Rogues Gallery wrote:
Powell is going nowhere and should be considered for the captains job at Wigan. Everyone who has coached him picks him, he's a model pro well respected by his peers and must be next in line for a testimonial?
He didn't have his best season at Wigan in 2021, but who did? he just appears to be the new scapegoat for some reason and yet he still made 2nd most tackles in Superleague last season.
Nobody can ever question his effort or his solid defensive contribution. However, nobody can ever convince me that he offers anything in attack. He’s truly awful when we have the ball. His distribution is slow and often inaccurate. He’s easily the most predictable 9 in the competition and beyond any doubt for me, we’d improve with a good 9. Look at Roby, McShane, Leeming, Lussick, Clarke, even Houghton and McIllorum are all far better than Powell and offer much more when they’re in possession.
As hard as he works and as good as he is in defence, we need much more from our 9 than Powell has to offer. Has he improved? Yes, but not enough.
