Why? It's a very smart signing imo.

Wire obviously have major cultural issues. IL alluded to it and performances on the pitch - with them most getting relegated in 22 and scraping into the playoffs in 23 is all you need to know. (Still baffles me that super coach Shaun picked so many of them).

Burgess will, at the very least, be demanding 100% effort from his players. He'll be expected to change the cultural there too. Powell is the type of player you bring in for that job. If I was Burgess & going into a mess like Wire, I'd be stacking my squad with guys like Sam.

Because they have Walker & Dwyer already signed. I mean odd from a positional sense unless they plan to play Powell elsewhere

IF its true of course

By the looks of it there was a change of heart over Dwyer, but the deal was already done. I just assume Burgess doesn't rate him. Bad from a salary cap pov, but I can see why Burgess wants Powell in and is willing to take that hit.

Good interview with Sam Walters on Wigan tv speaks very well for a young lad. Look forward to seeing him next season

He's be right if that's the case,Dwyer reminds me of a headless chicken

To a degree a coach has to work within the confines of what he's got, but at the same time if you've got someone like Dwyer then you're onto a hiding to nothing imo. It's very much a case of dead money on the cap Vs not performing on the field.

I’d be amazed if they signed him. Just doesn’t play like a Saints forward.
I don’t know about world class but Saints have definitely got a very good pack. Experienced, mobile and very aggressive. If we get the 2019 Thompson then we possibly imo just about tip it. In Smithies and KPP we have 2 really good lads but hopefully Walters and Thompson can as a minimum keep us on at least a similar standing and maybe even move us to the next level.
I’m already looking forward to Good Friday.

It’s hard to judge anyone at Wire because everyone becomes a bad player there in this past 2 or 3 years (it’s like Man U in football). Look at Tony King for example. Sam Kasiano was a good player for Catalans and while he is past his best years, I could see them getting a tune from him for a year, especially in the absence of Paasi.

Looks like Powell to Warrington is a done deal.

Good luck to him, think he will be a good signing for them as he will bring some much needed on and off field direction and leadership to their club.

Clearly to offset King coming back to the dressing room with a winners ring haha they don’t want to many players crowding round him to marvel at it. Good signing for the leadership and great in defence however might slow down the feed to Williams. Good luck to the lad been a great servant of Wigan. The Dwyer signing now appears wasted cap money.

Saw a rumour Dwyer may move on to Salford without playing a game for them. Talk also of Partington going to Wire and then Shorrocks to Salford. That would all fit in terms of filling positions for those teams and it would keep their Wigan quotas up!

Makes the Micky Higham to Wigan move look simple

That all actually makes perfect sense despite the complexity of it all.

Dwyer and Walker are both “scooting” 9s.

Powell and Walker makes much more sense.

Partington has been a target for Warrington for some time and Salford need a senior 9.

Shorrocks needs to be playing first team, but unfortunately his opportunities will be limited with us.

Certainly has a wiff of agent Millward

But this time two other teams suffer

This King to Saints rumour is a strange one. I thought nothing of it when I heard and I would still be amazed if it happened but the fact that John Davidson and Aaron Bower have both mentioned it leads me to believe there have been some conversations.

The fact that Saints and Warrington are refusing to comment adds to the intrigue.

I don’t think it’s that strange, if it’s true Burgess has obviously said he’s happy if they let King go and they’re pretty well stocked at centre to be able to let him leave and have been linked with Olam I believe? I personally thought it was an odd reason for them to want him back in the first place, just the fact he works in well with the marquee ruling. He doesn’t seem keen on returning to Warrington and was pretty poor for them prior to leaving, granted he had a great season with us but I don’t think he’s worth marquee money. Obviously the ship has sailed with us signing Keighran so we are not in a position to sign him unfortunately so he’s going somewhere else.
If it does happen it won’t be nice seeing him line up against us for Saints but that’s sport, especially a salary capped sport where you can’t keep everyone you want too.

Well that seems to be the end of that https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/23 ... ref=twtrec

Well that seems to be the end of that https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/23 ... ref=twtrec

The Warrington Guardian version does go on to say the Powell signing to be announced in the coming weeks.

Saints tried getting Kasiano on the cheap but he wasn't willing to take the paycut/Wire weren't at the time willing to contribute. Him and his family live in and are settled in St. Helens by all accounts if that means anything.

I was talking about King but if they could get Kasiano on the cheap again it’s not that crazy, they’re short of props and it’s a salary capped sport so you can’t be packed out with top quality, maybe they feel they could get more of a tune out of him than Wire have.

Confirmed Cust has signed for Salford on a 1 year deal, hope he does well there. Think it’s a great move for him.

Salford look to be putting a half decent team together.

Given the circumstances, they’re making decent moves. It feels like these are the second wave of players being given second chances at Salford, after being discarded elsewhere and hopefully they can be as successful as the first ones. It feels like the Salford fans were sold a bit of a false dream with that share scheme but they could still have a decent side to follow. The backline in particular looks good again.

Good luck to him