So what happened between Charnley and Powell.
Was Charnley one of the bad eggs or is Powell's ego just that big.
Charnley's First 4 games. He scored 2 tries each game.
8 tries. 2nd most after Ashton with 13 after the full season was completed.
So what happened between the saints and Wakefield league match Charnley didn't play to the challenge Cup match. Charnley didn't score another try for Warrington that season and played 6 more matches. Winning 2 of them in that time.
Again. What did mike cooper do? Warrington born lad, one of the best forwards we've ever had. Hard runner. Win percentage generally in the 60%+ range when he played for us. suddenly considered a bad egg. Because he was also concentrating on his next phase of his career after he retired. Something Fitzpatrick Condoned and encouraged as we all know rugby players careers are done generally before they hit 40. so need that second income.
What is clear to me. I said it at the time, (maybe not on here) We didn't need a full clear out. We just needed someone who could give us a mentality change to be more ruthless in knockout rugby. The players we had at our disposal was in the previous 4 years achieved play off rugby. (Steve Price's reign) In which were
4 Playoff appearances.
2018. A Runners Up Spot,
2019. We did limp home to be fair before crashing out to Castleford.
2020. A semi Final spot. (we lost out on Preliminary final's by 113 Points difference to saints) Hull FC were a lot fresher due to 2 weeks Prep.
2021. We just didn't play well on the day.
We just needed that mental switch that Wigan and saints have for playoff rugby. Something we lost after the grand final heartaches of 2012, 2013 and 2016 where things turned mid game to go against us in each of them.
Steve Price's problem was Getting the team in the mental state to go out and Win. We saw great wins against Wigan, Saints, Leeds and Catalans. throughout his tenure... But lose stupidly to teams like Hull KR and Cas and Wakefield by 2 -9 points when we should have seen them off easier than we should and lost as as a result...
Did we really need the clear-out we saw in 2022, which again sees us in a similar situation 12 months later with the situation we see ourselves in now???
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