Re: A frustrating yet brilliant performance : Tue May 22, 2012 5:39 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

29 I think. But it doesn't matter as he's probably only played 15 games at half back in his career and 9 with Lomax.

I'll put money on it that hohaia won't be playing stand off next year.

Re: A frustrating yet brilliant performance : Tue May 22, 2012 6:19 pm  

St pete wrote:

I'll put money on it that hohaia won't be playing stand off next year.

thatll make me happy, he's just not working there, gaskell now is much better, let alone if he reaches his potential

Re: A frustrating yet brilliant performance : Tue May 22, 2012 6:35 pm  

If Lance is not at half back next year, it does not nessasarily follow that Gaskell will be.

Re: A frustrating yet brilliant performance : Tue May 22, 2012 6:41 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

If Lance is not at half back next year, it does not nessasarily follow that Gaskell will be.

true, but i wouldnt be devestated if we brought in a real stand off (Finch or Brough for example) either

Re: A frustrating yet brilliant performance : Tue May 22, 2012 6:52 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

true, but i wouldnt be devestated if we brought in a real stand off (Finch or Brough for example) either

I do hope Gaskell makes it at Saints, but if we move Lance out of HB, then we will be left open to having another inexperience half next year as well if Gaskell was to fill in, so basically taking us back to game 1 of this year.

I think Gaskell should be in the team now, but if Finch comes in, that would require Lomax making way for Gaskell which I don't see, if Lance is on the move, as Lance to FB would be the obvious option. Maybe Gaskell to LF playing a Kevin Sinfield role..

Re: A frustrating yet brilliant performance : Tue May 22, 2012 8:21 pm  

Finch would be an awful, awful signing. What's the point?

Re: A frustrating yet brilliant performance : Wed May 23, 2012 5:39 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Finch would be an awful, awful signing. What's the point?

He's exactly what we need and what brown wasnts.

He's a mouthy organiser, he's clever, he's got good kicking game and he's experinced.

Re: A frustrating yet brilliant performance : Thu May 24, 2012 2:28 pm  

St pete wrote:

He's exactly what we need and what brown wasnts.

He's a mouthy organiser, he's clever, he's got good kicking game and he's experinced.

He's not, he's average and is made to look good because his team are well coached. It's not down to Finch that Wigan have set moves that they use and plenty of dummy runners.

He could slot into Lance's position now and we'd be no better off.

Re: A frustrating yet brilliant performance : Thu May 24, 2012 2:40 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

He's not, he's average and is made to look good because his team are well coached. It's down to Finch that Wigan have set moves that they use and plenty of dummy runners.

He could slot into Lance's position now and we'd be no better off.

Ask yourself if Lance would be able to step in and do Finch's job at Wigan.

(He wouldn't.)

Re: A frustrating yet brilliant performance : Thu May 24, 2012 2:59 pm  

(Saint) wrote:

Ask yourself if Lance would be able to step in and do Finch's job at Wigan.

(He wouldn't.)

I'm not suggesting he would, everyone knows my opinion on Lance Hohaia, I called it from the moment we signed him. But in reverse, if Finch came to us, he'd be in a team that has no set moves and playing with no dummy runners creating space for him.

I'm saying I'd rather play Lee Gaskell than sign Brett Finch. I don't like him and don't rate him at all. I don't see what Gaskell has done wrong and I hope Brown brings him back into the fold.