It was slow, Its as if has to double pump every time he trys to pass. As I said I aint slagging him he Is what he Is.
Dissapointed he hasnt put Speakman In on Monday,now he has got a crisp pass.

Agreed.

He did well and passing was accurate with width.

It was noticeable on kick plays service was slow and Wilkin had two or three players in his face as soon as he got the ball.

Mind you it is upto Wilkin and others to do some thing different. Drop deeper , vary the kickers position etc.

In some senses he looked a little out of place passing into the bread basket rather than
the typical behind the runner , round the ankles / head of many of his team mates.

Howarth isn't injured though. You won't get Saints actively phasing in a young player. They will only play when there are injuries.

I honestly don't know where you have got this idea from!

Of course it was. His longer passes were accurate and crisp but his general speed off the floor was too slow

I think people are just confusing each other here.

He took a while to get the ball of the floor but when put the pass out it was very accurate and had some real pace on it.

Exactly, his speed af pass was excellent, the long distance and accuracy of pass was something we have not seen consistently this year. If he does the same tomorrow our outside backs will have more time and space on a lesser effecient sliding defence.

I don't see why? It's not a difficult concept.

If you want to see a slow distribution you should just watch Hohaia from dummy half.

I know what you mean, sometimes it reminds me of the re inactment of the "Green Cross Code"

Would his lack of training with the team not affect that though? As in he doesn't know the moves so has had to look where the players are running rather than going off instinct?

On a more general point in this discussion, haven't we only signed him as cover until the end of the season?

The deal is a straight loan swap. He will go back to Salford at the end of the season. Gaskell is OOC so will use the time to showcase his talents. I see Gaskell had a good game at , a position I and others have said he should have been tried at while at Saints.

To put Gaskell at Centre at Saints would require pushing Jones out into the 2nd row.

With Percival also showing good performances, it could give a back line of

Lomax, Makinson Gaskell Percival Turner.

Lots of speed there, but not a huge amount of power.

Hard to see Gaskell ever making it back to Saints now.