As I have stated previously, Gaskell would make a good , or if he could bulk up a bit, loose forward. He will never be good enough at stand off and if the club aren't prepared to try him in a new position then he may as well leave now. Sending him to Rochdale or Whitehaven every week won't do him or Saints any good at all. If he is being considered as cover then we may as well promote Yates and see how he goes. Yates may well be the future so lets see him!

Good post (Shocker lol) .

We all know how Brown feels about Hohaia at 6; he doesn't rate him there, so for him to be ahead of Gaskell alludes to the fact that there is either something going on behind the scenes that we don't know about (doubt it, it's not JFK), or that Brown, having seen Gaskell throughout pre-season, and in the opening games, doesn't think he is ready yet.

Sadly, I think Rush's treatment of him last season has all but ruined his Saints career. He needs a boost in the arm, and that can take longer than 3 games, especially when it comes to finding form. It could take him all season again to gel with a halfback partner, and find confidence and form. If his agent is hawking him around other clubs, then it makes it doubly hard for Saints to get him to sign a new deal.

I hope his Saints Career isnt ruined.

Still think he can make it at 6 or 13.

His situation reminds me of Kevin Brown at the pies.

There's 101 things it could be.
I've played with a guy who had the talent and trained well, but no one wanted him around the team because he was so negative, he brought the team spirit down.
I've also played with a guy who was one of the most talented individuals our squad had seen, but simply refused to listen to the coach on team drills and messed it all up for the rest of the team.

And, as you say, if he's the sort of character that is too busy sulking to do the job at Rochdale, he might not be all he's cracked up to be. That said, if Rochdale got completely whacked up front, it may hav been a case of him trying too hard.

He has some potential but I've never been overly sold on him as the long term answer to our halfback problems and his game still has glaring deficiencies - it seems as though our coaches agree with me. I won't be too bothered to see him depart for pastures new to be honest.

According to reports, Rochdale got completely whacked up front and one or two of the RL pundits suggested that Cooper Cronk could have been in the halves and the result would have been the same.

Poor lad can't get to play in a team with a pack who wants to work.

Don't think the lads heart is in the game at the moment maybe it will be better for him to move on start his career somewhere else

There you go. As a previous poster said, none of us know [iall [/ithe facts. It's a shame, many of us remember the Lomaskell partnership and want to see him recreate that form. Most of us would have brought him back in last year for zhohaia. Brown may not have written him off, he may just be trying a few things before he goes back to him.
I would have thought, unless he's causing a stink in the dressing room or something, that he'll get another run out before too long. For a start, I reckon brown will rest James Roby when he gt's a chance and Lance is the only other guy to play hooker (except j-lo).

We'll see, but if two consecutive coaches who don't exactly have glut of quality half options choose not to use him, then there must e a reason, mustn't tere?

Yep but it's not necessarily anything to do with Gaskell.

Remember, Hohaia came over here because he was promised the number 6 shirt.

As an aside, I don't see Gaskell as being a problem behaviourally as he was out and about with the team today doing stuff for Red Nose Day at local primary schools. There was a picture of him and A N Other first teamer (forgotten who it was now) on Twitter, along with TP in a tutu which is an image worth seeing! If he's having attitude issues then he aint going to be out and about representing Saints.

I can't see Brown risking his reputation over something that was promised when he wasn't here. Especially when I consider saints his last chance to elevate his status enough to get that NRL job he longs for. It's not like lance vindicated his position change with his form last year, is it?


That's fair enough, I was more just hypothesising. His on the field persona certainly doesn't give any impressions of problem child. As for TP, that must be the biggest Tutu ever made!

Quote: Offside Monkey "I can't see Brown risking his reputation over something that was promised when he wasn't here. '" I don't know the workings of rugby league clubs, but if the club is paying a significant sum to a particular player and if that player is not happy, what might be the chances of the coach not having the final say in the matter? Quote: Offside Monkey "That's fair enough, I was more just hypothesising. His on the field persona certainly doesn't give any impressions of problem child. As for TP, that must be the biggest Tutu ever made!'" Here we go: https://twitter.com/saintsdogs/status/3 ... 97/photo/1

Quote: Offside Monkey "I can't see Brown risking his reputation over something that was promised when he wasn't here. '" I don't know the workings of rugby league clubs, but if the club is paying a significant sum to a particular player and if that player is not happy, what might be the chances of the coach not having the final say in the matter? Quote: Offside Monkey "That's fair enough, I was more just hypothesising. His on the field persona certainly doesn't give any impressions of problem child. As for TP, that must be the biggest Tutu ever made!'" Here we go: https://twitter.com/saintsdogs/status/3 ... 97/photo/1

I'm not so sure. I may be tempted to go with that if it was someone like Slater or Lockyer, but not Lance Hohaia,and especially not after he was Mr.Average at standoff last year.

I don't agree with all this Gaskell sulks and his attitude is wrong the players had a day off today if Gaskell attitude was wrong then he wouldn't be representing the club and going into a local school he would have had an option of doing this and could of turned round and said no if is attitude was wrong and he was a sulker

Totally agree with what you said the lad doesn't need to do this but obvious choose too