Think you're in a small minority with this.

No, I think it's fair to say we [ishould[/i win most of our games. Whether we[i will[/i win is another matter.

Yeah yeah. Next you will post on Redvee…”there is a deluded poster over on the Wire forum who thinks they should win”.

There have been times this season where I have been optimistic, but those days don't look as if they're going to come back until at least next year.

Standard.

It'll be easy to be optimistic if we're playing batley, London or Sheffield.

Nicely!

While I agree with some of this, it surely isn't as simple as throwing these lads in and hoping it pays off?

Firstly, what everyone seems to forget is that Powell and his coaching staff see these lads everyday in training and, for all we know, they might not be tearing up any trees there in the same way that Thewlis and Wrench may have done?

Also, and I think this is the key issue, Powell may be thinking that a relegation battle isn't the best place to be throwing too many youngsters into as a group and that it might sink a couple of them unnecessarily.

Undoubtedly, I think if we were 4 or 6 points better off right now, I think we would likely be seeing a lot more of Dean and Longstaff, as Powell would probably think there was less pressure and the lads could be eased into first team rugby.

So overall, I think unfortunately the pair of them are paying the price for the side's poor form. Their development would be a lot easier in a successful side - look at how Saints are able to bed in youngsters at a steady rate - its a strategy that we have never really mastered, but is one we will need to be able to do in the future if we are to ever progress.

Nick Ross advises that the reconstructions of Warrington performances this season were carried out by actors, and that you can help to catch the real criminal gang masquerading as the Warrington Wolves by ringing the Crimewatch hotline with any names, or information, after the hooter has sounded. He stresses that games against Batley, London or Sheffield are very rare incidents, and please don't have nightmares.

Agree with your opening question, and as I wrote, Powell has missed an opportunity where they could (and in my opinion should) have played earlier in the season. A relegation battle certainly makes it harder for a coach to give a shirt to Dean or Longstaffe. However, the question of are they good enough needs to be answered on the paddock, as training is no where near the same as what happens during 80 minutes of a SL game. I'm frustrated that we haven't began the process of getting an answer during Powell's tenure, when there's been a few who have not deserved a shirt for so many weeks in his team selections.

So we wait until we're relegated and then play them.......

“Remember, incidents like this are very rare. Don’t have nightmares. Good night”….

Dramatic drum intro begins.

Love it. Did the crime rate drop so much we don’t need Crimewatch anymore? Or do we just not care these days?

Crimewatch was screened to scare the carp out of enough vulnerable, elderly or those of a nervous disposition. Once Covid came along, with the regular TV presentations by the PM, Chris Whitty etc., Crimewatch's USP was no longer needed, at it was reclassified as light entertainment.

The peak years for reported crime were the mid 90s.

Well then, if there’s one good thing about the impending economic crisis, it’s that a new Crimewatch series will finally be justified. Every cloud, as they say.