I truly think today was a turn in the right direction for our club.

During the first 15mins it was the same old we've seen all season but then something happened. Whatever it was from then on our pack defended beyond themselves and we attacked with grit and determination to get over the line!

It was a great game to be at...though it was ruined by the ref and Clarke.

Clarke was a disgrace of a captain today.

That aside I enjoyed every minute and this is the reason nobody should write Widnes off.

At last it feels like progress! Today was a massive win in my eyes, seems like the hearts of Widnes fans have been re-won.

Ill see you all on Saturday and Sunday if you have a weekend ticket!

Lets CHEER ON THE BOYS!

ps sorry for grammar, i had all these thoughts in my head and forgot to look through for grammar.

Not an excuse but we have never had all our best players on the pitch at the same time. Any team will suffer without there best players. It's just the fact that it's Widnes that people are going over the top by saying bring back P&R or reduce the teams to 12 etc.

I would be inclined to agree with most of that, particularly our lack of a genuine pivot in the halves. This is partly because the only genuine halfback we have is Danny Craven. The rest are hookers or utility backs. Widnes need a Lee Briers type player far more than we need a Richie Myler. The problem is that leading halves are much harder to come across, particularly English ones.

Perhaps Matty Smith, if the rumour is true, would be a decent option. He's nothing special but, as long as we don't spend too much on him, could help make us tick a little better and give us the ability to utilise dummy runners - which is something we rarely seem to do.

unfortunately the leading halfback that you had was anthony watts and you missed him badly more than most people will realise

here are a few players OOC that would help the team and would help in the areas i explained previously if you can get them

Ben Jeffries good leader and good directional player,
Manase Manuokafoa hard hitting hard working forward,
Tom Burgess young big player with bags of potential,
Jarrod Sammut skillful player also good at directional play excellent kicking game,
Danny Orr experienced and dont come much better,
Tommy Lee hard hitting versitile forward,
Ben Galea good old fashioned prop,
Vinnie Anderson skillful second rower,
Matty Smith would be a risk but if payed off can be a good player,
Micky Higham bags of experience here and will teach the young hookers alot,
James Laithwaite good young second rower

i have selected a few that you would have more of a chance of getting but in there are some hard hitting forwards that you are missing and a few leading halves

I suspect that most of those players will be re-signed by their clubs at some point. I think Matty Smith and Micky Higham would be two handy acquisitions.

Anthony Watts is actually a hooker, but was going to be used as a stand off. I think it may have worked, but I suppose we'll never know for sure now.