To be fair Widnes took most of their "try scoring" chances during the game, however had we converted all our chances the score would have looked a much more one sided contest in my opinion. Trys have to be scored though and we made some pretty poor decisions at times keeping Widnes in the game. I thought there was 15 mins in the second half where Widnes were hanging on as if their lives depended on it and we took some dumb decisions and panicked at the crucial moment. I personally thought we had blown it rather than Widnes winning the game, then up popped Penky!!

I thought they had Watenes number to be honest for the most of the game.

That worried me a little last night actually. Widnes seemed to suss him out, kicking over at him a good few times, looked lost everytime. Expect him to get a lot of practise at it for the rest of the season now!

That's just Paul White though isn't it, typical game you expect from him yesterday, similar to Penny you just hope they score more than they let in!

I thought Widnes were strong for the first 20 and feared a hammering! However they only put 6 on the board despite all the possession and playing way better than us. Fax then seemed to click when Mr Dependable came on and Widnes struggled at times with the speed fax were playing at.Fax were faster at the play the ball and hence made more metres. The forwards were class for me. Mika, Said, Stan, Maloney etc went through a ton of work and Widnes seemed in periods have problems with the quick play the balls. Fax need to cut out some of the silly mistakes and be better at defending near their own line. The game could easily of been won by Widnes.
I obviously do not see too many games living abroad. However when I have seen fax live or on TV I have never seen Gleeson have a poor game. He is always concistant. The likes of Ben and Penky are thrillers but they also do throw some awful passes and make some silly mistakes that Gleeson never seems to do. I think Gleeson is Mr Dependable for Fax and is for me underrated and should be in SL-not that I am complaining mind.
Branighan was very good last night and his kicking game was good. I thought young Bowman stood up again. He made one mistake but seemed injured when losing the ball. However he set up that try at the end so calm and confident. Should be in the 17 each week for me as he is only going to get better.Well done Fax was proud to be in the Shamrock cheering you on last night.

Gleeson and Branighan looked excellent together, great distribution, passing, looking up and straightening up at the right time, Gleeson is an awesome long passer too, it complements Black and Penky too when they get their chances.
The 4 of them will offer plenty of variety this year. Just gotta get the best prop partnership now and a big pacey back rower would be great.

Also great to see Goddard working his butt off, he looks to be on his way back to his best and will cut some of the other sides to shreds if he carries on with his reborn enthusiasm.

Top man Glees, quality..

Gleeson was excellent - but nevers seems to have a bad game. always does the basics so well and usually makes takes the right option.

Branhigan is getting better each game. Kicking in open play was top drawer and constantly put widnes on back foot. Best game for us so far.

Other than 1 dropped pass. Penky was again back towards his best. We're very lucky to have 2 quality hookers to interchange.

Gleeson to Widnes and Super League when the time comes, anyone?

There's one and three-quarter seasons to go yet

I think SOC's chequebook will stretch beyond The Championship to be honest. Mind you, Ben Fisher's doing well at HKR so who knows?

10 yr deal.......

not bad for a rent dodging club

The 'Glory Years' seems to amount to a one off win against United. Think the plural 'years' was a bit optimistic, in fact, even a full year would be optimistic.

Still, they did have their day, oh, except that the Courier headlines that day read that '1,000 fans on Rampage Mar Famous Victory'.

They couldn't even manage 1 day of genuine glory without the daft fans ruining it for them then.

Would like to see Gleeson pack down at loose on our scrums so that we can get quicker ball away from the base of the scrum. Saints do this with Roby and Cunningham. Think we are missing a trick here with the rule nowadays been that the ball is out when at the loosee feet. Quicker ball from scrum for likes of Goddard Shad Rob.

good point.
Would be effective attacking the narrow side quickly and creating an immediate overlap with black and Shad linking with the winger.

I'd just love to see Gleeson out there more, we always looked a better and far more controlled team when he plays.
And Penky has always been at his best when he runs from dummy half at tiring defenders.
I do think we ought to start with our strongest side more and get control of games early.

p.s. Shad should be in the Fax Hall of fame, what a legend.