It was obviously to calm down what had come out with twins letter , Tim leaving and the rumours about special measures hence only 2 days notice
the board want to take things slowly,twinny wanted quicker so stalemate occurred although he has now stated he'd like to rejoin board
If the best supported team in the leagues aim isn’t to be the best on the field then they’re not going to be the best supported team for much longer. If SL isn’t an option anymore we should be aiming to be the best in the league we’re in at least. The current plan is just seems to be let’s finish in the playoffs. Which is an easy feet now it’s top ten.
@vikingfox71 Twinny this twinny that is he a potential owner or your mate down the pub
The fella has been made to sound like a spoilt brat this evening who threw his toys out the pram when people didn’t want to throw their own personal money at the superleague pipedream when that is what it is. They only want London and then to close up shop.
when are people going to open their eyes and see that…
the club have said they’re in the 400k bracket in turnover but with commitments will spend 500k maximum allowed and directors meet the shortfall, what more do people want 😂
If we had put investment in this year and built a team that may have been able to compete with London, then maybe we could have won the league and/or the play-offs. This may well have put the RFL in a difficult decision on promotion to SL, although I am in no doubt that promises have been made to London about SL.
It looks like the Championship is going to become the equivalent of a SL Reserve League, which presumably does not include promotion to SL. This may be Ok for a few of the Clubs, who have no ambition to get to SL, but where does it leave the likes of Widnes, Oldham, Barrow and other clubs with that ambition?
What is needed is some clarity and honesty from RFL about the future of the game outside SL and whether there are plans to increase the size of SL or have two leagues with promotion and relegation. Without this clarity, what will be the point of investing in a team to win a reserve team league every year, with no possibility of promotion.
Just a thought, but if someone has money to invest this year why not invest in a couple of class players on short-term contracts for the play-offs. You never know, if we can get to the final and beat London, this may put us in a position for promotion, although I doubt anyone at RFL would agree!!!
We're not going up even if we win the Championship final, London are.
The people that saved the club are to be applauded and respected for putting personal money in. But what I will say is no matter how much time and effort is put in since, if I had invested say £25k 7 years ago, and nothing since, I would not expect to keep my position on the board indefinitely If someone offered to buy me out.
You can't stay on the board and not invest if other people are willing to. Thats my honest opinion.
From the evening it was clear a personality clash has occured. Andy admitted he's used to being his own boss and not used to being part of a board to make decisions. What is also pretty clear is SL are taking the NRL money and putting up the draw bridge to SL. We have 12 to 24 months max to make some kind of play for SL.
Caution required here, I'm guessing there's no back stop. If you are a gambler when do you play your cards?
Is it the "board's" fault that the governing body of the sport, in respect to life below the championship, are at best inept? I don't need to give examples.
If the current board remove their backing we are not going to see a response from the town, similar to the "Phil Finney" led resurrection again.
This is about a club, not individuals who make choices informed by their personal circumstances.
It is difficult running a business when the rules change on an almost weekly basis. I'm not sure the board are making the correct decisions. nor are they? But how could they be?
Like many I've been watching my team for over 55 years, I will continue to do so I need the support of the RFL of a fair playing surface, whether it is plastic or grass.
May I suggest we do not fall out amongst ourselves and work collectively to where it is possible to go.
Performances on the pitch are positive, let's hope that continues, you can only control what is within your scope.
@steelviking I echo that, the RFL have made for an extremely difficult backdrop with delayed fixtures, no final venue for the 1895 cup, constant tweaking or even removal of the IMG criteria to suit, the list goes on.
The game is in trouble so they are defaulting to try and protect SL. Another example of self centered, short term thinking that is typical of the way the RFL operates.
However the best plans to build slowly and progress the club over the next 5 to 6 years may no longer be the best aporoach given the backdrop of the NRL taking over and the Championship sides being offered a deal to become feeder clubs. Thats the gamble you speak of, do we stick or twist. If we stick do we get stuck in a watered down version of the Championship?
To be honest I do not know what to think after this but it shows the RFL have killed Championship hopes which is totally corrupt and wrong. So in my head I want owners like Ken Davy to pull the plug on paying £100000 every month to keep them in Super League. In a selfish way I want teams to fail in Super League and in the future something changes and teams go bust in the top league. We should aim to be the best team in the Championship, and our team is looking pretty good at this level if London leave this league. If can spend £400k does that mean we can have a separate account for WVIPS etc to add extra money to improve our squad?
@dan1 I'm not sure it's as straight-forward as stick or twist though. I agree, if we stick, we'll end up as a feeder club for someone in SL. But if we twist, is there really a place up for grabs in SL? We could twist and there's just no opportunity for us. And then where will we be? I can understand why there is some caution from the Board, the investment has to the right investment. But then, it might not matter.
@gpo1971 it could be too late, it could be York, Toulouse and Bradford followed by London and then thats it. Featherstone and Oldham seemed to think the same, made a play and failed. At this stage it is a gamble as you cant just win the GF like Leigh and Wakey and go up.
If we are in the Champ with a £400k cap and 5/6 Saints or Warrington reserve players on loan, we may not need investment at that stage. London got investment and all of a sudden are flavour of the month after being relegated before a ball was kicked a couple of years ago.
If the directors of the club refuse to put more money in and turn down bids like what’s been said to buy them out it looks like Widnes Vikings may not be around in the next 10 years.
we need the investment and we need it now.
We need to keep Tim as he has done a brilliant job and continues to do so to this day.
Unfortunately if you sit on the board and don’t invest you’re not taking the club forward it’s going to go backwards.
Just look at what Bradford and Leigh have done with some investment years of championship rugby now they’re going to Vegas… this is a risk we need to take because we can’t survive by just being mediocre it’s killing us
We are all in same boat if we do nothing we sink if we twist it's a risk with no guarantee
hence caution
but surely we should be looking at next season and thinking about winning both competitions which will put us in peoples thoughts but don't think about super league think about winning what we can win and change the trajectory of the club