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Re: Powell : Mon Oct 18, 2021 11:43 am  
Pemps wrote:
I can only assume it's because he's a Wiganer.


He’s a bit of a character as well, so Sky jump on him. He’s a bit Wayne Godwin in that respect. He’s not a bad player but he’s not a very good one either and he’s certainly not up to the task of being the main hooker at a club like Wigan.
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Re: Powell : Mon Oct 18, 2021 12:00 pm  
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He’s a bit of a character as well, so Sky jump on him. He’s a bit Wayne Godwin in that respect. He’s not a bad player but he’s not a very good one either and he’s certainly not up to the task of being the main hooker at a club like Wigan.


He’s very entertaining off the field.
I heard him on a podcast recently and he came across really well.
On the field as you say a very different matter. I like a maverick but one who knows what he is doing.

Re Powell a really good clubman but he has got to step up significantly with ball in hand where, for a former HB is passing and running game isn’t anywhere near the best.
Maybe Peet can reawaken these seemingly lost or discarded skills.
I’d like to see us start with TL and bring on Powell after say 30 minutes or so but playing a more attacking role that he’s become accustomed to.
Can’t see it happening but you never know
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Re: Powell : Mon Oct 18, 2021 12:47 pm  
Am i right in thinking that Powell has suffered a lot of head injuries recently?
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Re: Powell : Mon Oct 18, 2021 1:13 pm  
Itchy Arsenal wrote:
He’s very entertaining off the field.
I heard him on a podcast recently and he came across really well.
On the field as you say a very different matter. I like a maverick but one who knows what he is doing.

Re Powell a really good clubman but he has got to step up significantly with ball in hand where, for a former HB is passing and running game isn’t anywhere near the best.
Maybe Peet can reawaken these seemingly lost or discarded skills.
I’d like to see us start with TL and bring on Powell after say 30 minutes or so but playing a more attacking role that he’s become accustomed to.
Can’t see it happening but you never know


Yeah, it’s amazing to think he was a halfback by trade and not just as a junior either.
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Re: Powell : Mon Oct 18, 2021 6:46 pm  
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Am i right in thinking that Powell has suffered a lot of head injuries recently?


Had a couple, he is only 3452 behind Chris Hill now. And thats only based on the last 2 seasons. Oh wait a minute he was just tired but it saves using a sub i suppose?
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Re: Powell : Tue Oct 19, 2021 11:44 am  
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Yeah, it’s amazing to think he was a halfback by trade and not just as a junior either.


Played hooker for us since 2014… pretty much the majority of his professional career.

I get he was signed as a scrum half and played there in the academy and a bit for the first team but it was so long ago and so early in his development I don’t think you can refer to it.
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Re: Powell : Tue Oct 19, 2021 1:10 pm  
I would recommend giving the club shop a call, it always works for us.
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Re: Powell : Tue Oct 19, 2021 1:50 pm  
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Are you joking? Go onto the Leeds site and look at their opinions of Dwyer, I think the phrase headless chicken who can't pass is most often used.


Exactly ^^^
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Re: Powell : Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:40 pm  
I think if Powell was released then O'Neil would obviously get a lot more game time and could share the hooking role with Tommy
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Re: Powell : Tue Oct 19, 2021 6:06 pm  
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Played hooker for us since 2014… pretty much the majority of his professional career.

I get he was signed as a scrum half and played there in the academy and a bit for the first team but it was so long ago and so early in his development I don’t think you can refer to it.


Why not????
If we get a couple of injuries next season in the HBs who do you think Peet will play at HB if Smith and Field are both out injured?

By your logic Sam Tomkins couldn’t play HB or show skill sets of an HB because virtually all of his professional career has been played at FB.

I’d strongly suggest that SOL and Hock both showed handling skills throughout their professional career that they learned as an HB at schoolboy level.

In 2014 when we played The Roosters SWs choice as starting 7 was Powell albeit he didn’t play due to injury. I suspect SW must have rated Powell as a 7 and even after 7 long long years I don’t think it’s illogical to assume that Powell could and should retain basic core skills of an HB even though he may have lost a bit of pace.
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