This season I think it would have required him to send more horses over much more regularly throught the season rather than targeting just the big prizes hoping he could stay in touch to where great hauls at Cheltenham, Aintree and Sandown would overhaul whatever lead Skelton had.
Also had he not been trailing in the Irish Title quite as much he might have done more but unlike the last two seasons, Skelton has reached new heights prize money wise to the extent that for all the firepower Willie can call upon the gap was just too significant even for him to claw back.