Re: widnes signings for 2012 : Thu Aug 25, 2011 12:17 am  

You cannot underestimate the following:

The lack of quality players out of contract
The lack of quality players willing to sign for a club that is likely to be slugging it out at the bottom of SL

Re: widnes signings for 2012 : Thu Aug 25, 2011 7:12 am  

thanks for that guys , i suppose alot of teams now keeping players up to there sell by dates , also players thinking better the devil they know .......

Re: widnes signings for 2012 : Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:24 am  

mickburkes boots wrote:

thanks for that guys , i suppose alot of teams now keeping players up to there sell by dates , also players thinking better the devil they know .......

Mate i think this shows that scouting the best youngsters and a good academy is important.We should look at the youth in North Wales and we have signed a good one in Llyod White. Tom Gilmore,Owens, and Craven will be in the first team over the next two years.

Re: widnes signings for 2012 : Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:48 pm  

OFFTHECUFF wrote:

Hello mate i feel the same as you in opinion.Reading what Paul Cullen said in the Weekly news is worrying.But with £1.5 million to spend i can not understand why no more are signed.Hopefully mind games and after September the 1st more signings.Surprised not gone for Jon Clarke at Wire.Need an experienced hooker,standoff/scrumhalf,centre,prop and another looseforward in my opinion.I see Ade Gardner available and maybe try Coley out of retirement for a season.Eamon o Caroll from Wigan is available and i am sure we can try harder.How about the best in the Championship available such as Ridyard,Smeaton,Hepworth, and if desperate for a halfback liam Finn?Goulden,Taylor i think other good players from Leigh.Even poorer teams like York may have a good player.Anyway how about Mullaly bringing an oz over to the uk.

Sod off you!



Just take all of Fev's best players instead, and Rob Worrincey too!

Re: widnes signings for 2012 : Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:35 pm  

why not nozzy thats what neil kelly done prior to our last super league experiance Widnes Rams ir i remember id certainly give Rob Worrincey a go....

Re: widnes signings for 2012 : Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:20 pm  

I will pay you if you sign Smith

Re: widnes signings for 2012 : Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:37 pm  

I am still convinced that PC went Aus for a reason.

First time to sound out the agents & set up the Mull out there, second time to sign players that have not been announced yet.

SOC is a shrewd business man & everythig he has done for our club since we missed out on SL first time has bore fruitition.

His aim to get us in SL achieved, he has publicly stated he now wants the club to be self sustaining ie stronghold announcement.

Stronghold new to RL, plastic pitch new to RL, which will save us money, fixtures played on a weekend not midweek, no extra training facility, it will also make us money as it can be used by other teams & stage other events.

The guy is innovative & thinks outside the box.

IMO I think he is probably disappointed with the stronghold take up, but there is part of me that thinks it was designed this way.

Offer an initial discount to get half of the total number signed up say 4k. Then sign a few SL players to get another 1k signed up at full price. Afterwards (Sep 1st) sign 3 more of better quality to bring in another 1k. Then late Sep early Oct announce 3 top class Aussies brings in another 1k with 1k getting stronghold as xmas presents.

As stated above SOC is shrewd, if you were he would you not use the signing to maximise the stronghold membership?

IMO we are going to see 6 top class signings in the next 2 months

Re: widnes signings for 2012 : Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:52 pm  

I think people will get be hind the boys when hopefully the big name signings happens and think alot of people are holding back, i think paul cullen built agreat team at widnes and know hes got a lot of contacts in Australia to attract to widnes big signings big support, also remember jonathan Davies massive impact on our gates on good times gone bye !