If he's 100% committed to turning it around as he says then he literally has no other choice. I'd sit them all down in the stands and send out the team that played Salford the other year. At least they showed some guts.

Apparently Powell has offered to sit down and have a drink with Wire fans who attended tonight’s game in his post match press conference.

And that's not gonna cause even more of a seige mentality for the squad against him.

Lots of suggestions being made as possible explanations for what's happening - the players aren't playing for Powell, something's gone on behind the scenes, the players are unhappy over Hill and Mamo going, etc. One or all of these might be true, I have no idea. Then again, maybe we all just hope it's something of that nature because the alternative - that the players are simply not good enough - is a scarier reality that would need a much longer-term fix.

Well if it does it will confirm the squad just do not want to play for him. So who do we back the squad or the coach.

Anyone want to help chip in for Steve Price's return flight?

I didn't see the game but I'm sure someone who did can confirm the following:
- Props hardly ran onto the ball
- We had 1 dummy runner maximum but mostly had 0 when attacking
- We passed across the line with no pace
- Mata'utia knocked on at least once

On this occasion we simply HAVE to back the coach. A message needs sending out about the type of players we want at this club.

Blimey, indeed.

I'll back Powell 100% over this shower of sh*t any day of the week. The alternative that we have the players rule the club is unthinkable.

It's crisis time. The club executive need to issue a statement backing Powell.

you have no idea but it sound like hahah . You didn’t go then ? Im on my Back and can honestly say you need to look further than changing the captain/scapegoat. Piss poor from 1-17 not just certain players all of them

It's a case of both. They arent playing for Powell and they are also pretty average.

Probably the possible explanations are quite accurate and a contributing factor to why the players are not good enough. But don't think this is something new under Powell. We've seen these performance regularly in Smith's last few seasons prices entire time as coach, and now under Powell, surely that's not a coincidence?

I'm with you on the need to move on from SP, but a gutless semi final exit in 2022 I'd take that here and now. Before 2022 started, my expectations were to be in a better place with DP come August, and hopefully be in a position where the playoffs were not completely out of reach. We were not on an easy path, but currently there's a feeling of freefall, even though this season was always going to hit some turbulence. Here's to some light at the end of this particular tunnel.

How can you separate the coach from the team? They are all in it together…..