Gaskell to Wire? No! He's staying put! : Mon May 11, 2015 12:04 pm  

Gaskell set to join Wire in 2016 according to Dave Parker in League Weekly! Perhaps not a great surprise given how well he is playing but if we did get promoted I'd like to think we might have kept hold of him.

Re: Gaskell to Wire? : Mon May 11, 2015 12:12 pm  

Surely he's on a 2 year contract, so i would think the club have to agree to this. I could see them agreeing if we didn't get promoted, but at this stage it seems odd.

Re: Gaskell to Wire? : Mon May 11, 2015 12:43 pm  

This might explain the Sammut rumours.

Re: Gaskell to Wire? : Mon May 11, 2015 12:44 pm  

I don't know if I can survive any more unsurprising but completely crushing news.

Re: Gaskell to Wire? : Mon May 11, 2015 12:48 pm  

I can't see the logic in them signing another half though.
They already have GoB, Myler, Patton, Ratchford and Gidley for next season. Plus Matty Russell for fullback. That's six people to cover three positions - seems a bit excessive to me.

Maybe it's a swap deal for Gareth O' Brien? We could line up with Sammut at 6 and GoB at 7 next season. I think I'd take that tbh.

Re: Gaskell to Wire? : Mon May 11, 2015 12:49 pm  

Still, has Parker ever got one right?

Re: Gaskell to Wire? : Mon May 11, 2015 1:59 pm  

We have signed Sammut for next season, pretty good source.

I believe his contract at Wakefield is too high for anybody to take him this season

Re: Gaskell to Wire? : Mon May 11, 2015 3:41 pm  

And I also expect a few more to sign in the next few months. We do have some decent players and who would blame them if a good offer came in. I think we should be concerned about the likes of O'Brien, Addey, Clough, Pitts, Fergusson and one ore two others who would do well in SL. I hope I am wrong but I do feel we have to go up this year to have any chance of keeping them if they haven't already signed in the next couple of months. We won't find out till it is too late. Sammut is a backward step for me as I bet we would not be fighting off any top clubs for him as none of them will want him.

Re: Gaskell to Wire? : Mon May 11, 2015 3:44 pm  

Not sure Gaskell would be the type of player Warrington need to be honest. He's having a great season and looks like the move to Bradford has done him good, but not sure he's the sort of player you'd bring to replace Briers and play with the likes of Ratchford, GoB etc...

Re: Gaskell to Wire? : Mon May 11, 2015 3:52 pm  

Like somebody mentioned earlier, if we don't go straight back up I could see Gaskell and some of our other top players looking at gaining a place in a SL squad. Thankfully he's signed up for another year so if Wire want him they'll have to pay for it.