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| I've been reading a few boards recently and I reckon our name is mud in certain circles. There are a lot of mistruths about us and our name seems to be synonimous with old fashioned and traditional. Even if we don't post on a thread if our name is brought up there are lengthy discussions about why we are the way we are. So the question is simple. Are we hated or is it just a select mouthy few on the internet?
I went to the recent England match and saw plenty of widnes shirts so thankfully the thirst for RL is still very much alive in the region but somehow simply being a widnes fan is enough for some to write your life story.
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| I hate Leigh 10,000 times more than you.
So no.
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| And this is all about you.
Well thread over. Thanks for that guys.
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| It was fun while it lasted.
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| I think we're probably more loved than hated, especially beyond the realms of the internet. It's the select few of idiotic gobes who think they know what's best for the game that seem to hold us in disregard. The same few whose opinion changes with the wind and who instantly jump on the expansion bandwagon any time a city with even the most remote connection to rugby league is mentioned.. These people are amongst the worst who claim to support our game.
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Luck is a combination of preparation and opportunity
Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
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| Now look Dalton , dont you try making out you are a bigger club than you are
W1g4n are the most hated club in RL closely followed by Leeds
The reason for the animosity on here is most know that you are going to displace one of the ' chosen ones ' in 2 years time , whereupon you will become the most ' despised ' club for a while
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| Nah, I don't think we are. To be honest, I suspect that the majority of fans of SL teams really don't feel strongly about Widnes at all.
There are a few denizens of the VT who just hate Widnes, for different reasons probably : Leaguefan, Wes Hooligan (or whatever handle he uses now), Crucrusaders are prime examples.
And then there are those who feel the need to defend the last round of licensing/franchising and keep up the pretence that the process was 'transparent', 'fair' and all that other bollox : SmokeyTA and tb for 2, but there are plenty of others.
Finally, the whole franchising/licensing schemozzle has set fans of clubs in the lower echelons at each others throats like never before : all scrabbling to tick boxes and desperate to scramble to the front of the SL queue, not to mention feeling the need to run down the perceived SL 'weaklings' - Salford, Wakey etc. This leads many Barrow, Halifax, Leigh, etc. fans to 'hate' us - but by no means all, and to be brutally frank, there aren't a huge number of them anyway !
But having said all that, there are many thousands of Hull KR fans who hate Hull FC with a passion, and vice versa, not to mention numerous other 'intra SL' rivalries.
So, while many may consider Widnes fans to be whiners or whingers I really don't think we are the most hated.
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| I think that's about right prehensile. Sometimes it just feels like you're more hated than you are I suppose.
As I say, I've been surfing around, there's been a lot of e said about widnes recently.
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| Quote: Starbug "Now look Dalton , dont you try making out you are a bigger club than you are
Like I said earlier. Leigh = Barry Chuckle. Widnes = Paul Chuckle. You are in our pocket mate.
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9005.jpg kcab sfrawdder
Luck is a combination of preparation and opportunity
Just to avoid confusion Starbug is the username of Steven Pike
SOMEBODY SAID that it couldn’t be done
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it!:9005.jpg |
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| Quote: Chris Dalton "Like I said earlier. Leigh
But who will be ' chuckling ' next season
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| Quote: Chris Dalton "Like I said earlier. Leigh
Suppose you're right about Widnes being the more hated in that scenario
I've had enough of trying to get any sense out of the expansion nazi's on the Virtual Terrace. In actual fact, I think we've got a damn fine league with bundles of 'proper' clubs, proper grounds, proper rivalries and, most of all, proper supporters. Forget about SDL, it aint all it's cracked up to be.
And you wouldn't believe how many variations of 'expansion nazi' are affected by the swear filter...says it all!
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| Quote: Leyther_Matt "Suppose you're right about Widnes being the more hated in that scenario
But the term "flatcapper", offensive if you think about it, is very much still allowed. I remember once one of the mods trying to suggest insults we should be able to fling their way which were acceptable. That isn't how insults work, folks. Expansionista doesn't have a good ring to it and if you're suggesting it, it doesn't have enough impact.
If you act like a fascist I'm calling you a nazi.
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7294.jpg This is history. This is history. Right here. Right now. This is history.
I thought it was Widnes?
[quote="BIGAL1"]All games are winnable, whats hard to understand about that.
Wakefield turn over a big club every season and i see no reason why Widnes can't do the same.[/quote]:7294.jpg |
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| Quote: Chris Dalton "Like I said earlier. Leigh
I'd have had us down as more of a Terry Duckworth actually.
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| Quote: Vic King "I'd have had us down as more of a Terry Duckworth actually.'"
In that case, I'm having Leigh down as Norris Cole !
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| Quote: Vic King "I'd have had us down as more of a Terry Duckworth actually.'"
We can't be that sly. Bloke was a wrongun.
I see us more as Tyrone. Ever dependable, always being cheated on.
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