The million pound question is......can he catch a cold?

ball in hand - brilliant
ball on floor - solid
ball in air - poo in pants

Sums him up brilliantly

I hope the next thing he catches is the plane to Aus. We have better players chomping at the bit.

I'd still give him time.

You don't go from being "By far the best player in the Comp" to being a player you get rid with two years left on his contract.

The guy needs a try or two to get his confidence back and I think he will improve as the season goes on.

I agree, but who to drop when Sam comes back, if not Roberts?

I know what you mean but his head isn't there. He has all the skills in the world but without the mentality he will never use them. I really hope i'm wrong but i don't see Amos making a big mark on the team this season.

Sorry matt disagree his positional play is poor and he didn't make one attempt to catch a ball all night

He's had how many games in 21's + a few in sl but yet cant catch a bomb not being funny half of the people on here can take what he had tonight

He's a squad player, it's a long season...just keep rotating. If he improves (which I think he might), then he'll get back in at some point.

Matt IF is a massive word is sport

I see him as a winger going forward.

Last season he was injured / not 100% right right through to the off season.

I expect us to go through the same period of uncertainty with Paaat as well in a few weeks time, cause let's face it...he ain't going to be bouncing around like he was before the achilles injury.

Be patient my young padiwan.

He looked in a world of his own at times tonight, wandering around behind the line. I was actually impressed with him with the ball, looked dangerous. But I bet kris radlinski will have a few things to say about his efforts with the ball in the air. Saying that Brough can't half kick a ball, it comes down in a curve making it very difficult for the fullback.

He's a very good player, but I think he'll spend most of the season on the wing if and when others are injured or dropped (presuming sam stays at fullback).

Just a side note, when they got that no-try from the knock on in the second half, did Roberts turn round and question the referee as the hudds player turned and went for the line? Could have sworn he did, I thought that as the hudds player turned and headed towards the line Roberts was facing the other way. Could have imagined it though!

Come the end of the year and the possibility arises that he'd like to leave, I'd let him go. He's clearly a confidence player, and it's something he's lacking big time at present. He's just been to inconsistent for me during his time with us, from one extreme to the other.

What I'd hate to see is him holding back the development of King and Russel.

Dont tell me your a karl pryce fan

It was that obvious a knock on that even Mister Magoo would have spotted it.......oh wait, Thaler didn't!!

Hudds try was a knock on off there player but no doubt maguire will get 10 games for it

Im on about the one where their winger had to bend down and get it but fumbled it.

You have a ref and a touchjudge less than 10 feet away and both did nothing!

Inept would be too kind a word.

roberts was our only week link tonight. could have quite easy cost us the game. He need to pick it up big time. there are players chomping at the bit to play who are by far better under the high ball than roberts. I recon he is going to struggle to stay in the 17

Probably get shot down for this, but I don't think S.Tomkins would have done a much better job with those kicks last night. I think only those in the stadium could appreciate how high they were, and coming down with a swerve that I think most natural fullbacks would struggle to cope with. People will probably disagree, but had it been Sam there last night, I still think he'd have struggled as much as Amos, yet wouldn't be getting the kind of criticism some people on here are giving Amos, people who were bowing to his brilliance last year. To be fair in the argument though, yes he should have made the pass to goulding/marsh which he threw in touch, but I think some of the criticism about the high balls is ridiculous.

I agree with Dave. Those bombs were incredible kicks and to say Roberts is bad with the ball in the air takes away from the quality of the kick.

Anyway, he won't be playing next week after the RLF on tuesday. Accidental elbow must be a trip there. Two weeks ago Sean O (held player's arm and let go without any joint manipulation) and Coley (legal tackle and went for lost ball, players arm was in a vunerable position) get there for legal tackles with nothing wrong with them.

TBH I don't blame Amos for the majority of his "blunders" under the high ball .. Broughs sky scrapper kicking was excellent and as clarkey pointed out there arent many FB's in the game who could have coped with kicks like that. I thought he showed promising signs with ball in hand - he will recapture last years form.. trust me !

Thank god for a bit of realism in those last couple of posts!
Sam got nowhere near 3 that weren't half as difficult as Salford!

As quite few always say, there's always got to be a scapegoat for some Wigan fans

Roberts looks like he's lacking confidence in defence and looks as though he doesn't trust his injury but in attack he was a threat all night and had a perfectly legal try ruled out(shocking call). I was saying at the game last night that his great form last year from fullback was built on the back of a very good pre season and a couple of league games bedding in on the wing and the guy could do with that again this season imo.

Just to add to my previous post, considering most wigan fans realise Amos is a confidence player and that he's stuggling at the moment, surely the ironic cheers when he picked up the ball from a kick through right in front of the wigan fans can't help! Like I said, Sam would have struggled just like Amos, most people on here talk as if some of our players are invincible and shouldn't ever be criticised while scapegoating other players. FWIW I thought Amos looked just as dangerous as Sam in broken play last night.