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Dont see how this can be a merger? smells like bull.

I don't think it would happen. It would merely be to cover up the fact that we were ready and Crusaders weren't. I hope it doesn't happen in that I'd prefer the two clubs to stand alone, and if it means swopping places then great, if not then hopefully we'll go up next time and Crusaders will be a stronger club.

The 2 clubs [ishould[/i trade places (if this stupid ticking of boxes is to persist). What's that? Common sense you say? Bah! We'll have none of that at Red Hall! Merger it is and Widnes have to move to Wrexham!

what a mess

It wouldn't be a merger of any sort, it'd simply be a cover of yourselves swapping places with them, but without having to open up the licensing process again. Hope it doesn't go ahead, mind.

Oh how the worm has turned. All of a sudden we're flavour of the month.. I can't handle us being this popular lol

What you really need is a Gateshead or a Sheffield merger deal. You merge with Crusaders, take their spot in Superleague and then they set up again in Bridgend and enter Championship 1.

Look on the bright side, you might get Nobby as a replacement for Cullen

NO MERGER

In the Case of our Infamous merger with gateshead we took on their debts and playing squad/management with our youth set up. The RL provided £1million to go towards the debts which would wipe out the Crusaders dets and allow them to take your division 1 spot (just how it happened then not what will happen now)

To be honest, if Widnes were given the chance to compete in SL2010, then we should bite the RFL's hands off. We're not nearly ready, but we're not expected to be either. Obviously, a four-year license would have to be one of the first conditions of any agreement.

I usually rubbish these sorts of rumours. But this one does seem awfully like something the RFL would do in this situation.

Why should we have to absorb this mess? Going up to superleague now and inheriting the dregs of what's left of the crusaders would simply undo all the work and planning the club has done. We would be lucky to pick up one win all season end up with a backlash of unhappy fans calling for the heads of everyone at the club, not to mention once again being a laughing stock.

No, we must remain in the championship where we can remain competitive and continue developing. To do abnything else would be utter insanity sinply for the sake of a shot at super league.

I hope you guys want nothing to do with that farcical mickey mouse outfit.

Let the RFL sort out their own problems. Then again, that would mean them dumping on another proper club though.......................

It does sound like the sort of scam the RFL like. Get SOC to pay off the debts from their experiment and get them out of the sh/t. However, this would actually make them look worse, considering the circumstances.

I think 99% of Widnes fans would be totally against this. I can’t see Steve O’Connor going for this either. Why should he pay off the Crusaders debts in order to get Widnes into SL? No chance.

If the RFL said that Widnes would be immune from relegation until 2015 if he paid £500,000 of their debt, with the RFL paying the rest, he may be tempted. I wouldn’t want him to do that though. I’m happy enough to wait a year or two. It’s far too late in the day now to gear up for SL. We are ready for another Championship season, and that’s what I’m looking forward to.

What would their coaching staff do?

How about the players they’ve signed?

We don’t need them here, so they’d have to be paid off as well. The club would be called the Widnes Vikings and would play at the Stobart with none of their players or coaching staff. That’s not a merger, it’s a direct swap!

It would be just like the RFL to ask Steve O’Connor to go ahead with this merger and, when he refuses, turn us down again in 2012.

I reckon they should approach Toulouse instead.

I'm looking forward to next season in the championship far more than I would look forward to getting beat week in week out in SL

I'm not in favour. As for the person who suggested these rumours came from viking fans, this is not what we want. We're on our way to super league having done everything right. We don't need to be rushed in when we're not ready. This is too late for us. I would absolutely love an announcement now that we're in next season instead. Give us four years instead of three. We're owed a bit of leeway after the way we've been treated. That announcement would bring a lot of optimism to the club and we would sail towards super league on a crest of belief and would be better prepared than almost anyone being promoted before.

Yep, I'd accept that.

Damn straight we don't. For one thing can you imagine the names and ridicule we'd suffer from then onwards? Just look at the stick the Shuddersfield Eagle Giants and the Gateshull Thunder Sharks have received...

No chance.

Couldn't give a ing toss about the welsh s. Let them do what they want, they will never be any where near Widnes what so ever. The system/set-up we have now is probably one of the best, that any club will be jealous of.

here here!

I must say I agree, this could ruin the situation for both clubs. Widnes will be fine, infact more than fine if they come in next time around.

I would suggest they start planning now how they can compete on the pitch when they come into super league.

I'm in no doubt that we're well into that already