Confirmed 4 year deal as new head coach of Wakefield

I wish him all the best, it just didn`t work out for him here.

I've decided that Warrington wasn't for me and I'm moving on to a club who'll appreciate my motivational skills.

Good luck to him and wakey.

Championship level coach joins Championship club.

Bloke nearly got us relegated. Still trying to recover from his horrendous management style and treatment of players.

Didn't like him before he came to us, was willing to give him a chance, he is the worst permanent head coach we've had since 2002 and almost got us relegated. A busted flush.

Threw the baby out with the bath water.

About his level.

Was it this pillock who thought it was a good idea to sign Dudson?

Worst prop I’ve ever seen pull on the primrose and blue jersey and I’ve seen a few!

The guy was a joke!

He has made Asiteasy look like Dave Chisnall.

really?

worse than danny whittle?

worse than david bates?

I wish him the worst. Not as a person, but for the way he conducted himself as the coach of a supposed top club. The public blaming of fans, singling out of certain players while lauding ones the rest of us could see were cack rather than "class", and obstinately sticking with the worse ones instead of giving youth a go: he was out of his depth and nearly ran us into the ground.

Yes, alienate 2 x 60/70/80 minute props & bring in 2 x 10 minute wonders.

Warrington 'top club'.

Says the poster who calls himself I'mTopMan#1

16 posts in a year and this is one of them, keep up the good work…whoever you are.

I said 'supposed' anyway, but way to fail to spot any sense of nuance or mitigation. Let me guess, you're from St Helens?

With a name like that i think he may be a little insecure and a bit pat and mick.

maybe he shops at Topman (do they still exist?).

That's where he got his suit from, for his court hearing

From a Cas fan, in peace. I just cannot understand why Powell wasn’t a success at Wire, when he got Cas playing arguably some of the best rugby of any team in the SL era, with a set of average players. I’m biased of course, but the rugby played under his tenure for you was a million miles away from the Cas rugby of 2017.
Were the players he had at Wire of his choosing?
Do the club’s problems run deeper than just the head coach position?
I just find it bewildering!!!!!
I know that Cas (and previously Fev) bottled it in big matches but at least he created a huge team spirit and attractive rugby at both clubs compared to when he was with you.

My guess is that, if Wakey are to get back into SL by building a team that plays attractive, and expansive rugby, then Powell is the ideal coach for them.

1st season he had a squad that wasn’t his but massively underperformed. He got rid of Mike Cooper as a bad apple. Coops had played under any number of coaches and there had never been a hint of this previously.
I suspect that Powell didn’t take kindly to having his methods questioned even in a considered manner. He also built up a squad at Cas that had been “rescued” and therefore offered unstinting loyalty to him.
His second season was his squad, either signed by him or given contract extensions. Reading between the lines he may have been trying to be too clever when you read about players not understanding the role they were meant to play. The favouritism he showed Matautia also played a part!

In hindsight, Powell was the right man at the wrong time - If he had took over instead of Price in 2018, coming off that fantastic Cas campaign, then it's possible he'd have fared a lot better. As it was, it's fair to say he had already run his coaching race by the time we eventually got him - he'd gone stale at Cas and was unable to revitalise both himself and us.

I do think that Wakefield will be perfect for him. Familiar area, players who have everything to prove to a guy who has achieved more than most of them ever have and now has everything to prove - Smells similar to when he went into Cas... I think they have chose well.

I heard Daryl was devastated when he came this side of the hill and found we like our fish and chips....Cod and chips cooked in oil....He was used to haddock and chips cooked in dripping. Could explain why he looked so miserable most of thetime.