We are now so far down the rabbit hole with Powell that it’s not easy to see a way out. By the sound of it he has told the bulk of the side they are not wanted yet continues to have to rely on them until the end of the season. Despite being told originally that he has a good track record at producing young players he has shown little or no interest in playing them. Quite how Dean Thewlis Longstaff feel I have no idea

The overall thinking is now so muddled it is not clear what happens next. Sack Powell and next years recruitment becomes even more difficult to understand. Would a replacement want those players?

And so the cycle begins again.

I just don’t understand this Powell as saviour of Warrington view from some fans. Sure, he had some success at Cas but over the last couple of years there the teams performance was poor – 17 wins in 2 years which has continued here with 5 this season. He has never won one of the major trophies. He had some success with Cas over ten years ago. The game and players have changed.
So he is the man who is going to lead us to a golden dynasty for the club? If you think so that says more about your faith than judgement. The game has passed him by and he isn’t going to catch up any time soon if at all.
There are many on here slating the players, perhaps some of this is justified, I don’t know I am not close enough to judge, BUT, Powel is the coach. It is his responsibility to get the best from each and every player, to combine together and deliver to the best of their ability, weeding out those who the club can dispense with. His priority is to deliver a winning team consistently from when he arrived and to develop the playing group and standards – skills, attitudes, culture on an ongoing basis for the future. He hasn’t done this. He hasn’t managed the transition from what he started with to how he wants the team to play. His attitude on arrival seems to have been do it my way and not listen to his players.
The team’s performance is getting worse, individual performances are worse, the playing group worse, the culture worse. Next year’s sale of season tickets and sponsorships will be a hard sell. Crowds are down, and we have a Coach who thinks we are in a good position.
Wake up fans, have some guts and say the club got it wrong taking on Mr Powell and his coaching team, they have shown no sign of improving our club, in fact it is getting worse. Directors, shake hands with them bid them goodbye, they may even be relieved to get away if they are honest.
Use internal resources between now until we find a decent up to date coach, this experiment has been and continues to be a disaster.

If we were guaranteed 11th this season(this is how low we've sunk!)I would stick with Powell when half of this rabble have gone. But unfortunately the threat of relegation is as real as 2002 and he might have to go.

You may be right but point of correction, Powell took Castleford to league leaders shield in 2017 and the GF when Tony Smith and a good number of our players (currie, cooper, philbin, clark, king, ratchford etc) were underperforming again in the middle 8s. He also got to a CC final last year. Thats fairly recent.

A poor coach doesnt make a GF on sub cap spend.

There is an element of faith though. Some believe we have a cabal of players who simply dont give a toss about professionalism, the club, the fans, and have had it easy for years playing when they fancy it. We are hoping that Powell can overcome this.

I’m not angry.
I’m sickened, gutted.
I don’t know who to blame.

I’ve heard the stories.

Don't use the same loophole we did, they stopped you being able to do that after we showed how it could be done.

Spot on. I have no idea whether it's Powell or the players who are the problem, I just read the rumours on here, like everyone else. But enough is enough. Someone, whether it's Moran, Middleton, Fitzpatrick or whoever, needs to get everyone together, lock them in a room if necessary, and keep them there until they sort this garbage out and find a workable way forward. They are supposed to be professionals, so for God's sake start acting like it.

2017 is 5 years ago, the game has changed. Yes he got to a CC last year. He lost. So is that it, his credentials for being our saviour? I think not. He is not what we needed when Price left, and we even less now. He may be working hard but on the evidence he is not the answer. My view anyway.

Apparently, this has already happened. The week before the Salford win (did somebody say win?.... I've forgotten what one of those smelt like), we had "clear the air" talks.

Fat lot of good those turned out to be

We should have got rid of price earlier and moved for Watson when he was available IMO.

Fwiw I think Powell is a really good coach, but not the right man for Wire. He was a good fit at Cas as he was running nearly every aspect of the playing side. Warrington are guilty of ‘too many cook’s’ as are a lot of big sides……