Originally Posted by Stephen Hunt
When you consider the level [McShane is] playing at, and he hasn't had a cap in eight years, you'd generally feel he should have had a cap somewhere along the line in a game that's important. Over the years he's had his critics of course, and everyone's entitled to their opinion, but I've been looking at McShane's performances up close and personal this year, and he's been outstanding. He's a different player to what he was three or four years ago. The difference is composure in terms of on the ball. That's something that probably applies to the whole Reading team in fairness with what Jaap Stam has brought to them. Maybe Jaap Stam has brought the best out of Paul as well in terms of playing.
When I watch him play, he's very composed, very settled. He's always been an aggressive defender. When you have a defender like that, you hope the four other guys that are playing with him will be aggressive too, so if he's defending on the front foot, then you'd like to think the rest of them will come with him. Most times, when I’ve seen him play this year, he’s made the right decisions and he’s been correct in the way he’s playing."