No smoke without fire at Cas


Trueman will be coming too.


Not bothered about Trueman because players come and go and we've done fine cos we've still had Powell. From October we won't and I really do fear for us. Nothing lasts forever. Think I hoped he would leave for the national side eventually. I'm absolutely sure he will win plenty with you in 3 years. Though I really do think your pack needs some work.

I'd probably say it's your best chance to keep clark too.

^^^ THIS ^^^

I wonder how much influence Powell will have on the below list of out of contract players and if any will get a second chance


Greg Inglis, Tom Lineham, Toby King, Blake Austin, Chris Hill, Jason Clark, Jake Mamo, Sitaleki Akauola, Danny Walker, Samy Kibula, Matty Ashton, Nathan Roebuck, Riley Dean, Eribe Doro

King is a cert unless he's got.NRL aspirations

For me I'd go Mamo, Roebuck, Dean, Walker, Ashton

Maybes - Austin (pending if he gets his mojo back) & Akoala (shoot me, I've got a soft spot for the big fella and frankly don't value Price's opinion on him too much). Though if the latter hardly plays this year for anyone, I'll concede it's then likely too big a gamble

There have been previous rumours that Powell wanted to bring Lineham and Mamo to Cas at various points.

Why not bring in Trueman and play Dean alongside him?

Even though I’ve seen nothing from Dean to suggest he could make it in SL.

Part of me wants to let austin go, unless.he goes through contract year style form, even then I wouldn't give him another marquee contract

Well I for one thinks it’s great that we’ve gone for a homegrown coach who’s done a pretty good job at Cas with limited reserves and what I like about him is he comes across with a bit of passion and grumpiness as seen with the bottle throwing last season whereas Price comes across as though he’s going through the motions so whatever your views on his appointment let’s give the guy a chance instead of writing him already.

Least he won’t have to walk across the pitch to get back to the dressing room, that will save him a fine

A warm welcome to Warrington Mr Powell. We hope you enjoy your time at Warrington and help us to produce a successful team.
We have the finest, most enthusiastic and most positive supporters in the whole of sport. We are all behind you and if times get tough you can count on us.

I wouldn’t keep Austin on anything like his current contract barring a revelation season.
To be clear I have no idea what his contract is worth, I just mean there should be a relative reduction if he stays.

Rather, don’t assume that what you read on social media reflects the views of the supporter base as a whole (good or bad).

ps But just don't start losing ... (you miserable yorkshire twassock) by playing that pretty & exciting brand of rugby that you're known for.

Ha ha that’s funny

Dean's just the next name up in the Academy so fans decide he's the future, we've had this from Duffy to Hulse to Durbin to GO'B to Patton. He may make it, he may not, you can't tell till you've seen how these guys handle SL.

Powell brought Burrow and McGuire through at Leeds and Truman through at Cas. Also Marc Sneyd and Luke Gale had their breakthroughs at Cas under Powell, so he knows what the benchmark is for a halfback that's going to make an impact and has brought guys along in the past, so if Dean is good enough he should have a good opportunity with Powell.