Re: Widnes Game : Mon Jan 18, 2016 5:16 pm  

Just seen video, their 3rd try was a mile forward and our 2nd was a belter. As above the wide defence needs some work but we did lose Heaton very early on.

Re: Widnes Game : Mon Jan 18, 2016 6:00 pm  

Worth a mention is the team spirit / bonding that these lads have, very noticeable in the warm up, pre kick off, half time and full time periods.

This will be a big plus when push comes to shove.

Re: Widnes Game : Mon Jan 18, 2016 7:14 pm  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

A good run out for the lads and Widnes proving again they are your typical one man team. We mentioned before the game if we could be somewhere near them when they inevitably took Brown off then we could win. We will be a lot better this year for our strength in depth although I felt a bit sorry for Chester Butler because he ended up in the game a lot earlier than expected and his first few contributions was having Brown running at him and wreaking havoc. A very tough task on your first semi pro outing.

Our pack once again more than matched their Widnes counterparts and we will be very strong again especially with so much strength in depth. The young lad from Huddersfield had a very good game and looked a real handful. Sharp is quality and will have a field day in a good team. Calahane, Tangata, Ambler, and Fairbank were all standouts in the pack.

Its going to be a good season.

Edi: Probably should add Barber in there as well who very much fits in to the team. I still cant quite work out why Widnes fans thought it would be an easy win, without Brown they are very ordinary and will be in the bottom 2 for mine.

Re: Widnes Game : Mon Jan 18, 2016 7:23 pm  

I thought Fax played well yesterday , but only after Kevin Brown left the field, can we make a mark on the League this season?Of course we can , we just need to give Fax the vocal support of the old days, I'd love to Fax put the big guns to the sword.

Re: Widnes Game : Mon Jan 18, 2016 9:01 pm  

I would not look into friendlies too much to be honest. Wakefield beat Leeds and Leigh beat Wigan. They will have a terrible season now they got beat

Re: Widnes Game : Mon Jan 18, 2016 9:39 pm  

OFFTHECUFF wrote:

I would not look into friendlies too much to be honest. Wakefield beat Leeds and Leigh beat Wigan. They will have a terrible season now they got beat

All depends what sort of teams you have out really, like Wigan was almost a reserve team but we can say with some certainty that Leeds and Wigan will be near the top of the league and Wakey and Widnes will make the bottom 4.

Im surprised to hear Widnes are looking at Sam Brooks, he didnt look anything special when he was at Fax and struggled to make the team. We probably have about 4 props better than him on our books at the moment.

Re: Widnes Game : Mon Jan 18, 2016 10:34 pm  

Norman Bates wrote:

Just seen video, their 3rd try was a mile forward and our 2nd was a belter. As above the wide defence needs some work but we did lose Heaton very early on.

can't argue really. we got away with a worse one for Amblers try

Re: Widnes Game : Mon Jan 18, 2016 10:41 pm  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

All depends what sort of teams you have out really, like Wigan was almost a reserve team but we can say with some certainty that Leeds and Wigan will be near the top of the league and Wakey and Widnes will make the bottom 4.

Im surprised to hear Widnes are looking at Sam Brooks, he didnt look anything special when he was at Fax and struggled to make the team. We probably have about 4 props better than him on our books at the moment.

Rumours on the Whitehaven forum and I think that is all it is to be honest. Not seen him play, but my mate from Whitehaven rated him highly and only 22. I think it would be better to try the Chapelhow twins, which I think Betts will do. Widnes did not take it seriously this friendly and was just a warm up, with some of the top players still not used. A few interchanges in the game and I am realistic with our salary cap. Looks like Salford and Leigh are by the Salary cap, and heard Salford £7 million in debt.

First hit up for some Widnes players and not worth getting injured now. Looking forward to see Bridge, Runciman, Gerrard, Houston and Tickle in the team.

Re: Widnes Game : Tue Jan 19, 2016 10:03 am  

OFFTHECUFF wrote:

Rumours on the Whitehaven forum and I think that is all it is to be honest. Not seen him play, but my mate from Whitehaven rated him highly and only 22. I think it would be better to try the Chapelhow twins, which I think Betts will do. Widnes did not take it seriously this friendly and was just a warm up, with some of the top players still not used. A few interchanges in the game and I am realistic with our salary cap. Looks like Salford and Leigh are by the Salary cap, and heard Salford £7 million in debt.

First hit up for some Widnes players and not worth getting injured now. Looking forward to see Bridge, Runciman, Gerrard, Houston and Tickle in the team.

So not really that much talent missing then when you consider theres a good chance that Tickle wont play this season if at all and you already have better than Runciman. As we said at the game if you take Brown out of that team you are basically left with a top 2 or 3 championship side.

Re: Widnes Game : Tue Jan 19, 2016 4:22 pm  

Not sure who it is on the Widnes forum who is reading this but I said we had 4 props better than Brooks not 4 forwards. We have about 8 or 9 forwards who I would rate higher than him FWIW.