Catalans 76 Widnes 6 : Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:49 am  

Be careful what you wish for eh?

Re: Catalans 76 Widnes 6 : Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:05 pm  

Im not sure why so many of our fans want SL. I mean look at Widnes and they have a lot of money to spend, imagine in what state SL would leave us.

Re: Catalans 76 Widnes 6 : Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:40 pm  

I know this is a difficult subject but it would be nice to have the opportunity to dine at the top table .....

As a club if Halifax are going to really push on then you need superleague status and the money that comes with it. Its also about management of them resorces from there.

Lets be honest Widnes do not have a decent coach - maybe what we should be asking if for example Brian Noble was coach would he get better from the squad - Betts was a poor championship coach so he was never going to cut it at SL. If we look at Fax last year we were shipping lots of points, in comes Noble and the defence looked 100 times better after one week ..... or another example would be Saints were they really playing for Simmons ......

Another point is would a current squad like at Fax or Fev do any better now than Widnes are doing with there squad ?????

Re: Catalans 76 Widnes 6 : Sun Apr 01, 2012 1:35 pm  

But the Super League money that comes with it would leave with it just as quickly once Super League wages were demanded, and don't forget that means full time money for coaches, conditioners and physios too...

Re: Catalans 76 Widnes 6 : Sun Apr 01, 2012 1:43 pm  

I understand everything would increase .... but ..... staying where we are as good as it is there will come a point where the club cannot get any better.

Re: Catalans 76 Widnes 6 : Sun Apr 01, 2012 1:47 pm  

I`d sooner be in this league and enjoying the fact we have a decent team to watch rather than geting thumped every week .But then Widnes were not promoted because they were the best team on the field anyway so it doesn`t really equate . They were promoted because they had a money man , nothing to do with what went on on the field so some may ask if it wasn`t important then why should it be now?
It`s only a few years since when they stopped promotion and religation the excuse was to ensure that Clubs had three years to consolidate so the teams were of equal strengh to stop any cricket scores against any club.Plus the finances of these clubs would be sound ,well no wonder the silence eminating from Red Hall is deafening at the moment.

Re: Catalans 76 Widnes 6 : Sun Apr 01, 2012 4:11 pm  

Widnes were always going to get thumped in their first season. Even their license was granted first they still couldn't approach any in contract players. They'll spend their way up the table come next season.

Re: Catalans 76 Widnes 6 : Sun Apr 01, 2012 6:28 pm  

They may well spend their way up but they could have saved a lot of grief by ensuring that they went up as winners - with momentum and a sense of triumphal achievement instead of whimpering in with a piece of paper which allegedly said they were super and ready for it. Nothing can make you all that unless you earn it on the pitch which is what sport is all about in the first place. Those that lose sight of this get thumped 76-6 against the bottom club.

Re: Catalans 76 Widnes 6 : Sun Apr 01, 2012 7:32 pm  

Faxfan321 wrote:

I understand everything would increase .... but ..... staying where we are as good as it is there will come a point where the club cannot get any better.

Welcome to Bradford my friend. Come & dine with the fine food diners, enjoy the fare and just remember what we used to be......

Re: Catalans 76 Widnes 6 : Sun Apr 01, 2012 8:39 pm  

I have said this before but SL is not all that the RFL and others crank it up to be. Most clubs including St.Helens, Hull KR, London etc are running on loans from directors or have big debts. London will be gone in the next 3 years as Hughes has said he wont be funding it after 2015. Bradford Bulls will be lucky to survive and even then they will be no more bigger club as ourselves and watch the crowds drop next year when the free and dirt cheap tickets go. The RFL are clueless as has been shown this last week and the Crusaders fiasco. I am happy where we are and laugh as SL lives beyond its means and the pack of cards fall down. Crusaders was the first to go. Bradford likely the second and its just a question of time before the next one- thankfully it wont be Halifax