Re: The Shenton enigma. : Fri May 25, 2012 9:11 am  

poppys mum wrote:

According to the sun newspaper (yeah i know)
He's signed for us on a 3 year deal.

My understanding of him leaving he just asnt settled at saints.
No disrespect to saints (my 2nd team) some players think the grass is greener, unfortunatly this is not always the case.

Sounds utterly unbelievable, but probably quite true. What on earth are we doing with recruitment? Is Brown the one making these calls?

If that report is true we're letting him go for nothing, despite having 12 months on his contract and him being an English international centre AND contributing to his salary for the first year. Say what you want about him not having fulfilled his potential but he is NOT a player we need to cut at all costs, like this report suggests we are. If true, and I stress the if, it seems daft. Especially as it would leave us with only one established centre in the squad again, and that's if Turner signs. I know you lot still believe the myth that is Gary Wheeler, but it's not a good place to be in, given that Wheeler will miss at least half the games next season.

Why not keep Shenton and look to offload Lance Hohaia?

Re: The Shenton enigma. : Fri May 25, 2012 10:32 am  

Saddened! wrote:

Why not keep Shenton and look to offload Lance Hohaia?

Because Shenton is an in-demand player who most SL clubs would want in their squad and Hohaia probably isn't...

Mugwump wrote:

That transfer really did crack the competition wide open.

Yup - which is why Wigan were so desperate to try and prevent it from happening by basically offering to give us Mather for next to nothing so we'd stand aside and leave them to sign him instead.

Re: The Shenton enigma. : Fri May 25, 2012 2:52 pm  

Love the criticism of Carmont on here. Hilarious.

I suggest you watch Carmont in the exiles game or the WCC from last season, you will see a truly world class player. Carmont hasn't played as well this year but last season he was playing at a level that Newlove never reached.

Newlove was always way behind Connolly, he was a decent enough player but not world class.

Re: The Shenton enigma. : Fri May 25, 2012 2:57 pm  

Deano G wrote:

Love the criticism of Carmont on here. Hilarious.

I suggest you watch Carmont in the exiles game or the WCC from last season, you will see a truly world class player. Carmont hasn't played as well this year but last season he was playing at a level that Newlove never reached.

Can we ban this troll now? He can't mean that

Re: The Shenton enigma. : Fri May 25, 2012 3:03 pm  

Deano G wrote:

Carmont hasn't played as well this year but last season he was playing at a level that Newlove never reached.

Oh ****, there isn't just one of them - there's an entire army of deluded clueless pies out there... That's what centuries of inbreeding does for you...

Re: The Shenton enigma. : Fri May 25, 2012 3:23 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Can we ban this troll now? He can't mean that

It's just a bit too funny to ban really. I would suggest Rouges has found an agent to peddle his wears for him until he returns.




I don't think anyone has said Carmont was poor, far from it, but a league above Newlove, why not go the whole hog and say he is the best player wigan have ever had. They should stop wheeling out Billy Boston as their banner man every other match and wheel out Carmont instead as he is obviously head and shoulders above the greats.

Re: The Shenton enigma. : Fri May 25, 2012 3:27 pm  

Shenton & Jake Webster will be 3 and 4 for Cas next year. Arundel off to Hull (cheaper option than Shenton).

Re: The Shenton enigma. : Fri May 25, 2012 4:19 pm  

Goodness knows I've read some pretty stupid things on RLFans over the years, but the suggestion that George Carmont is or has ever been in any way better than Paul Newlove is way out in the lead.

Re: The Shenton enigma. : Fri May 25, 2012 4:23 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Sounds utterly unbelievable, but probably quite true. What on earth are we doing with recruitment? Is Brown the one making these calls?

If that report is true we're letting him go for nothing, despite having 12 months on his contract and him being an English international centre AND contributing to his salary for the first year. Say what you want about him not having fulfilled his potential but he is NOT a player we need to cut at all costs, like this report suggests we are. If true, and I stress the if, it seems daft. Especially as it would leave us with only one established centre in the squad again, and that's if Turner signs. I know you lot still believe the myth that is Gary Wheeler, but it's not a good place to be in, given that Wheeler will miss at least half the games next season.

Why not keep Shenton and look to offload Lance Hohaia?

Brown is in charge of the recruitment for us. He's identified players he wants with stand off being the main priority.

He's already got two of the players he wanted.

I also know he's told McManus of players he's happy to let go. Shenton is one of them.

Re: The Shenton enigma. : Fri May 25, 2012 4:53 pm  

St pete wrote:

Brown is in charge of the recruitment for us. He's identified players he wants with stand off being the main priority.

He's already got two of the players he wanted.

I also know he's told McManus of players he's happy to let go. Shenton is one of them.

How many are we talking? Major clearout or just a couple?