Shields was looking very good before he was injured.
Would you start him ahead of Jack Willis in a one off, must win game?
I accept there's an argument for Jack playing at 7, but I stand by selecting Jack ahead of Brad at 6
Nope, but just pointing out that shields has been going well. Would probably pick him over Johnson.
Agreed.
Shields got the Sopoaga treatment.
A big name SH signing must perform to 9/10 standards every game, from Day1, or they're classed as rubbish.
His performances for us have never been poor.
They also weren't stand out excellent initially, but he's been looking better every time I see him and he seems to add more to the team than just his playing ability.
Willis however is consistently very good and likely still improving.
I feel like I'd rather have Ash on the bench over Brad.
Brad feels like a player that should play from the start, rather than being an impact player from the bench
(I accept that a bench player may come on after 1 minute as well as after 60)