I do wonder how he would have fared here if he had a younger, raw side with players who had achieved less on less money. I think that's where his strength lies. I have no idea what sort of coaching character we need to fix our side and this culture, and that's why I'm prepared to give Burgess a chance. Seems we've tried all the traditional avenues.

Agree with that summary except for the Cooper bit, as soon as he barged Price he needed to go, great servant to the club prior to that but that was a step too far. So I don't blame Powell for getting rid.

Two of the players he brought with him massively underperformed. One is still with us and one went to leigh.

Didn't all three turn out to be underwhelming?

To be honest I thought he was a decent appointment at the time and had liked the rugby he got Cas playing which was certainly more attractive than the turgid rubbish we saw, for the most part, under Price. I thought now with the greater resources at his disposal the sky is the limit, GF win here we come. His early comments about the need to tweak the attack seemed on the right path. Watching then what actually transpired with a 'thrilling.....not' relegation battle it clearly went horribly wrong and he had to go. I guess we will have to wait for his book to possibly understand the what's and the why's.

Anyway, onwards and upwards and welcome to Warrington Mr. Sam Burgess.

From a Trinity fan in peace
There’s some good reasoned posts on here about Powells time at wire..

You got off to an absolute stormer at the start of the season…Any reasons as to why the dip in form just came out of the blue and why it was he seemed unable to pull it back?

I'd suggest the Josh McGuire issues and the divide they caused in the camp which he couldn't heal (and in truth probably exist to this day). Something for Sam Burgess to try to resolve.

It depends what you mean by the mcguire issues, if you look at the season as a whole, our purple patch came to an end after he returned to the side he came back to the catalans game, we lost z many middles due to injury and suspension and going back to oz, he wasn't much cop on field, then the second leigh incident occured.

Poor form getting the first suspension, poor form on the pitch post-suspension, incredibly poor form getting a second ban.

Divisions in the playing squad as a result of his alleged actions in getting the two bans.

Nightmare from start to finish which it appeared couldn't be resolved by the coaching staff.

If I'm wrong, I'm wrong but I suspect not.