If he had speed he'd the the perfect player..

He doesn't need speed.

What he needs are players with speed backing him up. Our back line should be running up his a[ir[/ise any time he gets the ball

One of the best players we have ever signed

What im saying is if he had more speed hed be one of our best players. Possibly one of the best in the league

That is one thing i have noticed about Shaul - he is always there on his shoulder

Hopefully Clarky is checking out copyright issues so we can have "Whiting is Superman" t-shirts etc.

Didn't the club make some shirts of Fitzgibbon in a superman outfit? If they could do that then I think they'll be able to make some similar ones for Whiting.

This happened at the derby when Whiting intercepted and Shaul scored

It was evidenced in the final. Whiting slipped the ball out and Shaul was there. However someone switched the carpet spray with liquid teflon

Shaul is like S Briscoe was - a supporting FB. Whiting is about the only player worth supporting most of the time.

Think Shaul would score a lot off Horney too - he has made a lot of half breaks, pushed his nose through, with nobody backing up (typically because Shannon McD has been lining up for the next play)

Exactly right.

You mean Jamie "Parrot Face" Shaul?

My thoughts exactly Paul.

lol

That looks like a young Eddie Hemmings

Adobe called. Can they have their licence back?

Whiting is an outstanding player from the lower leagues, i see warrington have just signed another prop Anthony England from fev so thats Hill they have had and now this 1, plus saints got Walmsley and hes a crackin player how come we havent brought anyone in like this?

We have in the past but unfortunately they don't all work out, remember Dom Maloney & Jamie Ellis?

There's no guarantee that Anthony England will go onto the standard of either Walmsley or Hill. We have brought in players from lower leagues - Jamie Ellis in the 2012 season, Dom Maloney in 2009 (?), and you could somewhat argue Tom Lineham as we signed him from York aged 18, although he spent a couple years in our academy.

and danny brough who did work out (sort of)

Back on subject and how richly Whiting deserves his Testimonial in 2014. When you look back over the past few seasons he really has been the lynch-pin of the side and yet he goes about his business in such an unassuming manner. As I said on another thread according to the FC Squad thread on here his contract is up at the end of next season and he is much coveted around the game so for me he needs an extension and quick! FC without Superman is pretty unthinkable!

Couldn't agree more. For me he has been too often compared to other players in terms of his performance - particularly Joe Westerman. He is a SL player in his own right and a bloody good one at that. Time to tie him up for another 3 years and look to bring him into the coaching setup towards the end of that. Get it sorted AP.

Testimonial RICHly deserved. I'd say he's one of the best on the (Daily) Planet

That' s told him!