: Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:23 pm  

Thats confusing as they're not in the right order, but it's a different time now.

I'm glad you've disregarded the loan players in the team, I hope your players do the same. They've made a difference I didn't think possible this year.

: Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:25 pm  

Widnes will improve when we see less of their coach & influences on Sky

: Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:32 pm  

jeffvickers wrote:

Widnes will improve when we see less of their coach & influences on Sky

Really? Why's that? One coach on Sky an hour a week means he can't do his job properly. Brilliant.

: Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:47 pm  

-VIKINGMAN- wrote:

Rubbish.



Laid a great foundation at Whitehaven transforming the club and provided an easy path for Steve Mccormack

Took wire from relegation fodder to a top six side steadily over the years

Recognised the faults at Widnes and has now corrected them and we have started to show the potential we have. If we play like we did against Fev for the majority of the game then you wont know whats hit you.

Matt Calland hasnt won anything yet


Over and out.

You wuz obviously pist when scribbling this, Vikinglass, so I'll give it a rather than a !

To cut a potentially long and pointless argument extremely short ... sacked at wire, to losing at Batley. Need I say more?

Am I right? I'M NOT WRONG!!

: Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:01 pm  

-VIKINGMAN- wrote:

Rubbish.



Laid a great foundation at Whitehaven transforming the club and provided an easy path for Steve Mccormack

Took wire from relegation fodder to a top six side steadily over the years

Recognised the faults at Widnes and has now corrected them and we have started to show the potential we have. If we play like we did against Fev for the majority of the game then you wont know whats hit you.

Matt Calland hasnt won anything yet



Over and out.

Wrong, he's won over the hearts of the FAxFaithful, 1st coach to do that for a long time

: Thu Jun 18, 2009 11:38 am  

Malfax wrote:

Wrong, he's won over the hearts of the FAxFaithful, 1st coach to do that for a long time

I do like Matt as a coach but the rest is rumour!

: Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:20 pm  

Cullen strikes me as not being the sharpest knife in the box when he`s on the box.!
Must be good at persuading rich club owners and SKY to pay top dollar.
Probably rob his own granny!

: Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:55 pm  

chinaman wrote: Cullen strikes me as not being the sharpest knife in the box when he`s on the box.! Must be good at persuading rich club owners and SKY to pay top dollar. Probably rob his own granny! Well, he's confident for Sunday Cullen speaks

chinaman wrote: Cullen strikes me as not being the sharpest knife in the box when he`s on the box.! Must be good at persuading rich club owners and SKY to pay top dollar. Probably rob his own granny! Well, he's confident for Sunday Cullen speaks

: Thu Jun 18, 2009 3:16 pm  

vikingman probably counted the 2 or 3 players who got injured last time we played. i remember fletcher going off injured after about 5 mins. can't remember the other 2. plus morrison does the job of about 8 players.

: Thu Jun 18, 2009 3:44 pm  

billyfax wrote:

League Game
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Scott Yates
Shane Grady
Paddy Flynn
Michael Ostick
Jim Gannon
Dean Gaskell
Toa Kohe-Love
Richard Varkulis
Loz Wildbore
John Duffy
Lee Doran
James Webster
Mark Smith

Josh Simm
Gavin Dodd
Anthony Thackeray
Ben Kavanagh

Cup Game
-----------------
Shane Grady
Paddy Flynn
Michael Ostick
Jim Gannon
Dean Gaskell
Loz Wildbore
Richard Varkulis
Anthony Thackery
John Duffy
Lee Doran
Richard Fletcher
James Webster
Mark Smith

Josh Simm
Gavin Dodd
Sam Thompson
Ben Kavanagh


Fev Game Last Week
-------------------------
Jim Gannon
Iain Morrison
Gavin Dodd
Dean Gaskell
Kevin Penny (Loan Player - Warrington)
Toa Kohe-Love
Craig Hall (Loan player - Hull)
Anthony Thackeray
Jon Grayshon (Loan player - Harlequins)
Steve Pickersgill (Loan player - Warrington)
Richard Fletcher
James Webster
Mark Smith

Richard Varkulis
Tim Hartley
Lee Doran
Ben Kavanagh

The two in bold in the fev game are the only two widnes players who didn't play in either of the first two games. The other ones are loan players brought in after the event from super league teams. Who were the other six first teamers missing from the first two games?????

Vikingman has a point, even if you do refuse to see it.


Gavin Dodd
Kevin Penny
Craig Hall
Toa Kohe-Love
Dean Gaskell
Anthony Thackeray
James Webster
Steve Pickersgill
Mark Smith
Jim Gannon
Richard Fletcher
Richard Varkulis
Iain Morrison

Bannister/Ostick
Tim Hartley/Duffy
Lee Doran
Ben Kavanagh

This is the likely line up for the game on Sunday, with possible alternatives outlined. We did have Bannister and Patterson missing for our earlier games, who have come back since but, due to fitness issues, have been spelled in the reserve side. These were long term injuries, so that is understandable. Add in Morrison and our three loan players and that makes 6. Toa was injured early on in the league game and Fletcher was coming back from injury for the cup game. Some players, which played in one game, didn’t play in the other, so we haven’t seen our better players on the pitch at the same time against you yet.

Due to a catalogue of injuries we have had a very unsettled side. We seem to be getting there now, and we also will be benefiting from a proper training regime. This is definitely a much stronger team that Halifax will meet on Sunday. I’m not saying we’ll beat you but, for the first time this season, I’m very confident we could turn you over on your own ground. My only real concern is the left side defence.