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I suppose that is true. I'd like to say that they'd have the advantage that Gollum at least has actually gone toe to toe with orcs and won (assuming you take the usual conceit of assuming the orcs and goblins are one) but those 1. were young orcs 2. were single orcs 3. was on his home turf and 4. was while he was wearing the ring (which as I pointed out, would probably not be a smart move so close to Sauron, especially for someone already so deeply enthralled by it.) They again would have the andvantage of Gollum having as good (if not better) night vision than the orcs, but that really only works if the orcs sent one or two foot soldiers to investigate up close. If they sent out a large group, or simply adopted a "shoot first and ask questions later" approach to a band of three mysterios strangers (given how close they would have to pass, there are probably several orcish archers in the tower with good enough eyes to shoot them in a manner that would not immediately kill them (so they could be questioned) but leave them incapable of escaping.)
I guess we are getting into a plot corner. It's not only a matter of Gollums redemption changing the focus of the narritive from that point on, it's looking more and more like his lack of betrayal makes the narritive as it stands IMPOSSIBLE from that point on. In a certain sense, Gollums betreyal is NECCECARY for the mission to suceed. No wounded frodo means no Mithrl coat found, no mithril coat means no infighting to decimate the tower, no decimation means no way to get past.
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