He did some running back and tackling tonight like a thing possessed !



His offloads also created a few gaps and tries.

Just watched the game for the 2nd time, and feka played really well in his first spell.



Noticeably after watching it again, Stuart put in a lot of work and played really well to.

He set his benchmark of what he could achive in defence for me in the Good Friday game against Saints at the JJB.



He truely was everywhere in defence that night and ever since then he's fallen below that standard. He maybe made a rod for his own back in my eyes during that game but he should be aiming to reach that defensive level on a regular basis.



If he got in a better physical shape he's stand a better chance of doing so.

I agree !

played no better than he has done for his entire Wigan career.



He had a bad game last week because he was used badly by the coach knee jerk reaction made him a bad player.



He is a match winner generally and needs retaining.

I was looking for a picture that was on here, many moons ago, when Feka first signed for us, running at a Canterbury player that looked like he was going to soil himself... That epitomised the impact that he can have on the field, sadly I don't think that we are seeing that now, certainly not consistently.



There's a lot of graft to be done to return to that sort of condition imho, although to be fair, much better tonight, last week was highlighted particularly as it was such a big game...



Closest I could find was this

And he was nowhere near as big there as he is now.

I must admit Feka played well tonight, a couple of good off loads, and catching Anderson when he burst through, (bet Anderson didnt expect to see the head guard hitting him once he broke through). Lets just see if he can keep it up for the rest of the campaign, and put the hard graft in pre season. In and earlier post I put that he was fat & lazy. Tonight he showed that when he wants to he certainly isnt lazy. Tackling a little suspect though.



Thought Fielden did well tonight as well, putting Monaghan on his ass with one run, and some other good runs, as well as his 20+ tackles. But same goes for big Stu he needs to keep it up for the rest of the season.

Seemed to have more game time tonight and coped well with it. even chased anderson down. He also chased back a second time when one of the anderson brothers broke but a couple of other players made the tackle. But the effort was still there. cracking effort. Havent seen any wire fans on here taking the p1ss about him a fat overweight waster this week. after all he is quicker than anderson

Thats the thing isn't it.........he is out of shape bordering on being an every day fatman but that doesn't mean he has to be lazy on the pitch. When he's pushed himself like he did last night or against Saints on Good Friday he can get through enough work to make him more then worthwhile.



He is an outstanding natural talent but he's got to make the most of himself. He like the Freddie Flintoff of rugbyleague. Flintoff needed some home truths from his closest pals to get the best out of him and Feka needs the same.

The difference between last night and last week was that Feka was brought on when we had the ball, and didn't have to defend 14 tackles before he touched the ball.

It helps but Noble can't be a fortune teller can he.



It's boound to happen from time to time where Feka comes on and is going to have to put a good defensive shift in.



He should be able to add 'impact' on that side of the game aswell imo.