How is playing him against Cheltenham going to prepare him for the Prem?
Moyes has stated why he chose the team he did, and we won, so we have to respect that. Moyes will have his own ideas about young Shane, and his readiness. It could be that he wanted to give the existing Centerbacks an easy match to sort themselves out.
Even if we play Shane week in week out, he still has no experience at this level, and a loan deal to get him that experience is best. He'd probably be out on loan now if we weren't thin on the ground, so the arrival of one or two more defenders would give him that opportunity.
If we could get comfortable leads on teams he might have been given a few outings, but all of our matches have been tight recently, and the timing hasn't been good.