Exactly.

I, like others on here, was advocating he was taken out of the firing line for a few games when we went pearshaped at the start of the season. But only a few games. Clearly something else is going on at the club and the line that has now been trotted out by Rush and Tommy Martin (an almost word for word repeat) and doesn't wash with anyone. To state that a player who played two thirds of a season including knock out games, sometimes really tough games and a Grand Final is 'learning his trade' in the u20s is garbage. After being in a GF, a player is going to learn zip in the u20s.

Then you need to watch a full season of games to remind yourself. You are showing your ignorance.

Bring back Tommy God then.

Lance should earn his place just like everyone else.

I have watched the games. Instead of going round in circles while you imagine what Gaskell did and think he is a world class player wrongly ejected from the team upload some video's of Gaskell and these performances you speak of.

And exactly when did I say Gaskell was a world class player? The only apparent world class player at halfback is Hohaia and so far Gaskell made a much better job of the position than he is doing!

Gaskell is a young player who showed lots of promise last season. He scored tries, assisted in tries, rescued imminent disasters, showed speed of thought and a bit of pace in his legs, as the season progressed he began to organise more, he worked well with Lomax and he even managed a drop goal, something I don't see Hohaia doing in a month of Sundays. The kicking game has largely been taken off Hohaia and he is actually practising with Tommy Martin. So we are teaching a world cup winning Kiwi how to play at halfback while our very own product who was so impressive so often last season is wasting away in the u20s. Good effort there Saints.

I can point you to where you said Gaskell was 'average' and 'not good enough for Saints'... Yet Gaskell being instrumental in Saints reaching a grand final and contributing two MOM performances in playoff rugby v Wigan suggests you are incredibly wrong on both counts.

The fact you're advocating that Hohaiah keeps the 6 shirt based on him being apparently too classy to drop, despite him showing none of this class to date in the red vee, is madness. If he really is that good, it must be that he just can't be bothered.

Maybe you would be a better option, after all...

SaintsFan

I can point you to where you said Gaskell was 'average' and 'not good enough for Saints'... Yet Gaskell being instrumental in Saints reaching a grand final and contributing two MOM performances in playoff rugby v Wigan suggests you are incredibly wrong on both counts.

The fact you're advocating that Hohaiah keeps the 6 shirt based on him being apparently too classy to drop, despite him showing none of this class to date in the red vee, is madness. If he really is that good, it must be that he just can't be bothered.

Maybe you would be a better option, after all...'"

Hohaia's only role at #6 as far as I can tell is to just keep Gaskell and Wheeler out of the firing line and to avoid too many hits to their confidence before the new coach comes in. That and the fact that he has to be played somewhere due to his contract and promises made to him to get him over here in the first place are the only logical reasons for his persistent appearances out wide of Lomax I can come up with, as his performances there certainly can't be the reason. For me we're missing a golden opportunity now to get some more gametime at #6 into Gaskell and Wheeler for the rest of the league slog and to see exactly what they're made of ready for when Brown puts his lineup together. Hohaia is just frustrating the holy heck out of me now.

The Gaskell situation, for me, stinks. He should be in week in, week out, and I am not happy with an interim coach having this much say over a potentially cracking players career with the club.

Spot on.

I won't deny Hohaiah comes with an impressive CV... but I'm really interested in performances for Saints and he's shown none of this class. Absolutely none.

You say Lomax is more dangerous alongside Hohaiah... yet it was alongside Gaskell that his performances were at such a level to win Young Player of the Year.

It's criminal that Gaskell is not seeing more game time.

Seriously stop asking for proof that you know she can not post without a warning.

It annoys me when people ask others to prove by posting vids, incitement to break the AUP.

1.2b. Copyrighted materials
* Linking to sites carrying content without the permission of the copyright owner, or mentioning how to access such material, is forbidden.
* This also includes posting links to, or explaining how to access, unauthorised video or audio of copyrighted broadcasts and recordings.
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You're taking this all a little too seriously.

Seriously that's a bit OTT! If I knew that I wouldn't have asked. There's no danger of it anyway as no such footage exists.

Finally. Someone who can see Gaskell isn't all that!!!!!