Fielden : Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:50 pm  

There's alot of talk on the Pies board about if Fielden should be offered a new contract. Would anybody have him back at the club? Obviously he's nowhere near his best anymore but what do you think?

: Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:50 pm  

Given his apparant lack of respect for our current coach I doubt it

: Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:54 pm  

Roofaldo wrote:

Given his apparant lack of respect for our current coach I doubt it

Yeah, have to agree with you. But forgetting his relationship with SM would you like to see him back at the club?

: Fri Mar 27, 2009 5:29 pm  

Burgess and Lynch are the future, Fielden is the past.

: Fri Mar 27, 2009 5:41 pm  

On his form of the last year or two, we already have 3 better props in Lynch, Burgess & Scruton. Why waste money on Fielden who hasn't had a truly top class game since the World Club Challenge he played for us?

: Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:02 pm  

DILLIGAF wrote:

On his form of the last year or two, we already have 3 better props in Lynch, Burgess & Scruton. Why waste money on Fielden who hasn't had a truly top class game since the World Club Challenge he played for us?

So true

: Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:37 pm  

Such a shame how he's ended up the player he is now. I'm sure no one one have predicted this a few years back

: Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:57 pm  

Never recovered from when Big Willie laid him out....was good for Bradford but would say he is well down the picking list for most top teams in terms of props... will probably end up at Salford/Celtic.....

: Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:08 pm  

on current form? No. On current wages? No. If he really does hate macca? No.

However.... If he signs on a wage comensurate with a squad 4th prop, if the thing with macca is paper talk and exageratted rumour, then I just wonder if maybe coming back to Bradford could reignite his career and he could be worth a punt on those terms.

Lots of ifs mind, and it would be a big gamble given our current strength in the front row, but I just think he will go for cheap on his next contract, as the common wisdom is that he's a busted flush, and so there is the possibility of picking up someone who has been and could be great for not much cap money. I think it would be worth looking at and not discounting straight away.

: Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:14 pm  

Wouldn't he also be a better buy for us than other clubs because he's a Bradford product and therefore counts towards the quota of homegrown players? What is that quota btw? Did I dream it?