Can't beat a staunch Widnes "supporter",we knew we were in for a tough time 1st season back.
Proper supporters will be there again next week ! Ta-Ta

As an outsider looking in, Widnes need to do 2 things very quickly;

1. replace Betts with a coach with a more experienced and succesful track record... not Paul Cullen. Brian Noble maybe?

2. dispose of the person/s responsible for player recruitment. Some of your signings have been poorly thought out.

from a neutral who was there yesterday, the biggest problem was the fact that most of your tackling was above waste high, nobody was interested in going for the legs, and when you have a player like Feka running at you, you need at least one person to go for the legs.

When Ah Van looked injured, I was suprised no Salford player ran at him, instead they seemed to still target the other wing.

You did show some good signs though so get the basics right and good luck for the rest of the season.

You need to get Brian Noble in ASAP, let him clear out some of the things that are obviously holding you back and to appoint his own backroom staff.

Your too inexperienced in key areas at your club, i'm not being funny here but that squad thats been assembled by Dennis Betts/Paul Cullen is simply awful, Brian Noble did a great job at Celtic Crusaders in a similar situation, he put a squad together in basically just a couple of months that was very competetive given what he had to work with.

I dont think Widnes can/will move on whilst the owner remains loyal to Paul Cullen. The changes that need to be made wont happen whilst Cullen is Director of Rugby or whatever his role is.

Betts was never going to be the ticket for the job required. A Brian Noble type replacement wont entertain the Widnes coaching job whilst Cullen is meddling in the background.

Unfortunately its going to be up to the owner to make some very hard decisions.

As much as I like Cullen he isnt what Widnes need, likewise Denis Betts. Recruitment has been predictably poor, the signing of Jon Clarke as captain (probably on big money) smacks of jobs for the boys by Cullen. Dont get me wrong, Clarke can do a job for Widnes but he certainly shouldnt be classed as a major key player. I have said before that Pickersgill is nowhere near a SL player and I cant understand the decision to give him a SL contract.

I hope Widnes make the changes asap as SL needs a strong competitive Widnes team not a laughing stock.

Paul Cullen may have his faults but player recruitment isn't one of them. Almost all the players he brought to Warrington have turned out to be excellent signings, including the likes of Mick Monaghan, Louis Anderson, Henry Fa'Fili, Matt King, Chris Bridge and Simon Grix, to name but a few. PC's shortcoming was that he could never get the best out of this talent. You probably do need a better coach than Betts, but you have three years ( or at least two ) to steadily build. Right now, there's not much atttraction for a successful coach to come to Widnes - improve over a season or so and you'd look a much better bet.

Im not too sure who was pulling the strings at warrington.

Wasnt Andrew Johns responsible for attracting the likes of Monaghan, King etc to Warrington.

Fairplay though if he was responsible for Bridge and Grix.

PC was responsible for the recruitment of the vast majority of players in the Warrington squad. Nothing wrong with Cull. You've achieved your initial aim by being back in SL. No-one said it was going to be easy. It's roll up sleeves and fight it out time.

Its nice to think supporters from other clubs and our friends 8 miles away have genuine symphathy for our once great club thanks for the kind words

Do you still hang around the Spar with all those chavs?