Another shot in the foot? www.widnesvikings.co.uk/article.php?id=4545

Another shot in the foot? www.widnesvikings.co.uk/article.php?id=4545

Strange to make the decision to inform them after only 4 games of this league season played

I'm sure that will improve their performances no end!

Tell me about it

Has Des from Barrow taken over The Chemics then?

Not quite sure what the point of announcing this so early in the season is. Are they still going to be playing this season - or dropped and still paid their contract salary?

Its going to be an odd season watching Barrow, Widnes and Halifax scrapping to avoid relegation (the 3 applicants for SL by the way)

Anyone who’s been unfortunate enough to be under a redundancy situation will tell you it’s better to at least know where you stand than have the continuous threat hanging over your head, at least these players know their position and being professional players that shouldn’t stop them from performing in the mean time, in fact it may kick them into highlighting to other clubs how good they are.

They've been released with immediate effect. Madness. www.runcornandwidnesweeklynews.c ... -28547988/

They've been released with immediate effect. Madness. www.runcornandwidnesweeklynews.c ... -28547988/

Just also seen on the widnes site that they have got Joe Mellor on Duel Reg from w*gan. Is it mandatory to have some w*gan connection to be involved at widnes? Seems crazy that widnes have been (quite rightly) banging on about their fantastic youth system for the past 3 years and then as soon as they get the nod for SL they decide to blood w*gans youngsters for them instead of blooding their own!! Instead of playing L.Tomkins, Crosby and Mellor why not play their own lads like Lunt, Houghton and Gore?

From the sounds of it they stuck in a youngster at full back on sunday and he was their best player, so why not promote more ready for SL?

Don't know who is in charge of all these Duel-Reg decisions but they seem to want to make them into the Widnes Warriors.

However I must say that by all accounts Mellor is supposed to be a massive talent.

Now will they find a way around the salary cap to get away with the paying up of these players?

Thackery a good attacking talent NOT a playmaker as Betts and Cullen were trying to make him into, Netherton yes not the best of players but competant, Gerrard is a loose forward not a half back Bettsand Cullen have played him there, James Ford has he really ever been given a chance is he a full back or centre it would seem the coaching staff there haven't a clue where to use him - is there a pattern developing here?

As for their dual reg signing all talented players but a hooker and a half back??? players the team gets to rely on and whom can be recalled at a whim?? strange decisions.

As Cpl Jones once said 'DON'T PANIC' too late they have.
But it doesn't matter they have the 'golden ticket' firmly in the back pocket.

Quote Leyther_till_death="Leyther_till_death"They've been released with immediate effect. Madness. www.runcornandwidnesweeklynews.c ... -28547988/'" Pretty damning comments from Betts. Will at least be a wake-up call to the rest of the squad. Interesting relegation battle at the Shay this week, especially as only one side can get relegated!

Quote Leyther_till_death="Leyther_till_death"They've been released with immediate effect. Madness. www.runcornandwidnesweeklynews.c ... -28547988/'" Pretty damning comments from Betts. Will at least be a wake-up call to the rest of the squad. Interesting relegation battle at the Shay this week, especially as only one side can get relegated!

Relegation battle

It's at Widnes. It will be interesting to see the reaction of the Widnes players. Obviously something needed to change, we'll see if this is what was needed.