James Ford : Wed May 13, 2009 9:09 am  

I reaslise he has only been with you this season, But i was just wondering what you fans thought after topping the sheffied try scoring charts 3 years in a row hs the lad been given a fair chance to show his worth??? Is it worth loaning him back to a NL club, and what are his chances of an extended contract???

: Wed May 13, 2009 9:39 am  

Needs more game time to get him up to the fitness & speed of SL.

: Wed May 13, 2009 9:53 am  

I hope he gets a contract extension because with some more game time under his belt he will definitely be better then Wainwright, he's already faster, bigger & stronger. Once he gets up to the speed of SL I think he will be more then decent for Cas.

: Wed May 13, 2009 11:23 am  

I think James is doing ok and has great potential, I would like to see him given more game time to get up to the speed of Superleague, but it's a bit of a chicken and egg thing.
What James Ford has over Michael Wainwright is pace, but Michael has been very good in most areas this season, he really has upped his game defensively IMO and is generally very reliable and I would find it difficult to pick James ahead of Michael at this moment in time.

: Wed May 13, 2009 11:31 am  

Gaslight wrote:

I hope he gets a contract extension because with some more game time under his belt he will definitely be better then Wainwright, he's already faster, bigger & stronger. Once he gets up to the speed of SL I think he will be more then decent for Cas.

are you kidding Wainny is strongest player in squad (pound for pound) ask any player the guys has mongy strength!!!

: Wed May 13, 2009 12:18 pm  

doesnt mean your any good if you are the strongest in the team

fordy has alot more to offer than wainwright! his pace and decsion making is alot better than wainwright, as he can be abit clue less at some times during the game.

: Wed May 13, 2009 1:13 pm  

For me if Wainwright had an extra yard of pace he'd be one of the best wingers in SL.

I've not seen enough of Ford to really comment on him though.

: Wed May 13, 2009 3:37 pm  

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.

: Wed May 13, 2009 7:43 pm  

humo_sheff wrote:

doesnt mean your any good if you are the strongest in the team

fordy has alot more to offer than wainwright! his pace and decsion making is alot better than wainwright, as he can be abit clue less at some times during the game.

During Chambers time at the club the only player to get anywhere near him was Wainwright. I don't know where this lack of pace BS comes from. Remember last year at home to the Dulls, completeley outpaced their backs only to be unfortunatly called by a ref that saw something 9500 people missed.

: Wed May 13, 2009 7:49 pm  

BigNige wrote:

During Chambers time at the club the only player to get anywhere near him was Wainwright. I don't know where this lack of pace BS comes from. Remember last year at home to the Dulls, completeley outpaced their backs only to be unfortunatly called by a ref that saw something 9500 people missed.

That was Shenton not Wainwright wasn't it?