Was heavilly rumoured on the wigan board to be in talks with us a few weeks ago. We are looking for a replacement for George Carmont and shenton fits the bill.

It depends if he thinks signing for wigan or saints will increase his chances of success and grow his bank balance.

no disrespect but i cannot see why he would stay at cas whether matterson is replaced or not. i know a few people with very close links at the club and they tell me on a daily basis what a state the club is in. saints will be going through a rebuilding process and shenton will fit the bill, but centre is a spot wigan will be looking to replace in shortly and with the talent of youngsters taking superleague by storm they look to have a bright future competing at the top of super league foe several years to come. only shenton can decide but id be very very surprised if he extended his current contract. the lad is a shining light at the club but if he wants to win things he needs to leave cas. question is, is blind loyalty enough, i think not !!!

Do Wigan not have any youngsters coming through then ?

Yeah, we've got 1 of them right now!

Amos Roberts is injured so will Ainscough be going back to Wigan ?

Not sure buddy.Goulding's been playing well, they'll probs just stick with him. Ainscough I reckon will be called back in they lose another from their 3/4 line.

Josh Charnley and Iain Thornley are two centres that we have coming through and no doubt will be blooded under Mcguire but this will be a gradual process. Look at how Mcguire uses Mossop, plays a few and then gives him a break. Shenton is an international centre that would fill Carmonts spot very nicely at the end of the season and with the above two mentioned youngsters coming through they would provide good competition for places. We have strength in depth across the park but centre is not one of them. we use bailey and joel tomkins as cover at the moment but bailey is also likely to go at the end of the year so it is an area we need to strengthen. Gleeson doesn't have that much time left so Shenton Charnley and Thornley could cover that position for many years. To be honest though, i think shenton is saints bound !!!

Isn't Shenton a right centre? Wigan already have a right centre in Gleeson. If Gidley leaves Saints then that opens up a right centre spot there.

I'd like to see him go to the NRL.

we had this conversation on the wigan board a few weeks back. a few cas fans came on and said although he had played right centre recently it was only to cover injuries and is actually a left centre. I think he played left centre for england in the four nations as well

Saints currently have no right or left centre so it makes no difference on that part.

Wouldnt mind Westerman coming over to Saints to keep Shenton company too , cant see it though .

While I would love to see a British player of Shenton's talent coming into our side, Shenton is a local lad and I would hate to see our local lads leaving Saints for one of our competitors. So I'm torn on Shenton.

Not seen much of shenton apart from when we play cas or for england. Looks very good in defence but whats he like with the ball in hand?

As fast as lightning, knows his way to the line and if he had a good winger, would put them in the corner more often.