Quite encouraging to read. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... RLdkcV9LIs

Quite encouraging to read. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... RLdkcV9LIs

I don’t disagree with him as stupid as it sounds. I know we look an absolute mile off but with the league how it is, a few tweaks and a bit of confidence/momentum and we’re back in the race. I don’t buy all this 2-3 years away talk.

Those who can remember what Tony Barrow did in 1986 will know that anything is possible.

Recap from Warrington Rugby League Legends

[iMarch 1986 - Tony Barrow stepped into the temporary berth with Boyd as his assistant. This would be the beginning of a remarkable run, after losing three games in six days then drawing away to Wigan, Wire wouldn't lose another match as they marched to eight straight wins including Widnes in the Premiership 1st Round at home and Wigan away in the semi and then a second half demolition of Champions Halifax in the Elland Road final with tries from Boyd, Tamati, Jackson, Bishop, Johnson and Forster to win 38-10 to lift their first trophy in four years.[/i

OK but Tony Barrow had a legendary pack with Boyd, Tamati, Roberts, Mike Gregory and co, plus Andy Gregory at scrum half and Phil Blake and Brian Johnson in the backs.

How many players from our current side would get into that Premiership winning side of 1986?

Probably the Daryl Clark of 18 months or so ago and a peak Ratchford on the bench for cover? Probably about it IMHO though.

Bit of a nothing interview. Clichés followed by nonsense. "We know what we need to do" - do you? "New players in the camp" - like every other club?

I prefer Powell's "we're miles off" honesty than this tripe. Though he blamed Easter after the Wigan schooling.

I have a feeling we'll end this season very strongly and with plenty of momentum.

I don't think it'll be enough to topple Saints but I reckon we'll be playing a hell of a lot better in August than we are right now.

Hooker Walker said: “I wasn’t on for the first half hour or so but a few of the lads said it was a really fast and really tough start to the game. We just weren’t quite there in that first period. We were off that little bit and Wigan just took advantage of that. Fair play to them.


Where does he think he is then a Sunday morning kick around.

I really like Walker as a player, and I admire his gumption, but I can't share the view that we are a "little off the mark" and the suggestion we could mount a challenge to Saints is, frankly, ludicrous.

We aren't losing because of the odd bad decision in defence, or bad luck - we are losing because we have two pedestrian half backs with no kicking game between them, an anaemic pack and a collective wbo are [irepeatedly[/i making basic, fundamental errors and seem to have lost all sense of desire, urgency and passion.

If we turn it around it will make the 86 Prem run look like a Sunday morning u9s sevens match.

I really like Danny Walker. Seems a lively lad with that bit of spark we need.
Making comments to the press or online is bound to bring criticism it's not easy to get it right.
He's brave or misguided to get involved. I think it's easier not to say too much.

When listening to players & coaches I reckon it is best not to expect anything that is earth shattering.
It's difficult to be original ... difficult when you lose and dead easy when your winning.

I don't know, you have gone and spoilt it now.

I do know Phil Blake didnt play in the final and Johnson started on the bench.

I was trying to post something optimistic rather than realistic

Phil Blake had gone back to Souths about 3 months earlier.

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“Yeah we were rubbish against Wigan. We won’t qualify for the play offs and I can’t see us improving until Powelly sacks at least half of my colleagues and brings in some quality, especially props, we need a lot of very big props”.
Can’t see that going down well with his team mates somehow. Which is why we get anodyne interviews like these, still I admire his optimism.

Doubt if Clark will still be at Wire when his current high salary contract expires, unless he is prepared to accept a much lower wage here.

Walker will be at Wire for a long time hopefully

Or

"We underperformed against Wigan, in fact we have not played to our potential all season and are not at the required standard at the moment. However, we have belief in ourselves and Powelly and we are going to work tirelessly in our defensive systems. If we get our defence to the level it was in 2021 there is no reason why we cannot have a real go in the playoffs. Youse got the best to come".

I like his attitude on and off the pitch.

Still just 22. He could develop into a very strong leader for the club. Added bonus of him being a Warringtonian.

Bit underwhelmed when we signed him, but happy to be proved wrong.

Definite edge about his game with a fervent desire to win games.

I think Walker is developing into a great player. He kicks the ball well for field position too at times, which if he could continue to develop would be a really helpful tool.

Nostalgia of Monaghan maybe influencing this, but I think back to 2011/2012 when we could do it on tackle 3 or 4 and pin teams down and really get on top of the field position. More often than not since then we’ve seen kicks caught on the full and then defending elusive backs at full flight making easy yards

I liked the attitude but we are a very long way off

I however think we have. That’s as good as it gets.

Packs win games.

Reading the quotes just makes me wonder if Super League players get media training these days. I'd love to know if he actually thinks that or if he's just answering with what he thinks the club wants him to say. It probably doesn't help Powell or the club if he's saying that and they know they're a year or two of recruitment and hard work off actually doing that.

I don’t believe what Danny said will hinder Powell, the team or the club whether he believes it or not. The coach and players know exactly where they are, whatever they say in public.

Agreed, in any media interview, Players/Coaches talk up their teams and chances.

Very rare for an interviewee to say we are crap and we`re not going to win many games.

Chris Hill came out in defence of the coach, and our lowly league position, saying how we’d get things right, it’s only so many games in and it’s not a sprint but how you finish..

It ended with the coach losing his job and us playing in the middle 8s.