I don't watch West Brom, but I thought McShane was a centre half? As an Irishman I've seen quite a bit of him recently as he's made his way into the Irish first team and he's always in the middle of the back four for us.
I highly rate him. I'm not just saying that as I'm Irish, as there are quite a few Irish players I wouldn't want at the Villa, but McShane totally looks like being the new Colin Hendry.
There's an old saying of brave players "putting their head in where others wouldn't put their boot", well in our recent 1-0 win over Slovakia, he did exactly that. He made a good tackle in the box, but the ball squirmed to a Slovak lad, and while still on the ground , he literally flung himself head-first at the ball/attackers incoming boot.
He's still a bit raw, but he's committed and if he can get a MOM award against Koller on his debut, then he's got to have something about him.