It could have gone horribly wrong too. I never met / read a union conert (even Gallagher) that complained until post career. My own personal opinion is that he is not yet equipped to play for Leigh at top tier Championship level which Tom Spencer clearly is and would gain more from playing for SWales or St Pats.

I have my doubts re the signing simply because of his age and with any convert they do not have the instinctive RL know how of a young League player. Somebody like Greg Burke has already got a decade or more instinctive RL experience / intelligence that Andy Powell will never gain.

Some fans say well he did not do any harm, well IMO he did not do any good either whereas Burke / Spencer / Greenwood could have ADDED to the team on that day. Playing with 12 men in wet conditions is a huge challenge. Why thow him in when the team is tired, depleted and conditions poor?

A question or two; who decided to sign Powell? IL or Wane. Who most wants him in the team IL or Wane. Is Wane under pressure to select him? We cannot say Jon H will rightly says BUT history suggests coaches are always put under pressure to select big name union signings.

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.