Re: Powell OUT : Fri Jul 15, 2022 9:19 am  

Saddened! wrote:

The Wigan fans in work are saying Mike Cooper has refused to play for Powell again and is demanding his move to Wigan is made immediately. Wardle also signing for them as he's been unimpressed with the Warrington setup and wants out. The same rumours seem to be on the Wigan board and Twitter too. Wigan fans getting delusional again, or something in it?

Saints rlfans forum down again is it?

Re: Powell OUT : Fri Jul 15, 2022 10:06 am  

Half delusional

Re: Powell OUT : Fri Jul 15, 2022 10:19 am  

Powell:

"Mike Cooper is fine. I've just decided to give young players a bit more of an opportunity."

Re: Powell OUT : Fri Jul 15, 2022 12:00 pm  

Wardle looked like he was hating it on Sunday. I think he was so angry that he expressed his frustration through his rugby, in the same way Kevin Bacon did with his ‘angry dance’ through the town in the movie Footloose. I swear when Wardle put Ashton away I saw him silently mouthing a Kenny Loggins song.

[Uncle Rico]

Re: Powell OUT : Fri Jul 15, 2022 12:54 pm  

Jack Napier wrote:

Powell:

"Mike Cooper is fine. I've just decided to give young players a bit more of an opportunity."

Pick him for Wigan away, stop off at Burtonwood Services for a comfort break and see whether he gets back on the bus

Re: Powell OUT : Sat Jul 16, 2022 7:48 am  

Uncle Rico wrote:

Pick him for Wigan away, stop off at Burtonwood Services for a comfort break and see whether he gets back on the bus

Do they go past Burtonwood on the way to Wigan?

Re: Powell OUT : Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:37 pm  

This utter clown needs to head out and take Sheridan with him.

I don't understand if Powell wants us to play with pace or none at all. Does he want us to actually implement a kicking game or not. Does he want us to play with an attacking structure or just throw the ball around until Mata'utia inevitably drops the ball, a player who offers absolutely nothing, and somehow is meant to REPLACE JAKE MAMO!!! Just think about that for a minute.

This is also the only season we have really complained about Toby King's defence, but his attacking form has been slowed by Powell. If our backs were made up of Thewlis, Wrench, Mamo, King, Ashton, Williams and Ratchford under Price, were a Top 4 side easily. Anyone still pretending Price wasn't good enough is lying to themselves. If he was in charge of next seasons team we'd be scary.

Since Powell took over Castleford in 2013, his average League position is worse than ours in the same time. His being 5.6 and ours at 4.1, with 2 different coaches. While he only finished higher than us in 4/9 seasons... And we are supposed to make progress with a coach that hasn't even been better than us in the last decade? He hasn't even made the playoffs for the last 2 seasons.

All the stats aside, you can clearly see his attacking style or structure does not work. But I'm sure we'll work hard in training this week guys, so it's all under control.

Re: Powell OUT : Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:46 pm  

Powell has ripped the heart out of this team. Whether players who have left or leaving haven’t performed is debatable, but perhaps in some areas warranted criticism, but look at what we have, a fractured team, with no cohesion. It’s got to be more than a bad apple or two, for me it’s Powell and his cohorts.

Re: Powell OUT : Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:55 pm  

The way this club is heading we could be re-signing some of our rejects for next year's Championship campaign.

Re: Powell OUT : Sat Jul 16, 2022 5:26 pm  

ninearches wrote:

The way this club is heading we could be re-signing some of our rejects for next year's Championship campaign.

Why would our 'rejects' want to play for a disorganised Championship club who can't string 2 wins together?