No, that is proved if he is selected next week.

Correct.

It's not just Riddell. Amos Roberts is doing nowt compared to what Ainscough was producing.

Sean Gleeson was right. Aussies are getting in just coz they are big money signings and it's wrong.

Was not happy to see Sam dropped but i think Sam got battered last week against wakie and think he needed the rest, think he could have been injured tonight out there, rough, tough game. Don't think the ground due to the weather would have suited sams footwork tonight.

I disagree I think the last 15 minutes were crying out for someone with Sams footwork to take on the defence and make the big guys slip all over the place. Had Sam been playing he would have scored in that last 15 for mine.

He isn't. Backline next week to be

Phelps
Richards
Bailey
Gleeson
Ainscough

Imo. Carmont needs to rest the injury and Roberts isn't performing.

Amos Roberts saved three tries tonight.

Yeah but I want to see things in attack.

Yep, yep and yep

In that weather?

And before people mention previous games - what can Gleeson and Roberts do if they don't get the ball? We still focus our attack down the left.

In any weather.

I know this is probably going to be contraversial on this site but if Pat couldn't kick goals then I am not sure how his position in the team could be justified. He is little more than average at the moment.

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Im struggling to remember 3?

I'll take that as a post made in a sulk. No winger would have a cat in hell's chance of doing anything productive in attack in that weather except maybe if you were in the mould of Lesley Vainokolo.

Made my day that.

All I'm saying is Roberts does not deserve to be in ahead of Ainscough in my opinion. I've said it for the past two weeks on the site.

At the wrath of the PAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTSSSSSSS. I think in open play he is the most over rated player in our team.

If it wasn't for goal kicking he would be very vunerable imo.

Phelps at fb has shown how Pat was nothing but "safe" there, he gives his all, but doesn't do enough sometimes nor do we use him enough with the cross field kick.

bull sh@t sam comes of every game looking like he s not played riddell in sam out what a very stupid decision full stop

GOT IT IN 1

I don't understand how Riddell can be allowed to be fat and still get selected. I'd drop him until he'd lost at least a stone.

Tuigamala - a huge name in RU at the time of his move - was forced to lose weight.

Piggy should be forced to shed pounds too (as should Feka IMO). These players are playing at Wigan, this simply is not acceptable. The inmates appear to be running the asylum.

For next week:

Riddell out - Sam in
Roberts out - Ainscough in

Simple. Do it.

Some wingers make things happen for themselves. Ainscough does. I posted his stats earlier today. He walks all over Carmont in tackle busts averaging 4 to 1 (and a bit) per game.

Roberts did well defensively but it wasn't as if he received no ball. He did and did nothing much with it. That knock on from the PTB was very poor and if anyone needs some time out of the side it's him IMO (and Riddell).

Dave

Agree. Roberts has been a big disappointment, Ainsough offers far more and if he does need to sort his defence out then BN should ensure it is sorted ASAP so that he can replace Roberts

The one person in all this that needs a rest is Noble.

He has lost the plot.

Get rid, and get rid now.

Roberts at the moment is a better all round winger than Ainscough, and so he should be.

Had Ainscough played tonight we would have lost with more points.

Roberts not only saved the try from Dobson, but also managed the ball steal in the second half.

How many real try scoring chances did he get, I'll tell you - none.

How many wingers scored tonight - none.