How many first choice international players do we have in our squad? Martin PNG, Bentley Ireland I can see Walters and Holroyd making the England team soon but 2 out of the current squad tells you all you need to know about the standard of players we have.

Walters will be guaranteed to be in the England squad after he joins Wigan.....

Yes they are currently going quite well and adding to their squad a team with ambition......

The lack of competive nations means international first teamers doesn’t mean much, for example, Roberts played for wales at the World Cup.

But you could add Roberts, Myler, MacDonald, McDonnell sangare and Tetavano off the top of my head.

Not wanting to brag but even I’ve got an international cap for a nation extremely low down in the rankings

Holroyd has already made the England team, so has Ash Handley

We don't have a single player who would be first choice for England. That's a reasonable indicator that our squad is a bit sub par.

I was just thinking about the rest of the season, and if we lose to Leigh I think Smith needs to start planning for next season. I'd be looking to get Hooley a couple of games, just to see if its worth even keeping him around, but more importantly I'd give Sinfield a couple of games on the bounce, and also give Ruan games off the bench. No real point picking Walters past that point, or whichever half back the club knows is leaving.

I'd agree this season now should be for building for next, get Sinfield some game especially. Scraping 6th in this year's form is just pointless.

I was more referring to the fact that Shaun Wane sits on the Wigan bench for most home games and always picks Wigan players in the England squad.
But yes I agree, they have far more ambition as a club than us.

Just a general acceptance of rubbish standards Club wide.

A club that was at the cutting edge is now happy to bumble their way through season after season and the mantra jam tomorrow springs to mind.

We’ve a handful of games left and yet to see a complete 80 min performance from us.

I know we’re not privy to the ins and outs of transfers etc but bitter experience tells me we’re in for a massively underwhelming “project” signings

... But we're not warrington and we don't have Powell as coach. Every cloud









at warrington

So the ''but look at Powell and Warrington" argument well and truly swatted away now.

Both them and us are absolute dog crap and going nowhere fast under current coaches.

Fantastic innit.
Obviously having Williams back made a lot of difference....






Can't see Powell lasting the season.

Do you need a cuddle. Warrington have invested massively, it was' their year' again, and once again it's turning to sht. Let us have a laugh yeah. Powell is a dreadful coach and his meltdowns are something to enjoy in these dark times.

The amount of money they've spent, he should be gone tomorrow, at least our loss was a close one, they've been absolutely battered.

One of the most over hyped coaches ever.

yep. let's laugh at wire by all means remembering we are sat 8th, with a project, poundland coach and no signs of any improvement next season.
hilarious

I was trying to forget, you know, for like just one second. Cheers tad.

The fact that we're also and it's funny to laugh at warrington given the context, aren't mutually exclusive.

In fairness, whatever his perceived failings, Smith hasn't had much more than spare change to spend on the side as yet. He has also resisted the temptation to throw his players under the bus after defeats. Powell, with the biggest budget in the league behind him, just can't resist. Which probably explains the current run of defeats.

Yeah that's my point with Powell, after defeats he publicly points the finger square at the players, bemoans his injuries and talks about recruitment. Like Watson he seems bad at pulling the team together. Ive some misgivings re Smith but give him his due on how he handles himself.

Forget the league positions Warrington are in a far worse position overall than is IMO.

They spend big and achieve nothing, in fact they’ve gone backwards since price left.

They need to invest in their youth set up and not try buy success.

There won’t be room under the bus if Powell continues how he did today.

‘There are two middles today I’d have dropped if I had the options but I don’t have the options’

Great for team morale that…

Classic Powell, couldnt possibly have anything to do with him.

So are we looking at next year or the year after he's spent more than loose change that we'll be challenging up top end?

Or the day....

Powell’s gone

Don't think another SL team will touch him now.