He got injured in his 10th game that season, started the season on the wing and only moved to FB when Phelps got injured. I don't remember him being "superb" in every game, certainly not until he moved to FB, but I do remember him being unplayable for around 5 or 6.

wasn't he on the wing against wire early on in the season? if so he was qaulity in that game my memory isn't to good.

He was. He switched to FB during the away game at Cas when Phelps went off injured. That game was the most dominant one man performance I've seen in a long time. That day he was totally unplayable.

Can't see either he or Fielden ever playing for us again.

This.

And whatever we may think about his "value for money" its a awful way for him to end his career, IF TRUE. To be honest i find the "value for money" comments a little distasteful.

He started the Wire game at FB, which was the 3rd game of the season. Played on the wing for the first two.

Why? We got half a dozen excellent games from him in 3 and a half years. Given his reputation when he came it's unlikely we've been paying him peanuts. There's a lot of rose tinted memories going on at the moment because of a handful of games in the early part of 2010.

Its not rose-tinted at all. He was crap first season, so was Pat. Then he was excellent, so was Pat. Then he had a serious injury. True the money side does come into it, but its a persons career as a top athlete we are talking about, and it was cut short as he was settling in. I just feel that your comments are a little callous.

Said my piece...

I agree that "value for money" statements are distasteful. Don't forget that Amos at FB seemed to be settling into the team and a position that suited him and played some fantastic games. However, whilst playing for Wigan he has suffered an injury which at best is severely career limiting and could be career ending from the general posts.

Who is going to take on his contract after Wigan? It's not as if he will have a great future career based on u20's games.

Now, if this were a player Wigan had signed and barely played without an injury sustained playing for Wigan were to have Value for Money in a discussion then I wouldn't have the same complaint.

I hope that Amos is able to play again and with the same flair we briefly saw, if only to allow him to sign for another team and keep a career going after injury at Wigan.

Who'd have thought using the term "value for money" would cause consternation? What a bunch of delicate little flowers we have.

Commenting on his "value for money" is too far where talking about a man who has a family to support not a stock market investment.

Well I'm really going to upset the outrage junkies by saying that overall I think he's been a crapola signing.

Hindsight is always 20/20...

The view is based on actual performance overall. Any other suggestions for how we view how a player has performed if it's not on actual performance? Better tell Bilko his MoM awards are just hindsight.

I was very happy when we signed him, but he's not delivered save those half a dozen games.