Re: Michael Shenton : Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:32 pm  

This is what gets me.A player turns a club down and the the fans say they werent turned down,its just that they wouldnt meet the wage demands.I bet if there were no salary cap warrington and wigan would have been back with bigger offers.At the end of the day Saints have a fair bit of spare salary cap,they were able to offer Shenton more.But dont believe hes on mega bucks,our chairman is no mug and hes got a new stadium to pay for !

I dont know why we need a live salary cap.Enough people on here seem to know how much each player is on

Re: Michael Shenton : Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:46 pm  

snowdog wrote:

At the end of the day Saints have a fair bit of spare salary cap,they were able to offer Shenton more.

Has it been officially announced that Shenton has been signed by us?

Re: Michael Shenton : Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:56 pm  

I really do think Shenny will thrive with you lot and become a better player then he is already.

Tiny bit sad he's going, but I'm confident we have another local lad who'll be just as good.

Re: Michael Shenton : Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:57 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Has it been officially announced that Shenton has been signed by us?

Errr.....no. Not allowed until Sept 1st I believe. So sshhhh, don't tell the RFL.

Re: Michael Shenton : Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:59 pm  

Harry Pinner wrote:

Errr.....no. Not allowed until Sept 1st I believe. So sshhhh, don't tell the RFL.

Not true, though, is it? If Cas give permission then it can be announced at any time. However, it's just that people on here are making statements as if he has already signed and so I was just wondering if I'd missed the announcement.

Where Saints are concerned, announcements are like buses. You don't see one for bloody ages and then a million come all at once!

Re: Michael Shenton : Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:03 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Not true, though, is it? If Cas give permission then it can be announced at any time. However, it's just that people on here are making statements as if he has already signed and so I was just wondering if I'd missed the announcement.

Where Saints are concerned, announcements are like buses. You don't see one for bloody ages and then a million come all at once!

Nothing official yet. But the tone of Castleford's statement suggests that he's going with their blessing, in which case I doubt we'll have to wait until September to find out one way or the other.

Re: Michael Shenton : Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:15 pm  

fantastic signing by the "S"

Re: Michael Shenton : Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:09 pm  

RIGSBY wrote:

but you would if there was talk of him going to wire i suppose...

Nope dont rate him.He looks like he would a job,and nothing else.Nothing specail about him,Would rather have Atkins over him.I didnt think much of Atkins when he signed for us.But i have changed my veiw on him, now i have seen play a number of games.Atkins has power, pace and a eye for the try line.Plus just recent adding the kicking game to his amoury.Defence has improved under TS.

From what i have seen of Shenton he has none of these attributes.

Re: Michael Shenton : Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:15 pm  

robbierotten wrote:

Nope dont rate him.He looks like he would a job,and nothing else.Nothing specail about him,Would rather have Atkins over him.I didnt think much of Atkins when he signed for us.But i have changed my veiw on him, now i have seen play a number of games.Atkins has power, pace and a eye for the try line.Plus just recent adding the kicking game to his amoury.Defence has improved under TS.

From what i have seen of Shenton he has none of these attributes.

So you're saying sh.enton has no pace or eye for the try line? Have you ever actually watched him play?

He's a much better centre than atkins, who is a winger anyway

Re: Michael Shenton : Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:48 pm  

http://www.castigers.com/article.php?id=929 Castleford confirm he's leaving

http://www.castigers.com/article.php?id=929 Castleford confirm he's leaving