Tomorrows League Express reporting that Wire officials are trying to persuade him to stay on one more year as we are struggling to find a replacement HB I kid you not.

If there's no one available we shouldn't just then pick up some aussie no mark just because he's Australian. Is Gidley better than Reynolds or Walsh though, knowing that one of them will likely come available by tea time Saturday?

The other worrying thing is that this search should've started many months ago, not now! Lovely parting present from Smith

I despair

Won't happen his send off on Saturday looked pretty final to me.

Thought that was going to end with..... join the coaching staff!

Still we got benny another year and he can't play half, so why not

Anyone know where Ash is ?

Someone press play https://youtu.be/MK6TXMsvgQg

Someone press play https://youtu.be/MK6TXMsvgQg

Our forum is starting to become comedy central, if there is even a grain of truth in this then no way am i renewing my season ticket.

Just my opinion but I'm not sure why club officials would hand it to the LE as an exclusive if they thought there was no chance of it happening.

Any one know the price of a season ticket at Widnes, if im going to have another season of crap i may aswell go there and watch it.

Also says a lot for Patton's future if we trying to keep an oap.

Surely King Tony would have had succession plans for 2018 underway months ago ? You know so we are not left with a threadbare squad

Must be true Moley on twitter put it as breaking news

Seriously though if it is true what an absolute shambles.

Maybe it's linked to Sitaleki.

Wonder if he's having second thoughts

I asked that question the minute i knew his mate Hiku was leaving. Jesus this club is turning into the Mary Celeste.

He'd be playing interchangeable 9 anyways. I would not have thought kk would have left Aus without a hb sorted....but I have a hunch the new coach wants a certain back and he's probably not available until 2019, plus it won't be the first time we've made a decision to do a deal that has us wait a season, or even two, for a player we want to become available.

Plus Pay would trust Gidley, Well that's how it looks to me.

REALLY? What's the point of next year to be served up the same old dross as this season. Brown and Gidley will have fans stampeding to renew season tickets

No coach and a CEO with no experience whatsoever, and any clue what he's doing, claiming due diligence is happening over a coach. Will he be asking Smith to do another season because he can't attract any other coach.

If it's true Warrington and to some extent Super League is a joke, won't be long before this game is back as a part time sport

Quality going backwards week in week out.

Blimey lads we are working ourselves into a frenzy over this one aren't we. Get a grip of yourselves. Followers leaving for Widnes, not buying a season ticket, jumping into the Mersey ... just cos one silly comes up with yet another rumour.

It might well have done but maybe nobody we inquired about wanted to come?

Better the devil you know. I've no issues with Gidley for another year. I mean he's not exactly rank is he? With Ratchford being an exception at fb, Gidley is/was our best back.

It's our forwards that are peas poor.

Despite what they try to convince us of otherwise, we still haven't moved from Draper's plan A of throwing as much mud at the wall and hoping it sticks. For mud see loads of money and the wall as "Australian players"

Would it be that bad, especially if he was on the right deal? Can cover a few positions and do it well. Would be a good option as interchange hooker too.

I agree it is a bit bizarre and slightly worrying the way things are being handled but from a playing point of view I don’t think we’ve got much to lose. Who knows, the incoming coach might want someone he can trust with experience and might be instigating the process.

In saying that, it won’t happen. He seems very content with his decision and don’t think he’ll go back on it especially after his send off at the weekend.

yes it would be bad, i didn't think we should have give him the extra year, he seemed well off it last season in parts.

He's got a lot of mileage on his clock

If someone had told you this time last year we'd have Kevin Brown as a starting halfback you wouldn't have believed them.

Possibly our only half back as well.