Re: Powell OUT : Mon Aug 08, 2022 10:54 am  

RogerMoore wrote:

It's highly unlikely Warrington are getting relegated. Where are Toulouse going to win a second game, even if they win on Thursday. Unless of course Saints have already won the LLS and put out a reserve team in the last fixture It is also highly unlikely Powell is going anywhere before next season. The main interest will stem on how next season starts. 3 or 4 defeats in the first 5 or 6 games may seal his fate, especially if against the weaker teams in the league. Start with 3 or 4 impressive victories and well, it was always going to be "Our Year" and he will be the messiah.

We started this season with 3 straight wins! Although luckily for us, Holmes was banned for 2 of then.

Re: Powell OUT : Mon Aug 08, 2022 11:12 am  

After Wigan probed our right hand side defence with kicks & realised how frail it was they must have thought Christmas had come early. For all he may be good at returning kicks ,is Thewlis actually tall enough or a good enough jumper to compete for incoming bombs ?

Re: Powell OUT : Mon Aug 08, 2022 11:22 am  

Moe syslak wrote:

We started this season with 3 straight wins! Although luckily for us, Holmes was banned for 2 of then.

We won because the players continued playing the way they were playing the season before.
And then...

Re: Powell OUT : Mon Aug 08, 2022 11:37 am  

Moe syslak wrote:

We started this season with 3 straight wins! Although luckily for us, Holmes was banned for 2 of then.

Looking at the Wigan game in isolation, Holmes was much more involved 63 tackles playing at 13. I’m not sure what our back rowers are providing in terms of the structure Powell is playing, regardless of who plays there, they just don’t seem involved in the game.

Re: Powell OUT : Mon Aug 08, 2022 12:44 pm  

ninearches wrote:

After Wigan probed our right hand side defence with kicks & realised how frail it was they must have thought Christmas had come early. For all he may be good at returning kicks ,is Thewlis actually tall enough or a good enough jumper to compete for incoming bombs ?

Long term I would love to see what he could do at stand-off.

Re: Powell OUT : Mon Aug 08, 2022 4:29 pm  

RogerMoore wrote:

It's highly unlikely Warrington are getting relegated. Where are Toulouse going to win a second game, even if they win on Thursday. Unless of course Saints have already won the LLS and put out a reserve team in the last fixture It is also highly unlikely Powell is going anywhere before next season. The main interest will stem on how next season starts. 3 or 4 defeats in the first 5 or 6 games may seal his fate, especially if against the weaker teams in the league. Start with 3 or 4 impressive victories and well, it was always going to be "Our Year" and he will be the messiah.

If toulouse beat wire and saints beat Wigan, I think toulouse have 3 winnable games. Catalan are tredding water and being a Derby toulouse owe them one. Hull FC have been very poor recently. Saints are not unknown for giving their players a rest.

Re: Powell OUT : Mon Aug 08, 2022 5:33 pm  

Smiffy27 wrote:

Long term I would love to see what he could do at stand-off.

Long term I think a really good fullback could become an excellent one.!

Part of my frustration with Dufty signing is that, of all positions, we are well stocked at fullback. Ratchford, Thewlis and Ashton are all full backs by trade, then Matautia could back up. It’s a quick fix

[Uncle Rico]

Re: Powell OUT : Mon Aug 08, 2022 6:00 pm  

Barbed Wire wrote:

Long term I think a really good fullback could become an excellent one.!

Part of my frustration with Dufty signing is that, of all positions, we are well stocked at fullback. Ratchford, Thewlis and Ashton are all full backs by trade, then Matautia could back up. It’s a quick fix

I agree with this and if the forwards go well next year, oh for a proper half

Re: Powell OUT : Mon Aug 08, 2022 8:14 pm  

ninearches wrote:

After Wigan probed our right hand side defence with kicks & realised how frail it was they must have thought Christmas had come early. For all he may be good at returning kicks ,is Thewlis actually tall enough or a good enough jumper to compete for incoming bombs ?

Our back three v Wigan looked very frail. Oh those golden days ... when we had Ratchford, Lineham & Charnley!
Our lads currently look lovely in space but the game is rarely like that. It is pretty obvious what Tolouse will do.

Re: Powell OUT : Mon Aug 08, 2022 9:52 pm  

The stats from the game don’t make good reading for the forward pack, Walker had the most metres! That is very worrying. Clark made 2 metres, he must have stumbled!!