First two for next season signed up : Sun Sep 05, 2010 11:30 am  

Macgraff Leuluai and Chaz I'Anson From Official site http://www.widnesvikings.co.uk/article.php?id=2571

Macgraff Leuluai and Chaz I'Anson From Official site http://www.widnesvikings.co.uk/article.php?id=2571

Re: First two for next season signed up : Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:13 pm  

Told you all about the Lueluai signing on the Leigh message board on Friday morning ,watch out for 2 more decent signings very soon,probably after the play-offs.

Re: First two for next season signed up : Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:42 pm  

Orfordviking wrote: Macgraff Leuluai and Chaz I'Anson From Official site http://www.widnesvikings.co.uk/article.php?id=2571 I like you're avatar. Never forget, it's the only reason you'll be getting a SL license

Orfordviking wrote: Macgraff Leuluai and Chaz I'Anson From Official site http://www.widnesvikings.co.uk/article.php?id=2571 I like you're avatar. Never forget, it's the only reason you'll be getting a SL license

Re: First two for next season signed up : Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:51 pm  

The Dors wrote:

I like you're avatar. Never forget, it's the only reason you'll be getting a SL license

I hope your right
So what is the reason / Reason's you won't then ?

Re: First two for next season signed up : Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:58 pm  

The Dors wrote:

I like you're avatar. Never forget, it's the only reason you'll be getting a SL license

As this seems to be a fact many are incapable of ever absorbing, were we to lose in our quest for the NRC the first season our squads ever since would look very different. We can all lament the lack of P & R all we want to, but as our goal is Super League we simply cannot afford not to play the game as it has been set. We were told to get our youth in order, and frankly, we're the side in the division doing it the best by far. We could have filled the side with Aizue's and Paul's and the like, but it would simply have been counter productive. Filling our side with journeymen would have given the perception of a team simply buying our way to the top for short term gain instead of one investing in the future.

In short, our club is focussed on one thing, and we're primed to achieve it. If we had P & R, we'd have done things differently.

Re: First two for next season signed up : Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:30 am  

Orfordviking wrote:

I hope your right
So what is the reason / Reason's you won't then ?

We're too small fry
We don't have enough money
We haven't fulfilled the criteria.


That was dead easy.

Re: First two for next season signed up : Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:32 am  

Heard at the games yesterday that the club are planning on a few announcements during the forthcoming week, so after yestaerday let's hope they come quick and fast!

Re: First two for next season signed up : Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:37 am  

Chris Dalton wrote:

As this seems to be a fact many are incapable of ever absorbing, were we to lose in our quest for the NRC the first season our squads ever since would look very different. We can all lament the lack of P & R all we want to, but as our goal is Super League we simply cannot afford not to play the game as it has been set. We were told to get our youth in order, and frankly, we're the side in the division doing it the best by far. We could have filled the side with Aizue's and Paul's and the like, but it would simply have been counter productive. Filling our side with journeymen would have given the perception of a team simply buying our way to the top for short term gain instead of one investing in the future.

In short, our club is focussed on one thing, and we're primed to achieve it. If we had P & R, we'd have done things differently.

Spot on.

However the last two years may or may not have panned out, Widnes's thirst for a Super League place means that they would have done whatever was necessary to get the license. That's why they deserve one quite frankly. They've got the money and the mindset. Had Somali Pirates kidnapped SOC then who knows (do they venture up the Mersey?) in that eventuality, but they haven't and SOC is fighting fit.

Had Widnes constantly been at the top of the tree for the last two years there wouldn't have been one anti-Widnes for SL voice - not one. That's what's hacking people off but that isn't the fault of Widnes. That blame for those conditions lies firmly at the door of the RFL.

Re: First two for next season signed up : Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:13 am  

Am i missing something but havnt Widnes still spent up to the maximum salary cap this season and last? Basically the clubs signings have been crap and even with all this talk of "oh we could have signed the Aizues and Pauls and the like" Widnes still havnt many, if any players in their squad that would be any good at SL level. I mean there isnt even a single Widnes player i would be happy if Fax signed let alone letting them have a go in SL.

Re: First two for next season signed up : Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:27 am  

Orfordviking wrote:

I hope your right
So what is the reason / Reason's you won't then ?

Read above. It was just friendly ribbing.