This experiment with picking the Exiles has shown the potential of how forward thinking RL clubs could use technology to get one step ahead of their rivals.

As there are a lot of expert analysts on rlfans why not harness the wisdom of crowds and get the team selected by a majority vote. This would mean the players have to play hard to impress the fans to keep their places.

It would also take the pressure off Tony Smith, without the consultancy of the fans he might risk picking Myler or Clarke but the rlfans crew can ensure that these errors are eliminated. Who knows it could be the difference between a win and a loss?

What do you reckon?

Maybe also potential signings could be determined by the fans on a yes/no poll?
The board could post a thread, "David Shillington wants £x per year, do we sign him?"

Obviously Cat would need to vet who was voting on these polls and make sure they are all Wire fans, we don't want Tricky Dicky and kingwarrior making strategic decisions on the future of WWRLFC

The team would probably be

Hodgson
Riley
Evans
King (even if he's injured)
Monaghan
O'Brien
Briers
Morley
Monaghan
Morley
Westwood
Westwood
Westwood

Higham
Higham
Higham
Higham

is that padders selection? after a defeat.

Bridge in for Morley.

wot no Bridge

April fools day is long gone

Yes

You wouldn't think so on here. 'Myler can't play like Briers,' Atkins is poor,' 'Smith out, discuss,' aqnd the best one of all, 'Day coach trip to Catalans,'
I notice that the composer of the'Smith out' thread didn't have an opinion himself.

That's because they're incapable of thought, that, and they'd dribbled mashed banana all over their keyboard

maybe he was saying he's a friend of Dorothy?

Langer at 7 for me.

Dont be ridiculous. Rocket Rodwell all day, then we can shout abuse and throw stones at his family after the game...

back on thread, now

Some of our late 20's plus fans, may remember the Andy Currier debacle from the mid 90's
He'd left Widnes, and signed for Fev in a mega-money deal, and got injured within minutes of making his debut
After his long layoff, the rumour mill kicked in, and we were linked with him
Cue a load of letters to the Guardian from fans, saying we DON'T want Currier under ANY circumstances (I think there were even chants from the Fletcher end)...then Peter Higham came out and said "we won't be dictated to by fans".......Higham signed him, and look how he turned out. Is there mileage in this one Sal?







Can you imagine Sally at the dentist
"Will you take your tongue out of your cheek, Mr Cinnamon, I can't see your teeth"

I think we should... we're quite obviously the most knowledgeable fans in the league.

I don't think any other set of fans would have picked up on Clarke's decline as quickly as we have.

Sibbitt playing a different position every week

Andy Currier - only Warrington player who ever got boo'ed BEFORE he turned out to be crap.

The Fletcher St end knew Clarke was in decline back in 2002, shortly before they picked up on Westwood not being as good for us as he had been for Wakey.

Steve Blakeley, Steve Georgiallis and Tommy O'Reilly were other players who the fans had decided were crap before their debuts.

Appo.

With Appo it wasn't so much of Wire fans deciding he was crap before his debut, it was Plange signing him mid season, him being on the bench for a couple of games and being blatantly out of shape and then being dropped, so the fans decided he was no good on the evidence of seeing a couple of half hearted cameos off the bench. Then when Cullen took over he put him in the starting line up and he looked dangerous so the fans started to like him.

Talking of Appo....he was one of the first signings Tony Smith made as a head coach.

I think that we should also vote in the board of Directors. And negotiate the players' contracts. And choose the catering companies. Oh and the price of the food and drink at the kiosks.

I'd like us to vote on whether we should listen to or watch the normally poor pre-game entertainment. Britain's Got Talent styyyle.

Hopefully, RL Manager becomes a hit before we resort to asking neanderthals and their siblings to vote on anything remotely challenging or thoughtful. It would probably result in us having a team of Rylands lads, as local talent is infinitely more passionate and committed.

However, the biggest problem with this would be the end of what is, arguably, the most belting aspect of being a Wire fan; the rumour mill.

At least they weren't boo'ed on debut. Currier's name got boo'ed when it was announced pre match!

To be fair, Tommy O'Reilly was crap. He'd played for Bramley (rather badly) the season before he signed for us. That was the time of playing our fullback (Lee Penny) on the wing, our stand-off (Lee Briers) at fullback and O'Reilly at stand-off. Then to cap it all we signed Leon Felton. Bad days.