Perhaps to your detriment then. If sinfield was such a dictator on the field and others weren't allowed to take initiative does that explain why they are lost this season. Non of the others have been allowed to think for themselves and so haven't developed individual game management skills.

This is Paul McShane we are talking about, he had a decent game but he isnt even the first hooker id take from Cas.

Suspect you may miss your smiling skipper, Mr Brough even more than we miss Sinfield when he finally hangs up his boots and hang dog face. We at least have McGuire still knocking about. He may be the most dominant figure in any team in SL

No doubt we will miss him. What we will miss is his boot. I'm asking whether the fact that sinfield was calling all the shots- and any initiative, for example by mcshane, was frowned upon go some way to explaining why you are struggling this season.

Personally I don't think sinfield was that amazing a player ball in hand- but he made your squad tick due to his leadership. If mcshane and others had been allowed some leeway would that mean you would have more players able to provide some ideas.

Fair point. My view and I have no inside track is that Leeds were after a hooker who was a better defender and the fitness, higher work rate of Ailton was a. Preferred option. They wanted him to stay but Catalan offered more coin. Think they just miss sinfield's experience and leadership along with JP. I think Leeds players are encouraged to think for themselves more than most.. McShane has always had talent.

Possibly, but then again we might not have won as much either. And it's not like players can't have some leeway, McGuire has leeway to do things, the kick vs Hudds for the LLS for example amongst others. Just sounds like McShane was determined to go against even the most straight forward instructions and plans to prove a point, and this is from hearing it from McShane himself although he paints himself as being hard done to.

McShane does lots of eye catching stuff but he is still a limited player. Prone to silly choices, not greatest passing from dummy half and often painfully slow in getting to the ptb.

Heard the guy speak a number of times whilst he was amongst his clinger ons, the guy genuinely thinks he's on a par with James Roby or Daryl Clark.

As it turns out letting Aiton go wasn't that bad it was the cost cutting faloon that is the issue the bloke I have no idea how he got a gig in NRL.



He has been injured most of the season anyway, and the drug ban is still hanging over him. I heard last week they were deciding if he was gonna take the 12 months or fight it.

I'll quote McDermott from a few years ago while McShane was still at the club, during a coach education session where he was showing various video clips of different plays and game situations - "There goes Macca thinking he knows everything again".

Spot on. I was being generous saying he thinks he's on the same level as James Roby.....truth is he probably thinks he's as good as Cameron Smith (the Aussie one). Might look good in a CC 5th Round game, but I'm glad he was nowhere near a GF for us. You need guys whose objective is to do all they can for their teammates, not a guy who was only interested in how good he could make himself look.

Who did Castleford play in the 5th round?



Which hooker put in the best 6th round performance in the weekend televised games - I'd say Danny Houghton followed by McShane.