Virtually every season since 2019, we’ve had a good start to the season but faltered in the spring.
Kear, Finnigan, Kear and now maybe Coleman.
Whats your thoughts on why this is becoming a theme?
Small squads get tired
Squad too small we need more players and what is happening with the 22k from WVIPS? Coleman has to stop playing his favourites like Jack Owens and get rid for a better player because passed it now. Joe Lyons to come in and a few new players required. I see Whitehead gone on loan to Halifax why not to Widnes?
Another Warrington player going to another club not us, despite us supposed to be their dual reg club, and we are supposed to have a great relationship with them, according to Coleman, and we’re offering us lots of players, but we didn’t need them at the time. But now we do need them, there’s none available, they’re all going to other clubs, or being recalled to play in Warrington reserves.
We are definitely not using dual registration wisely.
There are too many smaller players on the field when both Bent & Roberts play as well as the two half backs. That means the opposition target any one of the four & we cannot defend our line.
Our pack is still too small & forwards are playing week after week without a break so tire after 6 or so games.
Perhaps the Warrington game took an awful lot out of us. A similar thing happened in 1989 after we won the World Club Championship.
I believe all these factors contribute to why results go bad after the first 6 or so games year on year.
I agree with the squad size but can the players be tired after 10 games into a new season?
I’d argue bar from the warrington or toluse game, we haven’t really hit form.
Since 2017, every season we seem to lack size and pace, every other team doesn’t have issues finding both profiles.
I think the issue with dual reg is we are either turning players down from Warrington or they aren’t making them available. Again, every other team benefits greatly from it but with us, we use very few players and often select kids while other championship teams manage to pick up senior players.
The dr arrangement is rubbish - other teams for instance barrow had Pyle ? Recalled by the fraud then replaced with bullock
what have we had ?
a centre that never played, a winger that played once , then got injured and farmed out to another champ team
a full back played a great game, got injured in training and then taken back to play for dire reserves
unless we have a dr deal with a decent club, put it in the bin where it belongs
We deffo need new players coming in, JJ back asap please
Still need pace in the back line
Where are all the fans gone who came to the Warrington game? I was at Tesco and in the Widnes Town centre over the weekend with no posters or advertising when the next game is on at home. The marketing is very poor and as stated before by Pascal what is the 22k Widnes Vips money being used for? On this dual system are teams put off with the plastic pitch? This dual system is rubbish as other teams utilising much better. Is it the money we offer is less than the other clubs as Whitehead just gone to Halifax?
Where are all the fans gone who came to the Warrington game? I was at Tesco and in the Widnes Town centre over the weekend with no posters or advertising when the next game is on at home. The marketing is very poor and as stated before by Pascal what is the 22k Widnes Vips money being used for? On this dual system are teams put off with the plastic pitch? This dual system is rubbish as other teams utilising much better. Is it the money we offer is less than the other clubs as Whitehead just gone to Halifax?
Funny 5 new dual from Warrington now about time mate. 👍💪Need rejuvenating and energy in the squad Gutted on Fleming and Max Roberts but overall a bonus plus Gregson back in the squad.
Lose all sense of identity as a club when we have 5 lads from our rivals on dual reg.
3 of them have played League 1 this year, which begs the question of how good they actually are too.
Well where did that come from ?
drip feed dr and then suddenly 5 !
sad for Fleming and roberts, 2 of our better players recently, hope they back soon
wouldnt bother with gregson
he can carry the water
@pascal you couldn't write it mate we get 5 young dual reg players to replace the 4 players who had more experience and we thought had a future lol crazy and never got whitehead who went Halifax !!
Whitehead probably one of the better players. Hartill a decent hooker and Oli Leyland a half back, so no chance for Joey Lyons? Sometimes I do wonder what the club are doing but we definitely need the squad freshening up. Need a big forward as Bullock smashed us down the middle for Barrow.
The five week gap didn't help nor the heavy defeat at York.Then there's Sunday Premieship football but by and large the Widnes public aren't interested in second division rugby and haven't been since day one when we were left out of the first Super League.Where are all the fans gone who came to the Warrington game?