You wouldn't really expect them to say anything else though would you?

Exactly! The coaches job is to motivate his players and reassure the supporters. I would have been worried if Karl had said " we are really hoping we can scrape into the playoffs and perhaps even get to a final".

As was mentioned above, so long as it wasn't said in a statement to the media, no problem. That was Calland's big mistake.

i'd imagine similar things have been said in the Widnes camp over the past few seasons.

I'd be more interested in what the the thinking at Teams like Widnes, Broncoquins, Salford, Wakefield ect is at this time of year.

If a coach and a squad of players said anything different, no matter who I supported, I would be disappointed. They are not saying they are the best team by a country mile, they are saying that they have belief in each other that they can win everything.

not a good start though with haley and barlow out for 3 months and aziue out for a while too.

not ideal. but we have signed some quality pack players who can more than cover.

its how you finish the season that counts!

imagine how big a boost it will be to our side if we are doing well in the league and then we get Macka and Sam returning from injury all guns blazing!

if we have a reasonably lucky season with injuries we will do just fine

Im not knocking anything just stating what most teams say before the season starts. Widnes will be fine next year, no pressure on us.

Aziue may not be out that long. Karl did say last night that they were getting him to see a Whitch Doctor.
Bound to be better than mine.

Get your wooden spoons ordered early, you'll get a better discount.

Sounds like we need Jim Gannon on a pay as you play for beginning of season...

Why are Widnes fans still trolling on here Cant you go and pester some Super League sides!!! You wont be winning anything next season. . although thinking back over the last few seasons the only thing you actually won was given to you by Ben Black

Karl suggested last night that Jim Gannon was being spoken to. but as part of the youth coaching set up.

No harm in having confidence but would prefer them saying we are hoping to win the lot not will, that will be used against us next year.

To be fair the content of the original post is just that they aim to win it all, which is the aim every year at Halifax so it's kind of a redundant point anyway as VikingMan points out. I presume the thread title isn't a direct quote off anyone.