Cas at it again against the supposed team to beat.

Yeah. What a finish. Mccarthy -scarsbrook is not going to be popular this echoing in St Helens

Saints really shouldn't be losing to teams like Castleford.

Disgraceful.

Not good news for the DMC (Doom Mongers Club) we could go top again on Sunday

So many errors from both Cas and Saints.....I blame the coaches!

It certainly is a low quality league this year.

Funny you should say that. I went last night, and I agree on quality of the league, however there is absolutely no doubt that in Powell Cas have by far and away the best coach in Super League. The guy is quality, and proven wherever he goes. If only we had gone for him a few years back, we would have still had the GF wins, shown a proper future, and wouldn't have been taken backwards 17 years.

I for one would be very happy to see Powell back coaching Leeds sometime in the future.

Me too. would be nice to see him take over in the next couple of years and lead the new generation and put his own stamp on things. I have nothing against Mac at all and despite what a lot of other posters think i personally think he has done a very good job with a squad that for the most part was past its very best yet still has achieved honours in most of his years in charge. But he will have done 5 seasons after this, a long reign in this day and age, and Powell might just be the man needed to take the reigns soon.

I don't for one minute think Powell will come back to Leeds. I was just commenting that he is by far and away the best coach in Super League. Treated too badly to come back I reckon.

I think Powell would jump at the chance of taking the reigns again at one of the biggest clubs in SL.He would be a fool not to if the chance came and i dont think he's a fool. Especially liekly now Sinfield and JP are moving on allowing him to make it his own team.

Revisionist nonsense.

Firstly, "gone backwards 17 years", means what exactly? From now? Are you saying we're on a par with the 1998 team, beaten in the inaugural Grand Final and 2nd in the league table. Is that so bad?

Or back 17 years from when Powell left, taking us to 1987? You think things are as bad as they were in 1987?

Leaving your hyperbolic statements aside, "minibus" (translation; half a coach) as he was known by some of his players at the time won no trophies and has still won no trophies. He was such a hot property in the game after being replaced by Smith that his only options for several years were pity jobs Hetherington gave him until Featherstone came knocking.

I say this not to bash Powell, who has, undoubtedly, done a great job at both Rovers and Cas but to challenge the fiction you've written about what he "could" have, theoretically, done at Leeds.