Gaskell for a month isn't a bad option short term.

IF we don't loan a player, who realistically from within could do a job?
Galea? Whiting?

I think we'd probably go with Westerman imo

Galea always did a very good job for us at 6.

No chance .

Westerman played 6 quite a few times for Cas , He's the only obvious choice .

Given our lethargy at getting up for a quick PtB, Cronk or Thurston would struggle to create anything

Lynch is one of the worst for this - gets up like an old man, then takes an age to get his foot on the ball to play it

I'm struggling to think of anyone who tries to play the ball quickly.

Briscoe and Lineham do. Well, Briscoe tries to, but due to the body position he gets himself into in order to win the tackle, he ivariably ends up wrapped up in the defender causing him to fall

One of the big miss parts of losing Sam Moa. Often got over the top of the defender and played it quickly as a result.

Briscoe. One of the few who actually wins penalties because of his enthusiastic attempts.

I'd add Lineham to that list as well.

O'Meley's usually pretty good at getting on his front and speeding up the PTB.

I think the Briscoe 'falling over' is him taking a bit of a dive to try and win a penalty rather than poor play from him.

Without confident players a quick PTB will achieve nothing.

We have shown little or no confidence in any game this season and the only thing that will build confidence will be starting to win games.

It is evident with the teams mid to bottom of the league that once they try to play expansive open rugby that the ball is spilled and mistakes are made.

We need to grow our confidence through safe, steady handling.

I know from a fans perspective that this is not good on the eye but I would rather see several good ground out results which yield 2pts every time than open expansive football which ends with the net result of a loss.