Big Jim Mills. He was on sky news earlier, still think he could take 'em on.

Mick Mills could do better than your forwards did at Leigh last week!

Just IMO obviously.

I'd like to know what the Widnes fans think.

Chris Hill
Kevin Penny
Martin Gleeson
Richie Myler


Ben Davies
Tommy Goulden (awesome last week)

Off the top of my head

I suppose i can tell you now you've signed Shaun Briscoe for next season

I heard this yesterday. If a Hull HR fan is now saying it, it must have some substance.



Very good signing if true!

you serious? I thought he was under contract at KR?

Contract finishes end of this season

A good signing if it's true, craven will learn a great deal from him but I hope his bent nose doesn't put the young lad of.

You have indeed signed Briscoe moving back to his roots in Wigan, will be a great player for you guys and possible captain i reckon!

Think you might get a few has beens!!
a few not quite as good of they could of beens!!

and a sprinkling of players who have played at the top level.......
Gosh ya sound like Salford already.

Hey come on it's only our first year back

Keep away from the Leythers !!!! LOL!!

You can't have Basil, You can't have Hill, and you deffo can't have Goulden !!
You have to 'yoof', so use them !!

ainschough doind well for bradford only on a 1 year deal,
as is marc herbert, as is pat ah van, as is shad royston....
the list never ends... WTF

Hmmm....Bratfut for the Championship?

Do you know if you'll have to have 8 club-trained minimum and a maximum of 5 non-fed? Personally I think the rules should be relaxed slightly for those returning or debuting in SL, for a couple of seasons. For all that you're being knocked for not having the best first team in the championship, the investment in youth will set you in better stead than slightly superior senior semi-pros to be released at the end of this season.

The rules should not be relaxed.

Dispensation makes a mockery of the system.... SOC has been bigging up the youth as part of the bid.

If i was a widnes fan i wouldn't want relaxed rules.

Was spotted with TOC at the Stobart for one of our games last season so there could be some substance to this

shaun briscoe is a quality signing, i think jamie rooney is still good enough for super league but you will need to combine him with an aussie half back, also i reckon u should look to get a good set of forwards thackray-not a bad player morrison- not bad. will be wakefield that go down unless the rfl bottle it and bring up halifax and make it a 16 team league.

If they can attract back any mature SL players that count as club-trained in could be doable. Otherwise you're looking at a squad that is going to be lacking any sort of depth.
Although Hull KR obviously had to focus much more on the first team, the gradual increase in the club-trained quota and restrictions on who qualified made it (combining club-trained with decent depth) just about doable - going straight to 8 of 25 top earners with 3 full years at club prior to turning 21, would be slightly daunting for Widnes, IMO.
Which current SL players came through the ranks of Widnes that could be attracted back?

Richie myler

can't see him coming back though.

Sean long has been rumoured to be coming back to this region but he's past it now IMO. He's not from widnes but has played for us.

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it should have nothing to do with bringing back players from their ranks who have left.

They have 3 years.... that's along time..... there will be plenty of players out of contract over the next 3 years... decent ones as well..... SOC has already said they will be spending full cap.

Widnes could finish bottom for 3 years on the bounce (which they wont) and the RFL would not kick them out.

They dont NEED to go down the route of spent australian journeymen....thats the last thing the RFL will want... thats why they chose Widnes.

I would be amazed if they gave Widnes dispensation and they took it.

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