In light of the visa rejections for Greg Bird and Micheal Crocker I personally think Feka is going to struggle to get a Visa when it comes up for renewal at the end of the season given his recent conviction of lamping a bus driver one.

Given the fact Wigan have been openly after a prop for the 2009 and struggled to recruit I think this could be another blow for the club as I am fairly confident we would be looking to retain Feka's services as an impact prop beyond this season.

What are your opinions? Will Feka get a visa if not are you bothered?

He's just had a child over here, I think that will more than help his claim to stay in the UK.

Something I was unaware of...

Good point there Neil, but his he one of those big earners who is off contract at the end of the year, IL has stated previously that some of these guys are being shipped off to free up monies on the SC

So it might not even come down to the visa issue

Correct and wasnt he cleared of the conviction anyway?

Worse than Sky News. Was he on duty? No, therefore the 'Bus Driver' bit is irrelevant.

I've seen no evidence within the last 18 months to suggest we would lower his wages/get rid.

He's one of our most valuable and important players IMO.

No need to be defensive and he was convicted and found guilty wasnt he??

If Feka was shipped out i for one under the current time would seriously start to fall out of love with the club.

If we offer him a deal that is reasonable and are out bid fair enough, if we do not offer him a deal at all and ship him out, some serious questions would need to be answered.

He is contracted till end 2010 i think.

- Ive not got much right with this one.

Do you want me to lock it for you?

Is that how he managed to lose the 3 kilos so quickly last season? Looks like he's having another now!

To be fair he was one of out better players against Wakefield and spent a reasonable amount of time of the pitch for his standards.

Not knocking him mate - regardless of how long he spends on the pitch, he always puts a decent shift in, eager to pick the ball and charge with it. Wouldn't do any harm if others had the same commitment, eh?

People wanting to see this image of a slim line Feka are going to be very disapointed in my opinion. Never going to happen.

Very true, good to see Eamon O'Carroll following his lead last week.

I didn't time it but I would estimate he spent around 25-30 minutes on the pitch.

I know he did 18 minutes on his first stint but didnt time the second stint so I reckon about 30+ which is what I would expect from him.

guilty and community service iirc.

he is more effective with the weight on imo, last season when he dropped the weight, he didn't seem to steamroller over the offence as much, we never saw such barnstorming runs like when he ran over the top of Chris Nero

Can someone actually give me a real reason why they cant get feka fitter?

Im not having a dig i just dont understand why he cant get fitter!

Is it a medical problem or is it just the way it is?

i think its down to the fact that he eats too many pies

We always go through a patch in a season when everyone turns anti-Feka.

Truth is, he's our most important player, by a mile.

To get him fitter would mean for him to lose weight. It's his weight that makes him so effective. If we had another prop like him we would batter teams up the middle. Unfortunately we don't.