Team for me would be

Flynn Gaskell Varkulis Marsh Gardener Thackery Craven Gannon Smith Pickersgill Allen Doran Gerrard

subs G Haggerty Davies Netherton Kavanagh

Rest Grady , play Craven who didnt play in the 18's today.

The vicar

OFF THE CUFF

I would imagine that there would be a couple of our backs that might have the quality to have a go at Super League, Maybe, Gleeson, Penky, Black and maybe Beswick, Royston, thats about it though it at the moment though so our recruiting would have to be massive.

talking of who we would sign is abit pointless though as we wont get it

Super League is not the Promised Land,the last time my team Leigh were there,we had a CLOWN in charge Abram,lost nearly all our games,i hated it,ilove watching the Championship games,love the friendly banter with opposing fans,and most grounds are easy to park at,all imtrying to say is why go to Super League to finish bottom each year and probably end up worse off taking years to recover.

Who says we would be going into SL to finish bottom?? SOC has already indicated that we would be spending the full cap on players. Ok we know it wont be easy, especially in the 1st year but I would hope that we could at least be challenging for a place in the top 8. The problem Leigh had is you didnt have a chance to recruit a good squad because most players thought it would have been a risk to sign for you due to switching from a part time operation to full time and only having a few months to create a competitive squad. With the franchise system we would have three years to build and offer players the luxury of 2 and three 3 contracts without the threat of relegation. Youngsters can be brought in gradually without too much pressure on them.

IMO, and I am sure fans of Widnes,Leigh, Halifax etc would share the feeling is that SL is the promised land. Any fan, club and player would surely want their club to be playing in front of big crowds, against the best players with decent tv exposure. SL is not a cert for Widnes, and if you ask any fan we know that we could just as easily miss out as we could be granted entrance.

So long as you've got the cash to splash.

Widnes would certainly have that with SOC behind them. With a decent team and respectable finishes on the league ladder i'm sure that five figure crowds would follow in the medium term. I don't want to come across all lovey dovey towards Widnes (i'm not a fan, honest) but you are currently the club with the best potential outside of SL to kick on and establish yourselves. Hull KR have done a fantastic job and i'm sure you could more than match their efforts.

The old farty Grandad army's still gonna kick some Widnes butt on Thursday though. Up the Fax