If you're not getting into Salford's side and we are bottom of the league then there has to be a good reason.

He's simply not good enough.

He might be a good lad who tries but that's not sufficient.

Hope he goes well for you but,if this had been announced next Monday we would have thought it was an April Fools wind up.

Howarth is so slow and seems unable to bend to pick up the ball, off loading him is good business without another player. Getting Gaskell in exchange is the icing on the cake.



Imagine what the Saints fans will make of his speed after Roby!!!

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I feel sour grapes from TheVee, Because I thought Gaskill to be a great prospect and he has gone backwards due to lack of game time. Longy will get him firing and to have 2 goalkickers is unbelievable. I see Salford Reds Arising.

Far from sour grapes. Check my posts on our board on my views of Gaskell they have always been the same I have never rated him but by all means believe what you want. I agree Salford probably are on the rise with Dr Flashcash but if you think Gaskell is the start of that rise then you are in for a major disappointment.

Re TheVee: At this time of the season no matter what money we have we are not going to sign big major players,so to have a prospect like Gaskell with a point to prove is not rocket science. On loan so if it doesn't work out, no harm done from our point of view.

Perfect description.



If Gaskell works there is the chance at the end of the year to try and sign him, we at this rate don't have someone on the roster who isn't going to make the team out of the way. So we lose a player with no chance of being part of future plans and gain the chance to run the rule over a player who might be a valuable piece of the machinery.

I feel we are ruffling a few feathers. Ha Ha

Quote TheVee="TheVee"How is Howarth? Is he really as bad as most make out? '" Just ignore them, here's Stuart's highlights video for you to have a look at . . www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tPnX7OPo0Q

Quote TheVee="TheVee"How is Howarth? Is he really as bad as most make out? '" Just ignore them, here's Stuart's highlights video for you to have a look at . . www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tPnX7OPo0Q

All the hype surrounding Gaskell is unbelievable. Ive watched the kid since he was 12 playing for Blackbrook. He was lucky to gain a contract after Scholarship at Saints but then had a growth spurt and started to look a decent player playing at reserve level. I never in a million years thought he would play first team at St Helens. He did and did a decent job in 2011, both him and Lomax shocked most opposition. However since then, once teams knew what he was about his been dire. Head down, will not take the line on, does not organise and the biggest disappointing thing is that he cannot spot a decent pass.



His been given a decent chance at Saints under Rush and he started the season under Brown but he blown them chances because of the above failures. Some of Saints fans love for Gaskell is that he is a local lad who had a decent season a few years ago and was still young enough to turn into something better. The reality is that was as good as he is ever going to be.



This is a nothing swap as it wont effect any of our seasons.

And your ongoing vitriole against the lad is a joke. Gaskell has played, and played well, in a grand final. What he was like in his junior days is irrelevant. You were one of the Saints fans who thought Jamie Foster was rubbish as well, yes? And he didn't look remotely rubbish playing for Bradford last night.



Gaskell will no doubt be low on confidence as he's been treated poorly at Saints. I hope he has a stormer for Salford today.

He is joining a team just beginning a new revolution after the havoc of the last 2 years. Im sure he will get a good run in the team and hopefully regain this confidence and improve over time. Then he wont be going back !

Last 2 years? Last 20 more like!!