It took me a while to get there, but ill admit eventually I was in the Powell out camp last season. I couldnt see how paid professional players could completely down tools, i still cant really and I find it so dissapointing that the players who the club was paying good wages to last season, and are no longer with us, were clearly a major part of the problem. I think it had to be a clean slate once the season had finished though and recruitment had looked positive even before it was out, with a few players coming in with a few games left, like dufty and mikaele, so fair play to Powell and the club for being proactive there. I'm sure that there are things that would happen differently given the chance to go and start last season again tomorrow, but its gone now, so best we all move on.

I'm really happy with what I've seen so far this year of course, we haven't looked perfect all the time but we have a gritty side that is difficult to beat, we have been well down at half time (to a team that spanked Hull a week later) and came out in the second half and really took the game to them to win, so the character in the team is seemingly there as well. It feels watching, that there is a real togetherness in the team, which helps massively with performances. I remember when Powell was asking the crowd to lift the players last season, that I don't think it works that way too often. I think the crowd feeds off the team more than the other way around and then it can work together, like the opener against Leeds 4 games ago, the atmosphere was fantastic, but I think the lads being on it and fully committed from the kick off was a massive contributor to that atmosphere. I hope its always like that in 2023, the signs are really encouraging so far.

I was in the ‘buy props’, ‘I expect 6/6 wins’, and in favour of giving him a season with his own team.
3 out of 3?

You actually think we’ll lose this Friday? Absolutely no chance.

Well deserved award. Let's hope he wins next month too.

I hope he wins the October award.