Did he come off injured. We only got 9 minutes out of him tonight. Someone just twittered me to say Mossop only played 20 minutes as well?

Although Feka made little impact with the ball he looked to have put in some work in defence, he must have come off injured I can't see why he would have only played 10mins. The strain on the other props must of been shocking as for Mossop. I know he had a spell at the end of the first half and some game time in the second but, it is strange. Suppose we will know more tomorrow or Monday.

I'm sure Mossop played longer than that, but yeah Feka hardly got through any minutes, and didn't look that great in attack when he was on. Mind their pack were giving us sod all yards.

I just hope its nothing serious. Maguire hasn't mentioned anything in his post match comments.

Shame for Mossop if true, when on I though he was superb.

I don't know about Feka, but one things for sure he wasn't a liability in defense when on.

Feka isn't a liability in defence anymore, but he's still the poorest of our props in defence, and the worst going forward at the moment (although the other 3 first teamers have improved). He may have picked up a knock, but for me he just wasn't cutting it out there so Maguire decided to stick with players who were performing better. Once the game became close, bringing Feka on was a risk not worth taking, despite his improved defence.
I imagine he's a player who will improve as the season goes on and he gets more games and he changes his game a little bit.

With Feka losing all that weight, I hope it hasn't stopped him doing his barnstorming runs.

I doubt it, i expect it's more a case of him needing time to bed in and get to grips with his new physique and adapting.

Maybe, but then again I'd MUCH rather have the new Feka - Solid in defence, with the chance of a barnstorming run - than the old Feka - The chance of 1 or 2 barnstormers, but an absolute liability when singled out in defence.

Just look at what Monaghan did last year - He ran at Feka all night and got a lot of joy.

He tried it in the pre-season match this year, and all he got was dumped on his Iestyn (repeatedly).

To be honest i think that was inevitable, but i am confident as the season progresses he will improve in this area. For him to lose the weight , he will have had to neglect some of the power training and look at more aerobic training, whilst this will have benefited his weight loss it will have hampered his power.

Once he is at the weight we require from him, I am sure the emphasis will go back to power training, with enough aerobic training to control his weight at an acceptable level. While the runs may take the hit now as the season progresses and his training becomes more power focused I am certain come October 10th at Old Trafford he will be back to his barnstorming best scattering the Leeds defenders to all corners of the pitch.

He was talkin to the physio after one of their tries and shakin his head, she waved 2 the bench and he was taken off.

That may explain his absence.

O'Barrol for next week if Feka's not fit me thinks.