Right so who in our current squad is eqivalent to the following players for starters :

Brough
Ellis
Westwood

The fact the current team has been getting hammered each week in the last month and a half is IMO down to a combination of things 1) coaching & strange team selections; 2) conditioning; 3) a relatively poor quality squad being without some of its better players during the period; 4) The uncertainty surrounding the clubs future in SL and the fact that alot of players have been having their heads turned by other clubs and their agents.

I can confidently say that if you asked Glover if he wanted to replace his current squad with the one Altofts listed he would bite your hand off and that squad would certainly not be getting hammered every week.

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Fact remains, if Wakey get the boot, they will have only themselves to blame. Same goes for Harlequins RL.....it's not like the club haven't been warned about attendances. Crusaders would also have no real complaint if they were to go either.....Bottom line is that it is a shame somebody has to go........and supposed fans of the game trying to score points over fans of the game is a bit sad really.

Which we will all see is fair and above board when Wakey and Quinns/Crusaders get kicked out on Tuesday.

Just Wakey this time Greg in exchange for the scousers

You get another derby next year with Wakey.

We all know whats happening- Wakey down, Wideknees in.

Fatty Wood was at The Quins v Wire game last week watching his love child- He seemed pleased with his franchise team.

He should be, look what they have achieved.

......but they still haven't managed World Peace

Smurfy

Did I hear one of them 2 Widnes idiots (Cullen and blocked nose) on B n A last week saying franchises should be about locals in the team and not buying in big names! Let see who the big buyers are next year

i have no idea what you heard Easty. I didnt watch it
Bu i believe the jist of their point (which they have stated many times before) is that franchises allow teams to blood upcoming youngsters without the immediate fear of relegation as a result, because not all young superstars hit the ground running in first team rugby, many grow into it. so some hammerings are inevitable regardless.
that being said, of course no team in their right mind is going to field a team of seventeen year olds all freshly promoted from the valvoline academy team squad, thats insanity.
such a team would get completely destroyed every week.
any team going up, (or any established superleague team for that matter) needs to buy in experienced pros to blend with and aid the aforementioned young talent.
lets see who the 'big' buyers are next year? probably Wigan, Warrington and saints more than anyone. widnes are not in a position to sign top class players, neither financially or indeed by reputation.
no team going up these days can go without signing in many new players. its the reality of the gulf between the two divisions. to pretend otherwise is both disengenous and unfair.