That just sent shivers down my spine

Darryl's new management and training regimes have seen no improvement whatsoever, not even from the group of players who will be here next year. If anything their performances have got worse. Defence and kicking are abysmal. So, why is everyone saying that next season the team will really benefit from his training methods. If they haven't improved this year, what is he going to do differently next year that will have such an impact and why hasn't he already applied it this season.

Powell has refused to drop his under performing mate Holmes. He has given a 2 year contract to a 34 year old who IS WAY past his best(whenever that was!). We look more clueless in attack than under the much maligned Price. I don't see how anyone can defend him anymore.

We’ve been through this on other threads. 15 of the squad are Powell’s men. He’s not getting the best out of those. If it was just those on the way out underperforming I’d consider believing that nonsense, but Cooper and Widdop are among our better performers (not a lot to pick from, granted).

If we go down, it’s because the board and the executive have failed to put plan effectively, set attainable targets and/or hold staff to account for failing to meet them.

It’s an embarrassment from the top down, but players capable of finishing 3rd last year down turn into relegation fodder overnight. Simply put, we’re not as well prepared as we were last year.

Not everyone. Things need to start improving now, even though they should have a while ago. I've posted somewhere else that Powell ought to be taking training and ensuring that defensive and attacking structures are in place, because whatever his vision is for the way we play, is not what were watching on match day. This season mirrors 2002, when Wire lost 7 in a row, with Anderson and Plange at the helm. With ten games left, were well on the way down the same path of looking for another Paul Cullen, as it's hard to see where are next win is going to come from.

For goodness sake, put the responsibility for the teams under performing on the bloke charged with COACHING the team. He picks the players, he coaches them, he gives them the game plan. Wake up and smell the coffee. He is yesterday's coach for a modern game. He should retire.

We were also threatened with relegation at the end of Tony Smith's reign.

We didn't get relegated though so if we do get relegated this time, it will be the first time in 100+ years.

So you think that players who've underperformed for 7 odd years for three different coaches aren't to blame. So if we get another coach in making it number 4 and they don't perform for him either, are you going to blame him?

You're right as well, it's purely the coach's is fault that those players blew a 22-8 lead conceding 3 trys in 10 minutes, what was Powell thinking!

Powell is not blameless, but the common denominator of underachievement, over the past 7 years, is the players. If you can't see this then it really is you that needs to smell the coffee.

It was only 3 years ago he won the league leaders shield and took them to a Grand Final. Yesterday's man?

No.

Just the players? Not the head coach and coaching team also?

Powell's been here for half a season plus pre-season. The core of the players have been around for 5/6/7 years and underperformed.

How many more years are you going to give these players? How many more coaches do we need to go through to get a tune out of these players?

Yes, Yesterday's man.
Warrington haven't had the same players for 7 years, there has been a churn of players coming in and out so stop implying it is. Powell has had the choice of who to sign and retain for over a year now including 2 he brought with him. He had a full close season with no international interference. So what has he done in that time? Just look at the league table, the performance, the lack of team spirit, his continual criticism of mainly younger players, his constant excuses. It is so depressing. He is supposedly a coach who brings out the best in players, turns them into gold. Well, this guy is a reverse Midas, what were good players are now poor.
Wait to see how we go next year? Well if we do it will be in front of an empty stadium, nobody wants to watch this unless it is those who enjoy watching a car crash.
Thanks Mr Powell, your tried your best, but it is not good enough for Warrington.