Has anyone on here seen Widnes play lately? They are awful, as are Fax at the minute.

It is very likely Widnes will finish 5th or 6th this year in the Championship, real Super League contenders eh

look at it another way guys

the next round of franchises

the teams come in from the nl1 and 2 are salary capped worse than what we are, something like 400k or such i seem to remember hearing somewhere

NOW REALLY CAN WE EXPECT TEAMS COMING FROM THAT CAP TO BE AYTHING OTHER THAN FODDER FOR EVERLY OTHER SL TEAM.

they would be better off setting a set target of x amount of points for a season or else the franchise gets pulled.

itshould be about improving the quality of the rugby in the top league not bringing in fodder for all

but your a Gateshull fan

Only on alternate Fridays for the little ladys benefit

Whatever

Come on, you know damn well that it would be a different team if they got a franchise, and currently they are the only ones who qualify. come on now off with those blue and white glass

It's nothing to do with the Fev thing Phil, I am being serious, they are miles off.

Anyone would strengthen their squad should they get promoted so you cant argue that. When games in hand have been played they will probably be the 5th or 6th best team at that level, the table does not lie according to Rovers fans

They are absolutely reliant on Big Steve and his cash. He has told them to go part time and cut wages cos he wont throw cash in like he did....what happened.....16 of the 24 players wanted to leave, at least 4 that I know personally have new clubs and are leaving next year becuse their salary has been slashed.

The RFL are supposed to be looking for clubs to be self sufficent, not reliant on one mans cash, that can be a disaster, see Oldham for examples of that.

The best team outside of Super League technically is probably Leigh except they are balls on the field

Fair comment,I think that they have missed Fletch

I imagine they would mkss him more if he was to leave

I'm sure I read somewhere that to apply for a SL franchise you just have to reach the GF or Rails Cup Final.
If this is the case it could certainly increase the number of clubs applying.

As for Widnes , they had a fairly dismal start IIRC - but the league is quite a level affair at the top 6-7 positions.

Fax have not been that consistent , and I think they were 'bigging' up their performance against Cas in light of the alleged cash problems at Celtic.