Leeds were more or less full strength when we played them, we are the only team to not play a depleted Leeds.
Wigan are 2nd
Widnes were top.

He missed Salford and Hull, one a narrow win in the last second the other a loss.

wtf are you on about?

I take both your points. I still think there are other factions inclusive other than that of just Gidley.
Salford were in the form of their lives before losing their 6 Sio or something? Hull had just come into the form of their lives.

As an outsider looking in from sunny Widnes, from what I have seen, Gidley seems to have the bigger influence over your team.

He provides the calming influence and steers you around the pitch effortlessly, setting up the positions for Sandow to do his stuff.

Also, as somebody else has already said, he organises your defence really well.

When we meet again in a couple of weeks, I would prefer to face you without Gidley rather than it being Sandow that looks like he might be missing, not that I wish ill on any player.

Looking forward to the rematch.

I think there is more influencing at Widnes than mere players.

If Gidley is your main playmaker in attack, you need your coach to have some decent set plays worked out, and your team to have practised them too.
He makes poor decisions when under a lot of pressure in attack, but can organise and carry out a set play as well as anyone.
He can be frustrating to watch as he mucks up plays that look like almost slam dunks before he does something silly, but having said that, he keeps working hard and keeps asking questions of the defence, and by sheer weight of effort, he generally comes up with something, even if it looks lucky in the end.