Saddened! wrote:
Anyone who thinks Gaskell is on the same planet as Leon at the moment is deluded. We are going to win nothing for 2 or 3 years with Gaskell at half back. It would be far better to resign Leon, provided he can get over his current injury as we would have the short term quality we need to be competitive in Pryce and Lance and also the long term sorted with Gaskell and Lomax.
Long term with that strategy they'll be gone. We were very lucky with Moore willing to do the run around for 3 years at other clubs, both with moore and the other clubs willing to take a loan player.
If it's Lance and Leon next year, that effectively means the kids ain't wanted for 2 years, in that time a club like Warrington will need Briers replacing, Hull will need Long replacing not to mention several other clubs that would have an interest including the likes of Wigan, with Deacon not going to be around for ever. Then there is Bradford with no decent halves.
Lomax is hot property and much hotter than Leon at the moment, if we ain't willing to play him in the first team, over Lance and Leon, he will have admirers coming to his door with money he can't ignore.
Gaskell to would become another Smith in that senario not to mention Wheeler, they are young men and maybe willing to wait in line behind one experienced half back, but they can all do maths and with Leon and Lance taking the reins for the next 2 years, that's alot of cash to be turning down, maybe just to be sidelined a further 2 years down the track for the next hot thing.
With just Lance at halfback next year Wheeler and Gaskell can still hope to break through. But with Leon and Lance for the next 2 years, they will pretty much know that Lomax is 3rd choice and it's not every year that you get a run of injuries and insurrections in the half backs.
As for winning stuff, well we've hardly been doing that over the last 2 years. And as far as I can see we are still in contention on all fronts this year and Leon has only played 5 mins.
