Todays attendance

Quote: Viking John "Hardly squeaky bums and sour grapes. We can hit average attendance without freebies, you are hardly a threat to a Widnes Super League application.

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[*No youth set up[/*
[*No reserve squad competing[/*
[*Poor attendances[/*
[*No finances[/*
[*All you have is a first team[/*[/list

Widnes on the other hand[*Have a top quality stadium that can host Super League Games & Challenge Cup Semi Finals[/*
[*Under 15 academy squad[/*
[*Under 16 academy squad[/*
[*Under 18 academy squad[/*
[*Under 21 academy squad[/*
[*Reserve squad[/*
[*Highest attendances in Championship[/*
[*Stong financial and business plan[/*[/list

It's all well and good you lot shouting about how you have ticked another box, but you are ticking the wrong kind of boxes if you want long term success and stability.

Leigh are the closest threat to Widnes' Super League application, but they fall short on a few key areas and won't be in this time round. I do see tem realistically in Super League in 2016.

I also hear people banging on about "We are a heartland team, we deserve to be there". Well if these so called ‘heartland’ clubs doesn't start to invest in heartland youth then there will be nothing left of the 'heartland'.

You can't just run a first team and no youth set-up and expect long term stability, it's madness! Bringing through top class British youth should be top priority for every club.

That's called having a modern, professional stadium. Still an amateur looking set up if people are handing over cash at a turnstile instead of a more controlled professional outlet via a ticket office. Even Whitehaven don't accept cash on the turnstiles, they have a hut outside the ground you have to buy your ticket from.

Yeah, only when there is a free ticket though

Look Mr Widnes PR man we all accept you are ahead of us and will probably get the SL Licence.
But all the above is down to one man = Steve O'Connor
Without his cash you would not be where you are now, look at your stadium and on your shirts it says what?
STOBBART

Like Salford (Jack Wilkinson) and Huddersfield (Ken Davy) the difference between those clubs and those like ours is men who love their club enough to pour a lot of their money in year after year.

Good luck to you as you will need it as Ken Davy has put millions into Huddersfield and won what so far? Nowt.

Wish we had one and am I jealous?
Yes, but its like comparing apples with pears as they say saying what you have and what we haven't, thing is we CAN'T AFFORD it okay?