Anyone heard anything of this, and what is the thinking?

Posted by Rugby League Journalist For The Manchester Evening News

Neil Barker
@NeilBarker14

Breaking: Wakefield confirm Salford move to take Paul McShane on loan could not be agreed - Wakefield wanted Theo Fages on loan

Can only think he wants away, and to be honest who could blame him?

However, I hope the turnaround in situation can see him re focused on our season and that he is onboard for the fight we have ahead.

Hes a great asset to our side.

one of our best players looks to be demoralised with the changing room and no wonder, I would love to see Paul stick it out but I ain't going to resent it if chooses to move on

However he feels, he has always given 100% and been our best player on many occasions. Some of the other players need to take leaf out of his book and put a similar kind of effort in - a true professional if ever there was one.

I would hope nobody is going anywhere until the new coach is in position at least.

Seems a strange decision McShane wanting out immediately as he's only got till the end of the season before he can move on.

Idealy I'd rather Sammut go in exchange for Fages then McShane could then interchange with him and Godinet could go back into the halves.

Well, its neil barker, so i wouldn't put too much stock in it, especially the theo fages bit, thats ridonkulous.

Warrington will be on the look out for a hooker i would imagine.

I believe both Hull clubs are interested in signing him for next season as well.

having come from a winning background its no wonder, must be a big culture shock for him

Ever since Webster resigned and Mr Carter brought to our attention that some players' did not want to play for the coach, it entered my mind that just maybe some of the players were split over this and did not want to play for each other, I say this because a couple of the players have accused others in print of not performing for the coach, and where as in the past the players have been a tight knit unit I fear that the togetherness might not be as strong, now all of a sudden if we believe the rumours one of our consistently better player's
has in effect asked to leave the club, I hope I'm putting 2 and 2 together and making 5 but I can't help thinking maybe the problems are a bit deeper than we think.

Of all the players I've seen this year, he is the least likely to be one of the ones MC was talking about when he implied some needed to go.
I guess he may be upset about Webster leaving but it's unlikely to be at this stage so quickly.

Hope it isn't true anyway. I'd build a team around our front row of Anderson, McShane and Scruton. There are teams with much more money would be happy with that front row.

Where does it say that McShane is wanting away ?

It reads to me that Salford have made the request to take him on loan and we have not agreed to this. Maybe we turned the request around and said that we'd like Fages on loan.

Don't read into a tweet from a Manchester journalist something that may not be there.

Exactly and as Dewsbury have recelled Godwin Salford are light in that area

My thoughts exactly - in this world of instant news and lazy journalism, a tweet from some Manc no-mark is hardly a basis on which to decide that there is unrest in the squad; he probably got half a snippet from the Salford board and turned it into news.

I've always rated McShane but we've just taken Brad Dwyer back from his London loan and he has signed a contract until 2017. Very similar type of player and we all hope Clark is now going to come good after his small op.

Maybe he's fed up of playing with a load of lazy s

If the chairman announces that he will listen to any player who wants to leave I can't believe that some of you are so naive to believe that other clubs will not come in for our players. He has given basically a big sale sign on all our squad both those he considers committed and those not.
This interview could be one of the defining points and could put the final nail in our SL existence. I guess he was angry at Webster's departure and this highlights that chairman should not get involved with team matters because no one with an understanding of human nature would make such a statement to the press.
I guess this will be the first of many rumours regarding our playing staff.

When a team who are low on confidence,foot of the table and with relegation a possibility ,clubs in whatever sport will hover like vultures it's a fact which we will have to live with.Regarding lazy journalism,I've been on the receiving end of lying newspapers who print things in hope that it is right and don't care if they are wrong,hence that is why I never buy the crap,so Id take any stories with a pinch of salt.

Not bought a newspaper for years they are full of inept lazy journalism no doubt the club will have more stories going round due to the circumstances at the moment and you can bet your last dollar if someone on here made a storey up it would be gospel news in no time

What do you mean....IF....Les,they have been making stories up for years on hear

This

This. In my opinion once of the best hookers Trinity has had for years. Hope he sticks with the club as Trinity really need players like him.

one thing i can about Mcshane is that he was always on Agars target as a player. He has had links with agar on many occasions (i was told that agar had wanted to sign him previously at hull before he finally got him at wakefield) this information came from Mcshanes Uncle who i used to work with.

maybe Paul is fed up that all of the AGar team has now gone?

either way, he has been one of the players who has been performing. not one to let go.

I regret that when it is announced that any that want to leave can this is going to happen.