Says ex player Jon Clarke. www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-lea ... on-3135240 Maybe he'd be kind enough to return all the cash we gave him.

Says ex player Jon Clarke. www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-lea ... on-3135240 Maybe he'd be kind enough to return all the cash we gave him.

Thanks Jon Clarke. Your views are just what the coaches need to inspire the team. Hope we can make you eat your words on Sunday.

Was he guilty of wage stealing?

We've got a prize deadbeat on the payroll after all.

And had we of had the P & R he so desperately craves, Widnes would have been relegated, 'prolly promoted and then relegated again, sometimes these numpties don't follow the logic of their own arguments.

Widnes are where they are now because there was no "natural progression" so they didn't get replaced by 'Fax, Sheffield or Fev'.

What a Twat!

No need for Tony Rea to do a team talk, just pin this up in the dressing room - should do the trick!

SL does not need Widnes/Bradford/wakey/KR/Salford but it would be a lot worse off without em.
Jon has to say summat to diss the broncos, they cant really slag off the players in the squad as no one knows who the majority of them are.

If I recall he was nothing more than a chubby pub player for us so his opinion is invalid

SL doesn't need 3 clubs from Wakefield district or 2 from Hull or 5 clubs in that bit of land between Manchester and Liverpool, but we've got them.

Speaking as a Widnes fan since about 1956 I'd like to distance myself from his comments and wish the Broncos best of luck for Sunday and for future success.

What a knob.....

If Super League is ever to be more than a feeder comp to the NRL and the RU Premiership, it needs a successful London club

....I'd keep them there opinions well away from the Virtual Terrace if I were you

Hi Guys. Mr Clarke is actually right in some aspects, though a little silly to say it in the press. Super League doesn't need a poorly supported team either home or away and one which has had several supposed homes over the last 10 years and NONE have worked. What it fact needs is a club like London/Harlequins/Broncos??? to start at the bottom and really work at the roots of the sport and not fast track with no substance and a serious disregard of rules, i.e. foreign players, wages to income, etc.. This off season London and Bradford have been a blot to our fantastic game, with their off field antics.

As for Widnes, growing crowds, a huge depth of talent that has come through, great stadium, growing within the guidelines and OH I actually think they where the first official world champions beating a star studded Canberra side which would be the envy nowadays of any Aussie side let alone English

Enjoy the game Saturday, where I am sure London will show their true colours as Widnes open up the away end for the masses!!!

Whoops sorry Sunday

I'll deal with you bit by bit if that's OK.
First up, if an away team brings 1,500 fans to your ground and these fans spend 20 quid on a ticket and 20 quid on beer/pies/in the shop, then that's 60k your club gets over the counter that day.
Widnes Vikings turned over close to 4.8 million quid in 2012....so that's 0.0125% of your turn over we cost you. Rather than whine like a bitch, why not try and attract 125 more HOME fans to your games and grow your fan base, which has had close to a 100 year head start on London.
As for out home fans, or severe lack of them, this plays no role in Widnes Vikings ability to increase their own revenues and therefore is none of your business.



Foreign players dispensation ran out probably before you were born whilst income we have covered (we are debt free) and we have never broken the salary cap, so I fail to see your relevance in mentioning wages?


Where you not born in 2007 or did you forget about going into administration.....something only Bradford have done this off season. We are still debt free!

2013 was 1% down on 2012 and 15% down on 2011. Get your carer to explain "growing" to you.

Name the last Widnes player to score 4 tries in one game for England/GB in a major international tournament.

owned by the council and never full.

you're on that many warnings you daren't not keep to the rules!


Did your carer tell you about that, because there's no way you were alive when that happened!

doubtful. I expect us to get spanked!
Black and Blue?
stupid northerners....why wouldyou do that when it's well know we travel in a taxi?