Re: Shenton to HKR : Thu May 17, 2012 5:41 pm  

Maybe that is what is meant by McManus telling Brown he will open his chequebook. He will pay off the contracts of all the duff signings we've made over the last few seasons.

Re: Shenton to HKR : Thu May 17, 2012 8:26 pm  

I don't think we'll shift anyone out who is on contract unless they get a deal lined up somewhere else.

Re: Shenton to HKR : Thu May 17, 2012 8:37 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

You're joking, right? He goes off in the Grand Final and we fall apart. His defence is excellent. It's the one element of his game that has been consistent throughout his time here. He was growing in attack as last season progressed too but unfortunately his injury appears to have undermined him. That and we have reverted to not passing to the right, so he and his winger have been deprived of a lot of opportunities.

Agree with most of what you are saying, but he hasn't looked good in attack - probably because as you say, we won't pass to the right. Our HBs' arms don't seem capable of being able to pass in any other direction than left. It was especially obvious last week - even JD mentioned it.

Not convinced Turner would offer anything better and he won't be able to prove whether he is any good or not because we won't pass that way so he will see no ball.

Re: Shenton to HKR : Thu May 17, 2012 9:10 pm  

saint at wire wrote:

Not convinced Turner would offer anything better and he won't be able to prove whether he is any good or not because we won't pass that way so he will see no ball.

Any centre the the GB game today playing in a #3 Saints jersey for the last 18 months would have withered and died much the same as Shenton has. If Brown doesn't sort the halves out then Turner and Makinson might as well get a card school going on that right wing because they won't have anything else to do while we're in possession.

Re: Shenton to HKR : Thu May 17, 2012 10:40 pm  

Northampton_Saint wrote:

Any centre the the GB game today playing in a #3 Saints jersey for the last 18 months would have withered and died much the same as Shenton has. If Brown doesn't sort the halves out then Turner and Makinson might as well get a card school going on that right wing because they won't have anything else to do while we're in possession.

Get Turner playing at left centre and he will make a real difference. When he's played there for us he's scored some great tries and Tom Briscoe has had some good service, which he doesn't always get from Yeaman.

Re: Shenton to HKR : Fri May 18, 2012 8:39 am  

@James_Smailes: In other news #hullfc enter race to sign Michael Shenton, but Castleford favourites. Cas offered a deal to match what he's on at Saints

Re: Shenton to HKR : Fri May 18, 2012 8:57 am  

Albion wrote:

@James_Smailes: In other news #hullfc enter race to sign Michael Shenton, but Castleford favourites. Cas offered a deal to match what he's on at Saints

Agent Millward can't help doing us favours.

Re: Shenton to HKR : Fri May 18, 2012 9:22 am  

Albion wrote:

@James_Smailes: In other news #hullfc enter race to sign Michael Shenton, but Castleford favourites. Cas offered a deal to match what he's on at Saints

We are good at overpaying players, Richard Owen is on 100k a year.

Fwiw. He has left the Cas deal laying there, And agreed to sign for Hull Kr, So they will have paid similar to what we offered.

Re: Shenton to HKR : Fri May 18, 2012 9:31 am  

Clearly, quite a few teams are of the opinion that Shenton offers far more than he has delivered at Saints, and are prepared to pay for it. Which begs the question, why have Saints not got the best out of him? Is it purely because we can't pass that way? Should we try him on the left to see if he is any better? Seems a shame to lose what cold be a potent attacking player, simply because we have used him wrong.

Re: Shenton to HKR : Fri May 18, 2012 9:45 am  

SomersetSaint wrote:

Clearly, quite a few teams are of the opinion that Shenton offers far more than he has delivered at Saints, and are prepared to pay for it. Which begs the question, why have Saints not got the best out of him? Is it purely because we can't pass that way? Should we try him on the left to see if he is any better? Seems a shame to lose what cold be a potent attacking player, simply because we have used him wrong.

No offence intended, but the likes of Castleford and Hull KR are not great teams and they are the only teams (that we know of) who are really interested; it says a lot IMO