: Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:24 pm  

Im pleased Shenny did well, limited with ball in hand but defense was great. We could have found a centre/wing partnership of the future in Shenny & Hall.

The other side of the field where Mcguire & smith defended was a joke...love to hear the Leeds fans give excuses for their s***e performances

: Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:50 pm  

pyeman wrote:

I was very pleased by shenton was our top back in defence (the combination of ellis, shenton and hall outwide was inpenatrable for the aussies), caused two aussie knock ons, forced an aussie player out of play, made meters out of dummy half and made an offload under alot of pressure that if roby had took could have resulted in a try. Cant recall him making a mistake or giving away a penalty.

And we know there is more to come.

: Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:34 am  

He only got a 5 on the sporting life ratings, Crabtree got best rating.

: Sun Nov 01, 2009 12:38 pm  

barnsley bill wrote:

He only got a 5 on the sporting life ratings, Crabtree got best rating.

Crabtree made a difference when he came on, but Shenton didn't see much of the ball because England just didn't play it to his side of the field.

: Sun Nov 01, 2009 1:09 pm  

barnsley bill wrote:

He only got a 5 on the sporting life ratings, Crabtree got best rating.

Any rating that put shenton on the same level as mguire and worse than smith really are worthless. Those two were responsible for pretty much every aussie score.

: Sun Nov 01, 2009 1:18 pm  

duke street 10 wrote:

Im pleased Shenny did well, limited with ball in hand but defense was great. We could have found a centre/wing partnership of the future in Shenny & Hall.

The other side of the field where Mcguire & smith defended was a joke...love to hear the Leeds fans give excuses for their s***e performances

mcguire and smith were rubbish, but to be fair the aussies targeted that side which put shenton and company under considerably less pressure. imo apart from crabtree, burgess and tomkins in the second half, they were all fairly average. the aussies took their foot off the gas in the second half, the game was already theirs. shenton should be one of the first choice centres. to be honest the english haven't got many decent centres when compared to the aussies and the kiwi's. we seem to lack the same desire and aggression and will to win, that they have.

: Sun Nov 01, 2009 3:45 pm  

MR BROWN wrote:

mcguire and smith were rubbish, but to be fair the aussies targeted that side which put shenton and company under considerably less pressure. imo apart from crabtree, burgess and tomkins in the second half, they were all fairly average. the aussies took their foot off the gas in the second half, the game was already theirs. shenton should be one of the first choice centres. to be honest the english haven't got many decent centres when compared to the aussies and the kiwi's. we seem to lack the same desire and aggression and will to win, that they have.

However, despite this, Shenton made more tackles the the others and did not put a foot wrong all game.

: Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:15 pm  

Shenton playing against the kiws too, hopefully we will get to see what they he can do in attack as well as defence with eastmond and tompkins in the halfs.