphasis is put on making meters down the middle of the pitch. We've imo got the biggest and best backrow in the comp, so any slack in going forward should be picked up by our backrow. It's often shown on Boot's N All that we play down a channel a lot of the time and don't spread the ball any more than 10 meters in either direction, and we do just fine making meters using that method. Personally I'm disappointed Fielden's injured but in the grand scheme of thing's I don't think his absence will make much of difference. Now an injury to either Sam or Lockers would be a problem.



I wonder whether Stuarts injury may lead to us seeing Davies or Crosby figure in the first team?

It's a blow, but not one that will make or break the season for us.

Hang on.........are we the same set of fans banging on about how bigger and better our pack would be this year with Hoff and Lima?

biggest pack in superleague , i think a few said?



we lose ONE prop and suddenly we're worried.......well im not.

we have the players to cope with any pack in the league