Quote: Rogues Gallery "Watch the game again. Sam Powell apart from the poor kick that was caught in goal had a decent game. His pass put Sam Tomkins in space to put Davies in for the first try. Then in the last set he took two of the "drives" to get us upfield for the winning drop goal.
Yes Woods kicked the winning drop goal, but he was caught out for the first Wire try, and some of his passing was atrociously slow. He's young and hopefully will learn, BUT IMO will never be a halfback because of his lack of pace.'"
I’m just not seeing it with Powell tbh. There were two occasions second half when he wasn’t looking when players were trying to pass to him and in general our attack just dies when the ball goes down his side. He just doesn’t have the required skills to play as a halfback in a top side. No real running game, not a great passer, no kicking game from distance or close to the line. He has 8 assists this season which isn’t dreadful in fairness but I’d guess at least half have been from his rightful position of hooker when he’s brought Clubb, Flower or Sutton on to a short ball.
As for Woods I thought he went pretty well again. He made some wrong decisions but he also made plenty of right ones. He’s got a kicking game and he’s obviously got something about him to be able to strike a match winning drop goal in the last second. If a lack of pace is going to stop him making it as a superleague halfback then we better get Powell out of there as well because he’s as slow as they come in that position. I’ve said all season I don’t blame Powell for not performing at seven because it’s just not his position anymore. He is a good hooker but a very average halfback.