Super league application - Widnes Vikings https://widnesrugby.com/forums/widnes-vikings/super-league-application/ Fans forum and messageboard for Widnes Vikings rugby league club. en-GB Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:32:26 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: Super league application https://widnesrugby.com/forums/widnes-vikings/super-league-application/paged/12/#post-20134 Sat, 05 Dec 2020 12:57:40 +0000 I suppose we might have made a better fist of it if the club had’nt employed so many hangers on receiving a fair wedge.Money that could have gone towards on the pitch personnel. Totally agree, when you see some of the other clubs competing, albeit mainly at the lower end of SL, you can't help but feel it wouldn't have took a Bill Gates or Jeff Bezos to turn us into a half decent outfit - both off and on the pitch. Completely shafted the club over a numbers years after such a promising start. It wasn't that long ago when we won was it 5 out of 6 and people were calling us the new Leicester City. Unfortunately that was the beginning of the end, although it was a long and painful death by the end. Obviously its far easier to grow from inside SL than outside and thats what makes it all the more frustrating, we were there and blew it down to the behaviour of a few 'custodians'. I'd like to see us return at some point. I certainly don't think were ready just yet, but what I think we all need to see from the club is that they are putting the past behind them + moving on for the better. We simply can't continue be an old sick animal that everyone feels sorry for.]]> Widnes Vikings Widnes89 https://widnesrugby.com/forums/widnes-vikings/super-league-application/paged/12/#post-20134 RE: Super league application https://widnesrugby.com/forums/widnes-vikings/super-league-application/paged/12/#post-20092 Wed, 02 Dec 2020 18:41:55 +0000 Widnes Vikings Sinbad https://widnesrugby.com/forums/widnes-vikings/super-league-application/paged/12/#post-20092 RE: Super league application https://widnesrugby.com/forums/widnes-vikings/super-league-application/paged/11/#post-20091 Wed, 02 Dec 2020 18:24:07 +0000
Sinbad wrote:
Don’t get the obsession with SL anymore.Have’nt Leigh had two goes at it like ourselves and were just as rubbish as we were ? If it comes it comes, if it does’nt then so be it.That’s my outlook now.
Coming to the same view tbh. Just want to watch the team play good rugby and win more that they lose! I guess the club and fans have ambition  to reach SL and play the best teams. Probably fans would prefer to see a winning team playing decent rugby at the top end of the Championship, rather than the rubbish we have had served up when playing in the SL with a team regularly being beaten without a fight. The club are probably right in being cautious, with  view to giving priority to building a team capable of competing at the top end of the Championship and getting its finances in order before making a bid for SL with greater confidence of actually competing in that league.]]> Widnes Vikings Frankg https://widnesrugby.com/forums/widnes-vikings/super-league-application/paged/11/#post-20091 RE: Super league application https://widnesrugby.com/forums/widnes-vikings/super-league-application/paged/11/#post-20089 Wed, 02 Dec 2020 16:59:22 +0000 Don’t get the obsession with SL anymore.Have’nt Leigh had two goes at it like ourselves and were just as rubbish as we were ? If it comes it comes, if it does’nt then so be it.That’s my outlook now. Coming to the same view tbh. Just want to watch the team play good rugby and win more that they lose!]]> Widnes Vikings sandgroper https://widnesrugby.com/forums/widnes-vikings/super-league-application/paged/11/#post-20089 RE: Super league application https://widnesrugby.com/forums/widnes-vikings/super-league-application/paged/11/#post-20088 Wed, 02 Dec 2020 15:12:24 +0000 Widnes Vikings ScouseViking55 https://widnesrugby.com/forums/widnes-vikings/super-league-application/paged/11/#post-20088 RE: Super league application https://widnesrugby.com/forums/widnes-vikings/super-league-application/paged/11/#post-20087 Wed, 02 Dec 2020 15:08:02 +0000 Widnes Vikings Sinbad https://widnesrugby.com/forums/widnes-vikings/super-league-application/paged/11/#post-20087 RE: Super league application https://widnesrugby.com/forums/widnes-vikings/super-league-application/paged/11/#post-20086 Wed, 02 Dec 2020 13:57:21 +0000 Widnes Vikings ScouseViking55 https://widnesrugby.com/forums/widnes-vikings/super-league-application/paged/11/#post-20086 RE: Super league application https://widnesrugby.com/forums/widnes-vikings/super-league-application/paged/11/#post-20076 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 21:25:22 +0000 Widnes Vikings A CAPE https://widnesrugby.com/forums/widnes-vikings/super-league-application/paged/11/#post-20076 RE: Super league application https://widnesrugby.com/forums/widnes-vikings/super-league-application/paged/11/#post-20065 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 19:21:26 +0000 Just one thing baffles me about all this Bradford getting shoe horned in conspiracy.If SL and the RFL are so keen on having them as the 12th club then why is relegation still in place ? Not worth the mither just for one season. It will be very interesting to see if in 12 months, with hindsight, whether the successful club (whoever that might be) would have applied. I daresay it might well be "easier" to win Championship in 2021, than avoid relegation from Super League in the same year.]]> Widnes Vikings James Gordon https://widnesrugby.com/forums/widnes-vikings/super-league-application/paged/11/#post-20065 RE: Super league application https://widnesrugby.com/forums/widnes-vikings/super-league-application/paged/11/#post-20060 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 18:35:47 +0000 Widnes Vikings Sinbad https://widnesrugby.com/forums/widnes-vikings/super-league-application/paged/11/#post-20060