I hesitate to express anything resembling an opinion on this, as it is almost entirely uninformed.
But didn't the six-man load carrying Lynx have a role (a sub-Puma, sub Support Helicopter, role)?
Doing all of those little tasks for which a Puma was too big, and for directly supporting the AH of the day (delivering TOW reloads for armed Lynx) - and all the rest?
Isn't there still a place for that?
Wouldn't a modernised, properly equipped, hot and high capable Lynx still be a useful tool for the Army and for the Corps?
We were all blown away, I'm sure, when Apaches took in the rescue team hanging on the outside to recover the fallen soldier - but if they'd had a FLynx capable of hot and high ops, wouldn't it have been a useful tool?