Postponed-not good...
If you need you're fix Griff should be a decent game at POR.

These Widnes games should be expunged.

Then we'd be two points clear at the top.

Forgive me if this is a bit uncool/too soon, but... Thinking about Halifax's interests, is there anyone that we would want? They're going to be offloading as many players as they can, as quickly as they can.

For me I'd have taken Tangata back if he was fit. And of course Gelling but there'll be bigger clubs in for him.

Charlie, there's always a muggins coming along.

Tangata is likely out for about 4 months so realistically could get him pretty cheap although im not sure he would want to play under marshall. Other than that Craven is the obvious one but given Marshall had chance previously to sign him and also sees no problems in our key positions he will probably try and sign a couple of their back rowers.

Don't think there will be any cash to sign Widnes players - Craven would be a stand out signing for any Championship club.

Yes I heard that we had chance to sign Craven a few season ago, heard we offered Part Time terms of circa £20K and additional training/employment from one of our sponsors. At the same time London were offering him in region of £60K on FT contract, but he declined both.

Widnes have announced that they have gone into Administration https://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk ... istration/

Widnes have announced that they have gone into Administration https://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk ... istration/

The thing is, as we know from Bradford and Leigh, players start to want to leave and find new clubs as soon as they can which only compounds the clubs problems. It almost every season now that some club ands up in a mess like this. Im so glad the RFL are promoting clubs like Toronto because soon there will be no heartland clubs left. And what an insult it is to Widnes that the Toronto boss said he would buy them if they relocated to Liverpool ! Tosser!

The players, especially if they're full-time, have problems of their own to overcome.

These problems are not of their own making. Unlike the club, where the problems are generally entirely of the club's own making. The players shouldn't be asked to "rally round".

Im not by any means saying that the RFL are great, but it annoys me when people use these situations to criticise the RFL. This situation was caused by poor management at Widnes, as most of their own fans point out on their forum.

RFL are often an easy scapegoat. But James Rule was allowed to get involved despite having 9 months to run on a ban. And who is exactly is auditing the club's to make sure they are run correctly/legally? Self inflicted by RFL have a job to protect the game as a whole which this affects.

We are really feeling the affects of a decade + of Nigel Wood.

I understand what your saying about the RFL, however look at their track record. They promoted the licencing concept. They accepted applications from clubs who were lying about their incomes, ground improvements etc. This lead to clubs over stretching themselves on player budgets, selling tickets at low prices to get more people through the gates and basically not being able to deliver on their commitment to deliver the product the club promised, our friends at Bradford being the prime example. I am not having a go at Bradford. When the licences came out the year Wakefield were going to fold, they gave them a licence. That’s not the clubs fault that’s the RFL. Giving the majority of funding to SL clubs And ignoring the lower leagues for decades is their fautl. Alowing the SL clubs to self govern themselves is a very very poor decision. That’s why SL clubs and greedy chairmen want to cut the lower leagues adriift to keep the money themselves.
Yes, clubs have to take responsibility for their own running, finances ect it does not help, indeed it hinders if not disrtoys clubs who are trying their best on small wages, pay cuts to playing staff small crowds ect that are trying to promote RL, get local people involved with the club and the game andget more people to watch Rugby League. The RFL need to see their vision and guidance for the game does not deliver what they imagine or tell us it will.