I think Powell will enjoy working with King, D Clark, Widdop, Williams and Currie in particular, I think he will see those as the key players for us. Give them some imple attacking structure for support players etc and we will be looking very dangerous. He has a lot to work with in our squad and I would hope most of our players will relish an opportunity to play with a bit more freedom.

Quote: Captain Hook "Some people even seem to think it is their fault when they get injured, what else does the phrase “injury prone” hint at.'" 1) Gary Wheeler (as an example) managed 101 games in 14 years. Was this just bad luck or was he injury prone? 2) Do you reject the proven links between lifestyle choices and injury in professional athletes and that the individual has no causal impact on likelihood of injury? 3) Is the New Scientist wrong to use the term "injury prone" https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn ... jury-prone or just Warrington fans?

Quote: Captain Hook "Some people even seem to think it is their fault when they get injured, what else does the phrase “injury prone” hint at.'" 1) Gary Wheeler (as an example) managed 101 games in 14 years. Was this just bad luck or was he injury prone? 2) Do you reject the proven links between lifestyle choices and injury in professional athletes and that the individual has no causal impact on likelihood of injury? 3) Is the New Scientist wrong to use the term "injury prone" https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn ... jury-prone or just Warrington fans?

Mulhearn and Cooper will be good again next season. Would love to see Philbin get back to his best. In Harrison’s absence we then need to see at least one of Bullock or Butler (preferably both) step up to a similar level and Doro kick on via regular reserves/first team bench appearances. A lot to ask I suppose but Will be watching with interest.

I noticed we released Longstaff.
I didn't hear about that - a little surprised we let him go. Free agent.
Maybe Toulouse or Ottawa ?

Released Longstaff???? Don't give me nightmares, I think not.

Longstaff got squad number 26 only 3 days ago? Something we don't know about?

If we release longstaff I swear I will contemplate not watching us again!

Hopefully, this is about Sean Longstaff who is out of contract at Newcastle United.

Fair enough. I personally believe there are sportsmen with a predisposition to increased injury risk through genetic factors and lifestyle.

In the case of Wheeler i am not convinced his unfortunate injury record was down to the same repeated injury.

You may well be right about genetics and indeed lifestyle. I think my point was probably a semantic one, that the phrase “injury prone” has become used to suggest blame. Not as bad as “biscuit bones” obviously.

Philbin may as well have 'impact sub' tattooed to his forehead so why have we given him the number 8 shirt?

Because he needs to kick on from this impact tag, especially when the impact is questionable like last season. He is a good player hopefully Powell can get him running better lines and improving his impact whether he starts or comes off the bench.

He doesn't have the engine or the size to play starting prop IMO and unless he's grew a foot taller and been doing military training in the off season I cannot see how he will ever be a prop.

Whats wrong with keeping him as an impact player, getting rid of Jason Clark and signing a quality big prop forward?

That's a very good question and one I don't have an answer to, I'd have done the same as you suggested! Too late now though and an error IMO.

I think Philbin can play well at starting prop personally but like you say he would need to change his game a bit. The problem with keeping him as an impact player is that it's useless when he doesn't have much impact.