Get axis without using the InputManager

Hi there

A lot of people like the InputManager but I cannot see it anymore, it almost makes me sick to be honest.
This is why I am writing a few classes, which handle the Input without the InputManager.
But I cannot find any way of recieving the values of analogue axes of a controller.
The sticks and triggers are the hard part.

Code (CSharp):

1. Input.GetButton("Jump") // returns the button *configured*in the input manager
2. Input.Getkey(KeyCode.Space) // returns the keyboard key (*not configured*)
3. Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") // returns the axis *configured* in the input manager
4.  
5. //What I'd like to have:
6. Input.GetAnalogue(Something) //Something to return *not configured* axes values

Is there a way of getting these values?
I mean - why should we be able to get keys but not axes?
(Doesn't make sense to me)