Fingers crossed. There are a couple of lads like Mago and KPP that you’d be interested to see what he can do with. I’d love to see KPP go in to the season with an extra stone or two on him, especially now he should be starting in the forwards (all being well).

Well there was a big gap between Peet taking over and playing. Peet has also has been earning his stripes over the years. It must be a massive change to get use to not being able to be on the field and influence a game.

Well there was a big gap between Peet taking over and playing. Peet has also has been earning his stripes over the years. It must be a massive change to get use to not being able to be on the field and influence a game.

On his Linkedin profile he started with us in December.
Not sure why it hasn't been announced.

He came from Warrington didn't he? They hardly stood out as being physically dominant and blowing teams away in the last quarter last year. May have been Powell's 'magic' touch though. We'll have to wait and see on this one

Tough to say if fitness was an issue at Wire. I think you may be right in terms of the blame laying at Powell’s door. When a team struggles, fans look for reasons all over the place and everyone gets heat, so I’m sure fingers will have been pointed by some fans. We had much the same under Lam, with people saying we were fit enough yet we looked fine last year under the same S and C guys.

A lack of energy late in games can just come from a lack of effort and momentum as much as anything. It’s amazing how much harder people can work and how much fitter they look when they’re motivated and happy. Any football fans on here could look at Marcus Rashford for an example of that. Walking football to playing in fast forward and that isn’t just conditioning IMO. .

As a Utd fan I don't think it is as simplistic as that. Yes being happy will no doubt influence his effort levels but it was widely reported that under OGS he was playing with a shoulder and an ankle injury and played on for far too long before finally having the operations he needed.

That was the biggest factor for me

Without going too far off topic, I think Some injuries were an issue for him and he lost confidence but his effort and energy levels were appalling last season. He looks stronger this season for sure but I don’t think this upturn is solely him feeling better physically. He has a manager pushing him and getting the best out of him and I think he’d have improved him in exactly the condition he was in last year as well (although granted maybe not to this degree).

The original point I made was basically that Wire being awful last season and not looking particularly energetic late in games doesn’t necessarily mean the head of S&C was poor at his job. It’s like George Williams looking lost for most of the season with Wire but he was then outstanding in the World Cup. When everything is going wrong at a club the majority of people feel the heat at some point but there was still some top class players and staff at Wire last year, so I’m not worrying too much about us taking a guy out of that club (a few guys including the couple of players we’ve signed recently).

Just a reminder, Whitehaven v Wigan game today is being shown live on Wigan t.v. Kick off 3 p.m. https://tv.wiganwarriors.com/

Just a reminder, Whitehaven v Wigan game today is being shown live on Wigan t.v. Kick off 3 p.m. https://tv.wiganwarriors.com/

Quote Rogues Gallery="Rogues Gallery"Just a reminder, Whitehaven v Wigan game today is being shown live on Wigan t.v. Kick off 3 p.m. https://tv.wiganwarriors.com/'" Worth subbing to wigan tv now anyway if you don't plan on attending any of the friendlies or only 1. £5.99 for the month and get all 3 friendlies is good value.

Quote Rogues Gallery="Rogues Gallery"Just a reminder, Whitehaven v Wigan game today is being shown live on Wigan t.v. Kick off 3 p.m. https://tv.wiganwarriors.com/'" Worth subbing to wigan tv now anyway if you don't plan on attending any of the friendlies or only 1. £5.99 for the month and get all 3 friendlies is good value.

Getting bullied by the bigger more experienced Whitehaven team.

Eckersley gone well.

Nsemba looks dangerous but needs to get involved much more looks to be hiding in the first 30.

Much better second half.

Astley, Hill, Forber, Butterfield, Eckersley and Nsemba (second half performance) were a cut above.

Great game for them against a physical Whitehaven side who were not there to make up the numbers.

Probably as close to a perfect friendly as you could get for the youngsters.