Re Powell whether or not he was the right signing I cannot say. On the face of it, it was / is a huge gamble due to his age. The big issue is that Shaun Wane clearly stated he would not be ready for another 6 weeks. Today he is saying he wants to avoid playing him and send him on loan. I think we can take it that Powell was never ready to face Cas.

Typically Wane goofed when dealing with the media stating it was Powell or Andy Coley. Unless I am mistaken it was not or at least should not have been. We had Greenwood desparate for an opportunity; we had Spencer chomping at the bit, showing promise who was crazily allowed to play for Leigh and get injured.

Andy Powell was dare I say it not shown any Duty of Care by his coach/club. Does anybody seriously think at this moment in time Andy Powell is ready to play SL? What do people think is 31 year old Roy Asotasi or 31 year old Andy Powell the better signing? Is Wane under pressure from IL to select / play Powell?

Yes OK. The idea of moving several odd posts elsewhere using the mechanisms available wasn't exactly a great prospect.

So Andy Powell had fragile confidence and self belief? Did he tell you that himself? Shame on Wane for playing him.

I'll answer that for you. You don't have a f'ing clue how prepared or willing Powell was to make his debut. Or how 'vulnerable' he was. Or if Wane asked how he felt about playing or if he was ready to play.

That's the last I'm going to say on it.

He needed to play his first game at some point, and it was going to be a struggle. If he played tomorrow he'd already look a lot stronger just from having that first run out under his belt imo. I would give him time at the Scorpions, but I definitely believe there's a lot of potential in him as a rugby league player.

I don't think I've ever seen an overreaction like this thread. If we'd won by the margin we'd lost and he played exactly the same as he did, this thread wouldn't be anything like the drama it is now.