He could've played him full back this week, even if not standoff.

As you say, that looks like that, but its more than a little baffling to me.

Kinda looks like Gaskell #6 nail in the coffin time then... If he has no place even in the 19 with the players we have out then we won't be seeing him in the halves again barring an outbreak of plague at the training ground I don't think. I think we'll be seeing Hohaia ostensibly staying at #6 but doing a lot more work from dummy half.

I think that's it for Gaskell, I'm sorry to say.

Sounds bad for Gaskell, always thought he was a talented lad but I don't see him every week.
As for Pryce, he had a very good game v Widnes last weekend apparently but the Friday prior to that he went MIA. Bosc did an untold amount of tackling and our Leon was nowhere to be seen.
Catalans went toe to toe with Wigan for 30 mins and they could have done with his contribution.
Don't know if he was like that for Saints but on that showing your not missing much by him not being at Langtree.

Pryce is better than anything we have at standoff at the moment. He was accused of being a flat track bully but I dont think that was fair tbh. He'd walk into our current team as he's miles better than Hiho

I think with Gaskell not being picked again that the lad as signed for someone else and the club know this

How can he? He is contracted to Saints until 2104.

Yeah, he used to go missing for us too. Very frustrating really as when he wants to play he is invaluable.

2013 mate

o.k.
I thought he had signed a three year deal back in 2011.

He did but that included the 2011 season

Don't think even the life time president could live up to a contract until 2104.

It may not be the end for Gaskell at Saints, but as a half it must be. The only possible reason I can think that Gaskell has not been picked this week, but may have a chance of playing, is that he is being trained into a new position a bit like Wellens.

The likelihood is that he's now gone, but it would not take much for Brown to surprise everyone and be getting another player to perform in a new position.

Wow.... Now that is a long-term contract...

Brown reaches very firm opinions about players and then is loathe to change his mind. last yaer he decided Lunt was not part of his plans and shipped him off to Leeds. Some selections defied belief and others were inspired.

I guess it depends whether brown will be given freedom to experiment and shape his squad or whether others will prevent him?

Interesting read here about what Martyn Sadler wrote about lee Gaskell and the Rochdale chairman not being happy www.hornetsrugbyleague.co.uk/art ... p?id=10853

Interesting read here about what Martyn Sadler wrote about lee Gaskell and the Rochdale chairman not being happy www.hornetsrugbyleague.co.uk/art ... p?id=10853

A great report, also knocks on the head the 'attitude' rumour that Gaskell allegedly has. Turned up and put himself forwards for a centre position. Did not sit around at Saints expecting a number 6 shirt to be gifted to him.

Maybe those pushing the slacker theory should back track, as should Martyn Sadler, to the Rochdale coach.

Nothing wrong with a backtrack, I've had to do it myself.

Quote ="Saints4eva2013"Interesting read here about what Martyn Sadler wrote about lee Gaskell and the Rochdale chairman not being happy www.hornetsrugbyleague.co.uk/art ... p?id=10853'" Very interesting. It goes to show, as I mentioned, us speccies are only ever working with half (or less than half) the story.

Quote ="Saints4eva2013"Interesting read here about what Martyn Sadler wrote about lee Gaskell and the Rochdale chairman not being happy www.hornetsrugbyleague.co.uk/art ... p?id=10853'" Very interesting. It goes to show, as I mentioned, us speccies are only ever working with half (or less than half) the story.

Quote ="Saints4eva2013"Interesting read here about what Martyn Sadler wrote about lee Gaskell and the Rochdale chairman not being happy www.hornetsrugbyleague.co.uk/art ... p?id=10853'" Good on the Rochdale chairman for sticking up for his club and for Gaskell.

Quote ="Saints4eva2013"Interesting read here about what Martyn Sadler wrote about lee Gaskell and the Rochdale chairman not being happy www.hornetsrugbyleague.co.uk/art ... p?id=10853'" Good on the Rochdale chairman for sticking up for his club and for Gaskell.

Except the Rochdale chairman, having moaned about the media interpretation of events, misquotes Martyn Sadler who actually said in that piece that Gaskell may be feeling punished, not was actually being punished!

That's an indictment on Saints IMO. No player should have to go and put himself forward to play when the whole idea of this partnership was to develop players. There should have been arrangements in place for his continuing development.

I don't know. If the lads have been training full time at saints during the day, then they wont be expected to go to Rochdale in the evening (I presume they train in the evening, being part time), unless they're scheduled to be playing for them. In which case, I would presume they'd be excused from a certain amount of Saints time in leiu

They way the Rochdale chairman has described it, it looks like Gaskell has gone looking for the extra work, and fair play to him if so.

Except if he'd bothered to actually do his job and check the story he would have found =#FF0000NEITHER to be true. Bad jouralism which ever way the cat jumps!!!!

Exactly. It's one thing to say that kind of thing on a Fans forum. It's another for a journalist to just be spouting unsubstantiated opinion. If that's journalism, then we are all journalists, why would anyone pay to read random thoughts!

He was expressing an opinion in an op ed column (that's what op ed columns are for by the way - expressing opinions).

The Chairman of Rochdale should take his own advice .

The Rochdale chairman has every right to comment on a member of his staff, playing or otherwise. Gaskell was part of his playing staff at the time the comments were made and he simply rebutted the comments made in the article. A good journalist would have asked the question before blindly publishing his unsubstantiated opinion in the press.