Try having afew centres fc have had, turner would be an upgrade...yeaman the dinsaur is good defensively but appauling with ball in hand, whiting looks like he's stuck in quick sand, sa you cant get on the pitch for a start, turner was a good prospect when you signed him, but releasing shenton looks like a bad move...... id have shenton anyday over turner

Shenton's Castleford form is a far cry from his form when at Saints. Shenton never really settled in with the Saints and he let himself and the team down by constantly under performing. Turner has his faults but I would have him over Shenton any day.

Shenton was here when we had no halves at all and lacked good ball. He didn't like the travel every day either and that got to him. Shenton was good player but just didn't work out.

The very nature of Saints' compacted defensive pattern means Turner & Swift are always under pressure. If our forwards do their job and attack the opposition on or around the advantage line then it's not a problem. If, however, we instead hang back and allow the opposition pack to advance onto us (as happened last night, at Leeds and during the second half at Cas), Turner & Swift are put in an extremely difficult position.

If Cunningham really believed Turner & Swift were a liability he could easily switch to a more evenly spaced defensive pattern which would significantly reduce the number of times they are left isolated.

The fact that he doesn't suggests to me that he is very concerned that some of our bigger forwards could be undone by nippier halves and hookers with good footwork and given the choice between this or Turner & Swift occasionally getting caught out he'd much prefer the latter. On this point I agree with him. Our pack is at its best defending quick and tight.

Again, there's nothing stopping him switching Turner & Percival. But even though Percival is one of the best defensive centres in the business, anyone who seriously believes he'll completely block up that channel will be in for a shock.

We ruined Shenton when he was at Saints, he was starved of quality ball but he was pretty good defending one on one. Turner is the complete opposite, but improvements are there if he is coached correctly.