He needs to play more minutes that's how you build up fitness

So is he coming, or not? The Wire board seem to be seeing the same thing as on here.

Think they paid £40k for Nicholson to come early

If that doesn’t scream desperation I don’t know what does. Sinking ship

And he is not on a small contract.

I thought the move was a necessity to bring someone else in (Dufty was mentioned)? If you don’t have to get rid of him I can 100% see why he is blocking the move. Yes it’s a bit stubborn and if he’s going to keep Cooper out of the first team it’s a bit of a slap in the face for a long time servant but Cooper coming could give Wigan a boost that could potentially push us to Grand Final glory for one of Warringtons rivals.

On a side note I am still shocked that Warrington fans are backing Powell as much as they are, I keep hearing he’s changing culture, this isn’t his squad etc but for me he’s brought in a lot of his own signings and has a strong squad to work with and whatever he’s changing seems to be having a negative affect on the squad as they’re going backwards. IMO Peet took over a team in a worse state but there is no way I would be happy if we where in Warringtons current position and I would want a change.

Powell is being allowed to absolutely rip the place apart and that is both admirable and very risky at the same time. I look at Wire at the minute and they have some outstanding youngsters in Wrench, Thewlis, Nicholson etc and their academy is looking very strong and they have loads getting selected for rep games. Is Powell the man to manage that and make use of it? I’m not sure he is.

I hope they bounce back quickly because the game needs as many strong teams as possible.

The thing is Warrington didn’t look like they needed ripping apart to me and the players he’s brought in have hardly set the world alight and yes you can say that Rome wasn’t built in a day but he’s taken them massively backwards, I really don’t get why people are saying they have to go backwards to go forward and saying judge him when it’s his own side. I counted 8 players in yesterdays squad (could be wrong) that he has brought in so that’s a fair percentage and no coach can expect to be working with 17 players he’s personally brought in.

A great coach can make an average team play to a good-great standard consistently.

A poor coach can destroy a good team in no time. Let's not forget most were predicting Wire as top 2-3 preseason.

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Sounds like it’ll probably happen and that’s great news for us for this season. We’re going to need to be at the very very top of our game in the middle of the field to stand a chance against Saints in a play off or final and he will really help.

Guess he’ll probably get a game at Leeds on Thursday.