Re: ainscough : Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:15 pm  

This is what I posted on the Wigan site :-

What you saw tonight was classic Ainscough.

3 good tries (I think it should have been 4) BUT the miss kick to let HKR back into the game and the wrong option when he kicked towards the posts instead of backing himself to go for the try.

Had Amos Roberts played for Cas they would have won the game.

Re: ainscough : Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:24 pm  

And if we had Billy Slater at full back, we'd also have won the game...

Ainscough was exceptional in defence, he made one mistake, it's a shame it led to the try, but imo McGoldrick was woefully out of position

Re: ainscough : Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:26 pm  

Gazemous wrote:

And if we had Billy Slater at full back, we'd also have won the game...

Ainscough was exceptional in defence, he made one mistake, it's a shame it led to the try, but imo McGoldrick was woefully out of position

To be fair, he had to come across to cover the defence to stop their first guy getting to it. Nobody over there. Woeful defending for that (hard to blame Ainscough though).

Re: ainscough : Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:29 pm  

Yup, not going to bag Goldy for that performance, I thought he was excellent

Re: ainscough : Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:16 pm  

Gazemous wrote:

Yup, not going to bag Goldy for that performance, I thought he was excellent

Apart from Hull KR's first try he was good, which for McGoldrick is excellent I suppose seems usually *** or mediocre would describe a performance by him.

Re: ainscough : Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:37 pm  

Ainscough made a great contribution to the game, plenty of energy, pace and committment. I wish we could have him for a bit longer than a month!!

Re: ainscough : Sun Feb 28, 2010 12:53 am  

class lad, quality

Re: ainscough : Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:23 am  

Great debut. Seemed liked he'd been at Cas ages with the way he played. Hope he stays longer than the planned month.

Re: ainscough : Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:25 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Had Amos Roberts played for Cas they would have won the game.

That line stands for the mediocrity of our international game and our terrible excuses for British RL for the past however many years.

I've just been watching up n under on a certain video site which was uploaded by a wigan fan (to whom I am very grateful) featuring the signing of Martin Offiah. Not a single mention of his defence when talking about signing him, simply his great ability.

We lambast young british winger and centres in favour of imports to our peril. Thanks to Cas this season for giving the kid a superleague start this year otherwise people would have said 'well anyone can score in the championship..etc etc.

"Had Amos Roberts played for Cas they would have won" - absolute classic

Re: ainscough : Sun Feb 28, 2010 11:37 am  

the one thing that did stand out in his game was the way he alway brought the ball back inside instead of going the direct route, i think he could have had another 2 tries if he'd backed himself