: Thu May 14, 2009 6:21 am  

Gaslight wrote:

That was Shenton not Wainwright wasn't it?

yes it was wainny is not fast at all remembe rthe many occassions he has been through the line for him only to cut in field as he does not have the pace to make the line.

shenny is our fastest player!!

: Thu May 14, 2009 8:45 am  

I've heard quite a lot of people saying that Wainwright is one of our fastest players. I would imagine Fordy, Shenny and Owen are faster though.

I'd like to see Ford get some more game time, I reckon he has potential to be a decent player.

: Thu May 14, 2009 8:55 am  

Gaslight wrote:

The biggest problem with Wainwright is probably his decision making, he seems to just run in straight lines and not bother changing direction when he makes a break, an example of that would be last year against Leeds when he ran over the top of Webb, then carried on in the straight line he was on before knocking Webb over, then getting dragged down, when a swerve would have probably seen him score.

Maybe more a lack of confidence? to be fair, its not often Wainwright finds himself in those sorts of positions

: Thu May 14, 2009 9:01 am  

Wainwright is as good a back-up winger as we could hope for - brave, strong, hardworking and a decent finisher. If we'd have had another 12 like him against Saints their winning margin would have been at least halved, the guy just never gives in and his consistency - albeit at an average level of quality - is outstanding. His problems are slowness to turn and a lack of height for dealing with the high ball but IMO Ford has to improve a bit more yet before he would get the nod ahead of him.

: Thu May 14, 2009 9:34 am  

smoking monkey wrote:

Wainwright is as good a back-up winger as we could hope for - brave, strong, hardworking and a decent finisher. If we'd have had another 12 like him against Saints their winning margin would have been at least halved, the guy just never gives in and his consistency - albeit at an average level of quality - is outstanding. His problems are slowness to turn and a lack of height for dealing with the high ball but IMO Ford has to improve a bit more yet before he would get the nod ahead of him.

Also would suggest that he could do with bulking up a bit, he is very lean compared to other wingers

: Thu May 14, 2009 11:42 am  

Fair enough, Wainwright could do with another yard of pace IMO. But his work rate and passion is always fantastic. He always runs hard at the defence, never sherks responsibilty and is never affraid to come inside and take a little pressure off the forwards when its needed. Nobody can fault the pride and passion in which he weers the Cas shirt IMO.

Keep it up lad!!

: Thu May 14, 2009 11:46 am  

caslad75 wrote:

Fair enough, Wainwright could do with another yard of pace IMO. But his work rate and passion is always fantastic. He always runs hard at the defence, never sherks responsibilty and is never affraid to come inside and take a little pressure off the forwards when its needed. Nobody can fault the pride and passion in which he weers the Cas shirt IMO.

Keep it up lad!!

Ditto!

Agree with every word mate.

: Thu May 14, 2009 8:07 pm  

danny boy1 wrote:

Ditto!

Agree with every word mate.

So glad we kept him..

: Fri May 15, 2009 11:26 am  

James Ford isnt just a playing asset but he will be great with the youth players coming through. He has a degree and hes a very knowledgable man on the sport and health front i.e. teaching at the sports college for many years. He is a good asset to Cas!

: Fri May 15, 2009 11:56 am  

he is a great asset for us, he tought me for a number of years at college and he knows his stuff. also coached the college side as wel. his speed and support play is really good and so far this year i think he has done well from what we have seen, just hope he keeps getting his chances and maybe play a full game.