Thought his tackling was spot on !! His not everyone's cup of tea and I no it's only one game but that's what everyone's problem with him was his defence

I dont think gaskell tackling is too bad it's just sometimes he can get caught out of position

If u look at posts to do with him they all say he shouldn't play cause lance is better defensively that's there opinions

I've never had a problem with any of Gaskell's play, defensive or otherwise. All he has lacked is a bit of experience to aid his decision making and if that time had been afforded to him last season we (well, me at least) wouldn't be sweating on this contract business.

I would be gutted if we lost him.

Gaskell is a player we need to keep hold of. He has a good organisational and kicking game which is a rare amongst emerging halfbacks, it tends to be a lot more orientated around a running game.

Ditto.

Thought he played really well last night, linked up well with Lomax to put Wello over, and his defence was superb. Wilkin took a lot of pressure off him in relation to his kicking game, allowing Gaskell to focus on other areas.

He does have a great understanding with Lomax, they understand each other extremely well and bring the best out of each other.

I hope he starts the season at 6, and has a cracking season. He is the sort of player who if we sold, could come back to haunt us.

Agreed

Decision making's his only real shortcoming for me. I wouldn't call it greedy, but there're times when he should let the ball go and doesn't. It's easy to see from the stands or on TV, but I think if Gaskell improves his decision making, he can become a very good stand off.

Agreed, which is why I was very frustrated by the end of last year as his decision making would not improve in the under 21's as there is no need to if you can beat the man.

You can only improve by making the mistake and learning from it.

definitely leaving at the end of the season (unless he is lying to his close friends and family).

Wigan bound