: Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:44 pm  

acko wrote:

He hasn't been the same since his Mother died unfortunately before he went to AUS with GB & hasn't been the same player since Maybe another fresh start somewhere might help him regain is reputation

Agree

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:48 pm  

Cragganmore Kid wrote:

Fair enough re. the Smith thing, never saw it so can't comment.

He hit Smith about 3 or 4 times and made a right bloody mess of him, pretty sure he and Barry did trade punches a few times.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:34 pm  

He's lost his aura, there seems to be little desire to be the best week in week out anymore. He was the best. No one could touch him. I've never known a player to go backwards so fast... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pAiPd-ew3k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pAiPd-ew3k

He's lost his aura, there seems to be little desire to be the best week in week out anymore. He was the best. No one could touch him. I've never known a player to go backwards so fast... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pAiPd-ew3k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pAiPd-ew3k

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:36 pm  

Nick NJ wrote: He's lost his aura, there seems to be little desire to be the best week in week out anymore. He was the best. No one could touch him. I've never known a player to go backwards so fast... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pAiPd-ew3k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pAiPd-ew3k That is just laughable. Why does he always stop before the collision?? No wonder he is getting thrown around like a rag doll

Nick NJ wrote: He's lost his aura, there seems to be little desire to be the best week in week out anymore. He was the best. No one could touch him. I've never known a player to go backwards so fast... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pAiPd-ew3k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pAiPd-ew3k That is just laughable. Why does he always stop before the collision?? No wonder he is getting thrown around like a rag doll

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:44 pm  

He's shat. Gets owned like that week in week out.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:55 pm  

His commitment just doesn't seem to be there, you could see how he was frustrated with his mistakes against catalans but did nothing about it.

He played hard for 80 mins every week, even when injured, so his body may not be holding up too well but something still isn't right with him...

He's ruined his reputation as one of the greatest ever.

I feel for him, it's painful watching how the mighty have fallen.

He should read this thread if he needs some motivation and desire to get back to anything like his former self.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:56 pm  

Too much game time IMO. He was running hard for 80 minutes at a time and it was bound to catch up with him at some point.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:47 pm  

His last genuinely good game was the WCC against Wests. Since then he's been a shadow of his former self and I can't think of any non-(potentially)libellous reasons why he has fallen so far so quickly.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:53 pm  

His stats on the SL site still hold up pretty well though!

shows you not to look rely on stats too much I suppose.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:01 pm  

christopher wrote:

His stats on the SL site still hold up pretty well though!

shows you not to look rely on stats too much I suppose.

He's been a bit up and down tbh, he's still a decent prop (ignoring his recent performances), as his stats suggest. Knowing how good he was, average is not a word that should be associated with Stuart Fielden.