APPARENTLY,they have reduced the contract terms offered for their out of contract players for next season,and the said payers are NOT happy,one player told me today ,he would gladly consider ,coming to Leigh ,IF THE TERMS were right, i think he would be a good signing for us , i cant name him ,for obvious reasons ,but .i have told someone from the club to inform PR .

Shouldn't they be informing IM

Most of the important players are already contracted for next year, why do you think they are getting offered reduced terms?

Better quality players on the way in.

Not Varkulis?? there are better fish to fry

Surely not TKL?

No we cant afford to pay for the sick notes every week

That hippy Smith?

It sounds to me like Widnes are having an off season next year like we have this year. They have the all important tick for the application and will probably spend big for the 2011 season to ensure good crowds and publicity just in time for the franchise verdicts!

Ihope so and now we win every game left

HOW CAN WE CALL ANY BODY ?
THIS season has been diabolical/pathetic/horrible/5hit !

Quite possibly very true Simon




But looking at recent events coming out of South Wales and elsewhere with the 'successful' clubs handed out "Franchises" I can't help but feel clubs would be foolish to trust or follow anything the RFL decides.
Put bluntly any further franchise applications should at a minimum come with a firm but polite warning of court action if what happened in July last year occurs again.

RL HAS to get back to best team on the field winning things and progressing or it will start to fail (check this seasons final attendances for proof - and then rememeber the spin put on them from last season).
People don't like being "sold a pup", The RFL and its indirectly sponsored franchises in South Wales (already now on the "road"icon_wink.gif and in Toulouse need to be because those clubs are a success, not just a pin in a map expansion policy.

Clubs like Widnes and Leigh need to be playing with 100% effort from all at the club week in week out to the best of there abilitys to entertain the people who have payed to watch a spectacle, not pandering to Richard Lewis's and the RFL's expansion experiments.

if true, and i'm not saying it is, but offering reduced terms would be more likely caused by the fact the salary cap is being reduced next season

Hit the nail on the on the head Ste,thats what i was told ,it seems Widnes think they have done the hard work .

No problems at widnes we will be awsome next year in my view.things can only get better when u have the best support in the division and thriving shop god every 1 is walking round with widnes stuff on i havent seen this much gear even when we went up that widnes shop must be making what some clubs take at gates in this division.Good manegement.steve o should be given the key to widnes for the work hes done.Good luck staying up anyway i think you can only improve in every aspect now you got good stadia and getting a decent coach back would be a real lose if we wernt to be playing u next season.Only plus side would be is that you would hammer that division 1 and come back stronger.

But not...





This is a simple exercise in re-structuring the squad.. nothing more and nothing less. Every player has a value placed against them in terms of ability and necessity to the side...
This statement (if true) will have come from a player deemed, decent but not vital to the side and I can think of a number of players that this would apply to.

There is a decent spine at the club but there is no doubting that changes are needed to make us even more competitive next year whilst conforming to the new salary cap level. This player will fit into the bracket mentioned above who it would be hoped could be replaced with a player of equal or better ability.

The clubs aim is to actually improve our position by being more competitive and Cullen is also being given the chance to bring in his own players to some areas.

You are Paul Cullen and I claim my £5





It happens at EVERY club stop being so touchy it was written by a clown anyway

However, Widnes' stated objective is to occupy as many of those qualifying places as possible (i.e a Grand Final place, & NRC Winner) to reduce the number of other teams who can qualify to apply for a franchise, in competition with them.

Ha ha.. who's being touchy.. you're all so concerned about what's happening at our Great Club that I thought I would enter into the fray..

Plus.. you are quite correct and well done.. I will send the £5 back with Donlan and Nanyn to hand to you at your next match. They are over here now signing a contract with us for next year..

Yeah....that'll work



The best way to get into SL is either to win the GF or the Railway Mug, stay solvent (not sniff solvent JENKY) and get the youngsters in the area into the ground (free or otherwise). Posturing with threats of legal action will get you nothing as all applicants have to agree to accept the decisions made before they even apply. (kind of like a prenuptual before he finds out is she's any good in the sack and she finds out if he has any money).
Not saying it's right, just the way it is.

The problem with that is they only accepted applications last time as long as you agreed NOT to take court action. I think everyone suspected then what was likely to happen.

i do think you ARE AN IDIOT.

Take the pole from up your booty numbnuts, its YOU who call yourself Charlie Caroli who if my memory serves was a CLOWN.

As for ME being an idiot just read my sig

So you admit it is not right , it stinks

If getting into SL involves licking certain booties then no thanks we'll stay down here with the ' real ' people

Is there a "Widnes post alert" that goes off on their forum whenever they're mentioned?

Well they dont seem to have problems on the field as they are currently
leading Halifax 32- 6