widnes signings for 2012 : Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:39 pm  

just wondering if like me looking at some of the signings for next year think were struggling to attract big signings when teams like wakefeild struggled for ther licence seems to be attracting quality signings . dont want to go down the road of frank endacott !

Re: widnes signings for 2012 : Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:56 pm  

Hi Mick, Welcome to the forum. I think what we will have next year will be a youngish squad but a very fit team. I'm confident some additional quality will be added over the next few weeks.

Re: widnes signings for 2012 : Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:10 pm  

thanks chris, im just concerned well get pretty beat up next year ,agree will have a young side which is good for the future but when you see other teams squad building ,thinking going to be real tough and hope the board realise 3yrs isnt long and we need to be up an runnnig

Re: widnes signings for 2012 : Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:50 pm  

mickburkes boots wrote:

thanks chris, im just concerned well get pretty beat up next year ,agree will have a young side which is good for the future but when you see other teams squad building ,thinking going to be real tough and hope the board realise 3yrs isnt long and we need to be up an runnnig

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.

Re: widnes signings for 2012 : Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:58 pm  

it just seems like a big anti climax all the hype for superleague and dont think this team will attract crowds what steve o connor thinks , quality players attract big crowds look at warrington where they are now !

Re: widnes signings for 2012 : Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:08 pm  

Yea... Still wondering which 'quality signings' Wakefield have made in comparison?

Re: widnes signings for 2012 : Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:22 pm  

keith senior apparently turned us down before signing for celtic now apparently on his way to wakefeild .semi tadulala experianced superleague, ali lauatiti id like them on our team sheet for 2012

Re: widnes signings for 2012 : Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:35 pm  

mickburkes boots wrote:

keith senior apparently turned us down before signing for celtic now apparently on his way to wakefeild .semi tadulala experianced superleague, ali lauatiti id like them on our team sheet for 2012

Senior could still do a job no doubt but wouldn't be offering more than a one year deal and he seem's to want two years.

Tadulala, is that a joke? Yes was good about 3/4 years a go but well past it now, plus they had him signed up this year too now anyway so not 'missed out'.

Lauatiti was a great player but now on a rather quickish decline and would look worse in a worse side and again unlikely we'd offer as long a deal.

Waky are doing the opposite of us and have basically gone out and threw big, long deals at anyone available before they'd even started interviewing coaches! One problem we have had is that a few targets like Flanner & Brent Webb have been subject to their current sides suddenly deciding they still rearly need them and throwing down contracts to match and when your at Saints / Leeds you aint gonna step down just for the sake of it!

Re: widnes signings for 2012 : Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:38 pm  

mickburkes boots wrote:

keith senior apparently turned us down before signing for celtic now apparently on his way to wakefeild .semi tadulala experianced superleague, ali lauatiti id like them on our team sheet for 2012

The rest of Superleague will quaking in their boots now Wakefield have signed them up.

Re: widnes signings for 2012 : Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:48 pm  

An added problem is we are not the only club recruiting now big time. Wakefield weren't expecting to stay up so (as mentioned) are basically throwing contracts at anyone available and also Quins (i'd like to say surprisingly) have found a new chequ book and are spending big on a bit of a re shape. So we have 3 sides fighting over players whereas the likes of Hull have signed a new 7, 9 & 1 from overseas and Catalan have made two very good signings from current SL clubs too.

I think sometimes we are a bit naive in the thinking that every OOC player us as fans fancy seeing at the Stobart have actually benn approached or have any interest in actually joining us in the first place. It wouldn't suprise me if a few agents (Webb in particular) has played us along a bit acting like their clients are happy to join and then as soon as the current club gets worried and matches what's on offer they have signed a new deal leaving us on the look out again!