Usain Bolt wouldn’t have got to Pratt from where Ackers was, but like you say McMeeken was stood in the defensive line and Ackers milked it like the old pro he is.

Yes

100%. No way Ackers is getting to him, but that's not the rule. McMeeken obstructs his attempt, and that's that. Ideally McMeeken would have just got out of the way and trusted Oli Pratt to get there, but that's a dream scenario. Obviously it doesn't matter in the slightest!

Corey Hall should have played Johnstone in in the second half but didn’t and was cut down short. It would have been ever so sweat to have racked up a big score on them but a win at headingley is big enough, win this Thursday too and I believe we have reason to be very hopeful

Enjoyable game - as a Wire fan.
It's interesting how DP seems to be much more comfortable at Wakey than he was at Warrington (no disrespect intended).
Sometimes appointments just don't work out and DP was one of those with us.
He did well as Cas and I'm pleased you've started off with a win.

Agree completely. It's impossible at times to predict how successful a new manager might be, whether rugby or industry. Like DP I've had successful jobs sandwiching a disaster and to this day I still can't figure out what went wrong. There's something about the "fit" with an organisation and the people in it - something you can't tell from an interview. The main thing is he seems happy, the players are happy, the club is happy and the supporters are just about ecstatic. Long may it continue. He's a good man and he deserves his success.

If you have chance it’s worth listening to recent interviews with DP on what went off at wire. Regardless, our structures under DP and Shenton have improved hugely.

I’m pretty sure Wire went on an unbeaten run of 7? With Wire before the issues started. You don’t do that if you don’t have ability as a coach. Im sure DP and Wire have moved on though and reality is there were probably fault on both parties. I’m confident Powell can get trinity to the next level with this group of players and an ambitious owner.

He went in and divided the changing room. He took on some big characters including the club captain who left because of him but not before sides had been taken and his style simply didn’t work.

Lots of big egos at Wire, and still are. I don’t think his way of man managing them worked, and as such the changes he tried to put into place were rejected. He won’t have had the same issues at our club and could create his own culture given the circumstances around his appointment. I don’t think his coaching ability has ever really been an issue I think man management sometimes has been particularly when managing high profile players/egos.

And who do you base these big egos on? I think you are a little off on that one

Cooper and King predominantly who rebelled against Powell.

The still is comment I was wondering about