The boy is class . Hooker is his position and now that he is guaranteed that position he will go on to bigger and better things .

Mickey was twice the player

But played less than 50% of the minutes

I was a massive MM fan but his minutes on the field in the end signed off his career
as a bit player. For me disappointing but true

But played less than 50% of the minutes

I was a massive MM fan but his minutes on the field in the end signed off his career
as a bit player. For me disappointing but true

50 minutes of mm was worth 2 games of sp

Remind when he played 50 minutes a game on average in his last 3 years?

I was a fan but later on in his career he played basically buggerall minutes per game

I know we do not see eye to eye on some things, but I agree 100% with what you have said about Powell who does not deserve the constant swiping at him by some supporters.

Gives 100% and a good leader in my book.

Spot on

Im getting a sense you dont like Sam Powell

Was that not a Waney tactic to keep the middles as fresh as possible? Even guys like FPN only did 20min stints but in the NRL he was 40/50min.

Btw MM played 70mins against Wakey on Saturday, subbed only in the 70th minute.

MM would have played 80 minutes against Wakey but I think was subbed as a precaution as the old red mist had come down

I never agreed with the “keeping players fresh”
If that’s a valid approach why didn’t we sub Farrell or Bateman etc

Other than next club captain (I personally prefer Faz), I completely agree. I’ve given him stick also, I still do from time to time but I can’t deny what a well rounded player he’s becoming.

Not fit to lace Wayne Godwins boots

Touche' - As a Wind up merchant Your not fit to lace "The Enforcers" boots

Lol

Heh! I agree. And I think he'd make a better skipper than Faz.

In your own opinion even if it is wrong!

Outshining McShane so far.

Apart from the GRUB aspect of mc Shane's play,how the hell he gets away with what he does every week is ridiculous and powell has the nerve to moan about our foul play,Smithies quite rightly got sin binned and might get a 1-2 game ban but he needs to sort out his own backyard before slagging us off

Thought Powell was brilliant today. His game seems to improve every week. So much more creative at the line than he was. Stalwart. Happy to see him in the no.9 shirt until he decides to call it a day.

Absolutely. And another thing struck me during the game: those "he's usually third man into the tackle" jibes. Hardly! First man in on plenty of crucial occasions, as he is every week. Couple of good kicks too, as I recall.

An outstanding performance from Powell. I thought he was a little quiet in attack in our first two games since the restart but he more than made up for it today. He showed a real playmakers instincts as both a hooker and a loose forward (or whatever position he was playing when Hastings went to hooker). Speaking or which, Hastings to hooker worked well during the game too. Some good versatility among our playmakers. Powell, Leuluai and Hastings all appear capable of playing half, hooker and loose forward. Adds some nice fluidity to our attack.

We looked totally lost at times with neither half, Tommy or Hastings, putting their hand up and controlling the game particularly at the end of sets in the first half.

Sam had to and did start trying to control things, whilst the halves sorted themselves out.

Defence was on point as ever as was his delivery.

Cracking player.

For me he was our best player. Truly outstanding tonight. I’m always happy to admit I’m wrong and here’s me now admitting I was wrong about Powell. He is truly a key player for us

Always been a good player and clubman for the club.