Ian Watson/Daryl Powell spat

[LeytherRob]

 

New twist in the Toby King/Jake Wardle saga and some interesting comments regarding the reluctance from Wire to let King go on a permanent deal. I'd previously assumed the loan to Wigan was down to the large contract King was on at Wire, it begs the question - are Wire holding on to King in case Powell gets the boot next year?

 

[Griff]

Hard to believe.

Spitting is way over the top.

[DavidM]

A very minor spat tbh 

[Just Browny]

These weird loan arrangements are ripe for a bit of bitterness or miscommunication. Looks like we are going to end up with no centre and our international one out on loan to a rival - great stuff.

[Pete Grady]

Watson & Powell, 2 happy-go-lucky souls.

I bet a nite out with those 2 would be a real barrell of laffs.

Edited August 30, 2022 by Pete Grady

[HawkMan]

I do think managerial spats are a way to get the sport more in the news, as the adage says, all publicity is good. It's no Contè and Tuchel but it's a start. Now we just need one of them headbutting the other.

Edited August 30, 2022 by HawkMan

[Saint Toppy]

I think when they let King join Wigan Powell must have just assumed that Hudds would let Wardle stay with them - Powell has been made to look a bit stupid in all this now, being left with no centre 

[LeeF]

I think it’s just another example of the pressure, mainly self inflicted, that Powell is under. Finishing 11th is appalling for a club of Warrington’s size no matter how much you are trying to sort out and this is is probably just him trying to deflect from his own poor decision making

[Harry Stottle]

2 hours ago, Pete Grady said:

Watson & Powell, 2 happy-go-lucky souls.

I bet a nite out with those 2 would be a real barrell of laffs.

I saw Watson in Christchurch Airport a couple of hours after GB's 3rd defeat when he was assistant coach on the '19 tour, he was a right miserable sod, do you think it could have been when I questioned him about how bad GB were on attack and I said your not much good on the offensive side without Paul Rowley are you?

[redjonn]

Must admit it does seem to me that Watson is always moaning over something.

He may well be a good coach but boy does he always have to get a whine in.

[Davo5]

Powell does seem to be as popular as a fart in a lift.

Edited August 30, 2022 by Davo5

[Davo5]

55 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

I saw Watson in Christchurch Airport a couple of hours after GB's 3rd defeat when he was assistant coach on the '19 tour, he was a right miserable sod, do you think it could have been when I questioned him about how bad GB were on attack and I said your not much good on the offensive side without Paul Rowley are you?

Did you really go on the 2019 GB tour,who’d have guessed.

[redjonn]

1 minute ago, Davo5 said:

Powell does seem to ba as popular as a fart in a lift.

as somebody recently answered such a question...

Whom would you rather be in a lift with, Watson or Powell.... I'll take the stairs..

[Harry Stottle]

14 minutes ago, Davo5 said:

Did you really go on the 2019 GB tour,who’d have guessed.

OK I saw Watson at piccadilly bus station, 

How else would I have got the story across.

[tonyXIII]

1 hour ago, Harry Stottle said:

OK I saw Watson at piccadilly bus station, 

How else would I have got the story across.

It does kind of spoil the effect.

Anyone stuck at Piccadilly bus station has a right to be miserable.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

2 hours ago, Davo5 said:

Powell does seem to be as popular as a fart in a lift.

Have you ever farted in a lift? While the smell is bad enough it's the amplification of the noise that you really notice. You think you're going to let out a bit of a silent and violent one and it sounds like an elephant sneezing.

[GUBRATS]

1 hour ago, tonyXIII said:

It does kind of spoil the effect.

Anyone stuck at Piccadilly bus station has a right to be miserable.

He's hardly going to be at Piccadilly train station is he ? 

[tonyXIII]

Just now, GUBRATS said:

He's hardly going to be at Piccadilly train station is he ? 

Not if he's going to Leigh.

[meast]

11 hours ago, LeytherRob said:

 

New twist in the Toby King/Jake Wardle saga and some interesting comments regarding the reluctance from Wire to let King go on a permanent deal. I'd previously assumed the loan to Wigan was down to the large contract King was on at Wire, it begs the question - are Wire holding on to King in case Powell gets the boot next year?

 

There's no spat, Watson just telling it how it is, Powell is a miserable sod!

[Desert Skipper]

Shame. Wardle has been great for Warrington during the second half of a truly awful campaign. 

This is a weird one. Wigan fans seemed convinced Wardle was heading there for 2023, then he goes on loan at Warrington with Hudds wanting to keep King. Then Wigan end up with King for 2023, with Warrington paying his wages. Yet Warrington want King back for 2024.

Nowt as queer as RL folk.

[sentoffagain2]

   I don't rate King very highly am i missing something?.

[Desert Skipper]

2 hours ago, sentoffagain2 said:

   I don't rate King very highly am i missing something?.

It’s a strange one. King has been good in certain areas (such as offloads and high balls) and was one of the best centres in the league around 2019/2020. Then he signed a big money contract and sort of lost his mojo for some reason. Wardle has looked the far more complete player in Warrignton colours. I’m surprised that Hudds are willing to take King if he expects the same salary he’s currently on at Warrington. Maybe Hudds want Warrington to pay part of his salary even if he’s signed permanently with them, in which case I’d fully expect Warrington to not let him go.

Edited August 31, 2022 by Desert Skipper

[Barry Badrinath]

wardle's been ok, he's not been great, looks shakey in defence.

[Desert Skipper]

3 hours ago, Barry Badrinath said:

wardle's been ok, he's not been great, looks shakey in defence.

But the left edge was far leakier earlier in the season. At the Hudds game it was Thewlis’ dropped bombs that let the left side down. Thewlis has generally been pretty good this year though, even though he’s playing out of position and has had to switch between the two wings. 

[Snowys Backside]

Both are overrated.