He is in his third season as a first team member. How many more seasons do you want to give him?

One full season would be good! He hasn't had one yet. At least not continuously. If you add together 2011 plus the scraps of 2012 and 2013 then the total may add up to a season but he has been messed around so much that I'm surprised he still has the confidence to walk on the pitch.

I'm not in the camp of perpetual Gaskell haters. Some posters have wanted him gone since before he played his first game. I do think there are factions within Saints supporters who maybe have connections to the team and so will always dislike a player, if they are a threat to their prefered choice, or if they have had some unfavourable run in with said player.

But Practically speaking, if the player can't get a run of games in 2 years, what is the point in keeping him? I'd love him to get a run of 6 games to show what he can do, but it ain't going to happen. 3 games last year, 3 this year and that's it.

Lance has produced less in his 20 games last year , but is prefered.

So let him go, I'd prefer another option but given the choice between keeping him but not playing him and letting him go, letting him go is prefered.

I can see him signing for wire or the pies and coming back and rubbing it in our faces

Those teams both have players in the half back and full back shirts, though - and they'll not have much salary cap space. I'd say someone like Salford or Bradford would be more likely.

If they're not intending to use him, why not loan him out?

I was talking about next season wire will want replace bries and hodgeson and I could see wane playing smith at hooker

I think he sign for one of the big clubs maybe not wire or wigan I say Leeds hull or Huddersfield

If he goes I'd say Wigan or Warrington myself

Gaskell' s not really a first receiver like smith, though, and Wane loves McIlorum.
Fullback for either Wire or Wigan is a possibility - Hodgeson may retire and Stomkins may get poached (as the media have alluded to).

That doesn't exactly wash though does it.

he was first choice stand-off for half a season and did well. He then had the first 6 or 7 games last season and was one of our better performers then the coach gets sacked and the new coach drops him without giving him a game then he gets the odd scrap here and there.

The next season new coach 3 games behind a beaten pack and he's dropped!

It doesn't make sense - as somebody else has said Lance didn't do HALF as much in three times as many games and still gets picked!

They have to justify Lance's wage I suppose...

Be no point paying all that money to have him not playing

It's obvious that the coach has gone for what he thinks is his best choice no.6 in Hohia. It's also also a fact that Gaskell is known to go hiding. That can't be allowed to happen. Last Friday, 1 to 17 worked as a unit, why change it?

Think we'll be seeing Gaskell at #6 next week.

I think it all depends on roby injury if roby out for couple of weeks then the best way I think to go is 1 lomax 6 Gaskell 7 Wilkin 9 hohaia 13 wellens if he only misses next week game I can see someone like turner playing 6

Christ, Hohaia at hooker worries me. Lets hope Roby will be fit for Wigan!

Gaskell might play next week even if roby fit brown always changes things

Dom Speakman anyone? I wouldn't be suprised if he gave him half a game.

Brown doesn't seem to mind giving kids a chance, so I wouldn't be surprised either.

I'd consider Hhaia starting at 9 and Gaskell at 6. Put Speakman on the bench and if things aren't working with Gaskell, Hohaia could always switch to 6in and emergency.

Nothing is a better indicator of just how far Gaskell's stock has fallen than even the fans now starting to get worried at him playing at #6 and considering Hohaia as a better option there than he is....

Brown wont make wholesale changes just because of the loss of Roby as an important player he is we have a settled side at the moment. Got to be Gaskell at 6 and Hohaia at 9.

Sorry, I'm not worried. I'd have had him in more often now, but brown obviously has concerns, so I was speaking from his point of view.

I'd do the above and spell Speakman with Hohaia, but I do have a feeling Brown will go Hohaia 9, Turner 6 and Percival in at centre.

Gaskell played at centre for Rochdale at the weekend, scored two tries and assisted in one that didn't quite come off (as the receiver knocked on over the line), and was described as outstanding in reports in the rugby league paper.

Outstanding ? He was average. Scored a breakaway try for one and put the ball down over the line for the other. Lee is really dissapointing me at the minute. If he wants a career at Saints he aint going about it the right way.