Lets forget about the wind up merchants on here now.

Lets talk about the game instead of the silliness.

Where did we loose this? I know Laugton was an absolute waste of space, as were his touch judges, but they were not the reason we lost.

I think Penky and Black didnt have their best "day at the office" and we definately were cold in the first 20 minutes, which is where Widnes got on the ascendancy. Had Ben done what he does best we would definately have won, so lets not beat ourselves up, we did enough to win, even when we played bad (for 20 mins) so its still very much there for us at the end of the season.

you love me dont you A.N Other il bet ur the only child arent you, is that why your name is that because your parents said for god sake were not going to have A.N.Other ...... son like him thats enough for us

And next time we play them there superleague players will have gone back

I agree, many of our players didn't have outstanding games but they were pretty solid today.

We lost it with silly little mistakes, the odd panic pass or one too many passes and dropped balls in scoring positions.

Fax should keep their heads up as Widnes showed they aren't anything special today. They probably played the best they could and barely limped over the line at the end. Fax could easily have won the game by half time with the wasted chances they had.

As for Ben, he looked gutted at the end. He's won enough games for this club not to be hounded for one mistake. Keep you head up and lets win the Grand Final. That's the best way of shutting up this gloaters.

Cant watch it as our car doesnt have a t.v, il just sit back and think of how good ben black is handling the rugby ball when running alone to the line

We played poorly today. Widnes made very few mistakes - we made loads. They did the basics, we were lethargic and then panicky. Ref aside, they deserved their victory today. Will we have the character to come back and take the big trophy at the end of the season? I think so.

Jiffy Davies spends half his time slagging off the Widnes team when the chips are down. He's not a true fan.

Good to see some sense being talked on here for a change. You are absolutely right we just didnt take the chances we gave ourselves.

now now i only do it when they deserve it

Ignoring the referee , who was poor.Just some early thoughts.
Give Widnes credit - the first half they were by far the better side;they tackled well,drove the ball in well and with their big men certainly made life difficult for us- they made few mistakes.Us , on the other hand , were poor -too many forced passes,drop ball etc; was that because of them or was it just an off day - i dont know.20-6 down after 50mins i thought game over, but we then started playing;moving the ball wide , great support play,everything stuck.Dont blame Ben, yes he should have scored but thats rugby.Other players missed tackles , passed poorly etc-alas , like a striker who misses an open goal, the game will be remembered for his mistake.Hes' won many games for us in the past and will win more in the future.
Well done Widnes overall you played well and in Thrackeray a quality player.

I think it's a myth that it was only Halifax that bombed good chances today. We were held up over the line a few times in the first half (didn't see who as it was t'other end of the field) Dodd knocked on with the line begging, Penny should have skinned the full back instead of dithering and Hall knocking on over the line and would have been a certain try. I think Halifax's indiscipline stemmed from the fact that they thought they would be playing the same Widnes side as earlier in the season. Widnes are far from the finished article but they are no longer the [ifive drives and a kick [/imerchants of a few months ago.

dont see why some faxfans are bitting at what some widnes fans are saying on here

being a fax fan for 27 years ive been lucky to go to some finals and see them win and lose . but i think alot of people a missing the bigger picture .

as a club we have three years to get it right and in my eyes that means winning the league and the grand final three years in a row . not a tin pot cup in blackpool.

well done widnes for the win today and good luck for the final , but i know which cups i would like my team to be lifting at the end of the season and this one wasnt the one on top of my list

its about time some fan fans stopped gobbing off on other message boards about how good we are , etc etc . then split the dummy out when them fans come on here and give u back .

and one final point matt calland keep your mouth shut the next time u want to make a sweeping statement