To be fair though I don't think any reasonable Widnes fans are expecting miracles. Im not going to judge individual players until they have actually played next year for us but I am reasonable enough not to jump down your throat for your opinion and proclaim our championship challenge.

A solid season off the bottom next year with some close games along the way would be a job well done. There is a little bit of quality in that side with plenty of graft elsewhere and if we can get a couple of the youngsters more involved on a weekly basis then we have got to be pleased.

There is no doubt that we will cop some hammerings next year as it goes with being the newbies. Equally though we are the unknown quanitity and every new team has sprung up some surprise results along the way for as long as we have promoted sides. One of our main advantages could well be the I-Pitch and if it gives us a little bit more of a leveller then that would be perfect.

It's all been a bit of a damp squib hasn't it? People finding out before getting their texts? I'll stick wiv me Fax ta.

Ahh you underestimate their technological advance. Yorkshire now proudly boasts it's first computer. Bought ex-military off the Russians. In 1958 it nearly beat a chicken at tic-tac-toe.

To be fair it was a very able chicken. Plucked for stardom at a very early age.

Sorry.

The key objectives for the first year will surely be to identify those players that are genuinely up for SL from amongst your younger and less experienced ones, and to show prospective signings that you mean business. It's always going to be very hard to recruit good quality experienced SL players to the new club - some will want to see how you go first. Even if things go well within two seasons you'd expect a significant turnover of players from your current roster.

Anyway, hope you go well and enjoy being back in SL.