Next year will 100% show whether it was Powell, or the players being the divas who didn't want to do what they were told.
Apart from needing a new centre and a new half we have an awesome looking squad next year. So if after 6 games we look as bad as this year, it will 100% be Powell that's the problem.

Exactly, time will tell.

Imo, we need to see shoots of green over those first 6 games and not expect too much. In all honesty though, I'd be genuinely worried if we looked like we do now after those 6. I'm halfway house over those 6 games but I still think we need to back him till at least the playoffs and see the structures working. With those new incoming forwards, I'm being optimistic. It'll give our backs some space to develop the moves.

I still have faith in Powell, though it's tough - we have been bloody awful this season. I'm going to do a Duckie here and stick my neck out:

We'll win the GF next year!!

Woolf gone, probs Wellens to take over

French off to NRL and Wigan will have their tails cut in the back line.

Nostradamus: things won't get together until June, July, August time. By then, we'll be in with a shout. We'll have scraped into the playoffs, but we'll be capable of playing some rugby to get us through. We'll be contenders if we make the playoffs.

(I've had a few pints)

Nice contribution from Mike tonight, basically waved O'Connor over the line and turned the tide against Wigan. Still, what an honour for him to play for a club like Wigan.

Maybe just maybe Powell was right about Cooper. He looks like a fish out of water

Four years on the bounce Cooper has been eliminated from the play-offs at home.

At least he is consistent.

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And Briers as assistant coach.

He still ended with a much better year than we did, he played ok and nothing else to say. I wish him all the best and i'm not about to just start taking the Piss out of him.

What Mike contributed for Wigan could be wrote on the back of a stamp, glad he’s gone.

What Mike contributed for Wigan could be wrote on the back of a stamp, glad he’s gone.

He won as much as we did.

Good luck to him? He literally forced a move through to our main rivals mid season just because Powell wanted him to stay behind a few times and subsequently he couldn't sell his bobble hats.

Well that’s one way of looking at it I suppose.

I have no issue with him, but I wasn't sorry to see him go either. Same applies to Hill. We don't miss Hill and Cooper. We miss Morley and Carvell.