Re: Shenton : Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:30 pm  

Offside Monkey wrote:

It was better than that, he wanted to go to Wigan, but they weren't fool enough to match his outrageous wage demands, but saints would.

According to that source every player with talent is a (lifelong)Wigoon fan and they all secretly want to sign for them....

through the years though Wigoon have steered away from these talented players (because of the wage demands of course) and preferred instead to 'invest' in quality overseas talent of the more mature variety (obviously still all lifelong Wigoon fans)

Re: Shenton : Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:07 pm  

Offside Monkey wrote:

It was better than that, he wanted to go to Wigan, but they weren't fool enough to match his outrageous wage demands, but saints would.

I heard he signed for less money at Saints than Cas offered him to stay but he went purely for playing reasons. If that's true fair play to the lad.

Re: Shenton : Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:23 pm  

Cecil B wrote:

I heard he signed for less money at Saints than Cas offered him to stay but he went purely for playing reasons. If that's true fair play to the lad.

Did you see his post match interview after the Wakey game? He said that what kept him going when he had his injury down under was the thought of a new coach, a new team, a new start. Along with other things he has said in interviews, it sounded like he had become a little stale at Cas, while still acknowledging that it was hard for him to leave the club.

Re: Shenton : Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:34 pm  

Maybe him moving was best for him and Cas too. Since then we've promoted Joe Arundel to starting centre and he's filling Shenny's boots well and has potential to be better then Shenton (in my opinion). Shenny became very average for us in the previous 18 months ago. I always respected Shenny because he was a top pro, but that being said, we aren't missing him. Good luck to him though, hope he does well, apart from when he plays against us.

Re: Shenton : Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:49 pm  

Towns88 wrote:

Shenny became very average for us in the previous 18 months ago.

He's far from average for us, and he's filling far bigger boots too left by Matt Gidley. I'm glad we've got him for the next three years.

Re: Shenton : Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:26 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

He's far from average for us, and he's filling far bigger boots too left by Matt Gidley. I'm glad we've got him for the next three years.

Good for him. We're thriving without him. Everyone wins.

Re: Shenton : Thu Apr 21, 2011 6:26 am  

Towns88 wrote:

but that being said, we aren't missing him.

No you're not. Its nice to see Classy Cas at the right end of the table.

Re: Shenton : Thu Apr 21, 2011 6:32 am  

Towns88 wrote:

Maybe him moving was best for him and Cas too. Since then we've promoted Joe Arundel to starting centre and he's filling Shenny's boots well and has potential to be better then Shenton (in my opinion). Shenny became very average for us in the previous 18 months ago. I always respected Shenny because he was a top pro, but that being said, we aren't missing him. Good luck to him though, hope he does well, apart from when he plays against us.

Joe Arundel to saints then soon