New blood is always a good thing... but players like Ford, Neth and Thack still have a lot to offer- bags of experience between them which could help the young guns as well as on-field performances. Youth needs to be tapered in- if Widnes get their s handed to them week in week out cos of inexperienced players its going to be detrimental to their development rather than constructive.

I still think the foursome are the winners here. Getting paid week in week out for free, will get a decent settlement lump sum then will simply play rest of season with another club still getting paid week on week. Next season will sign a proper contract with whichever club.

Here's one for the pot then. Completely unsbstantiated rumour heard today at The Shay, thackeray to 'fax - straight swop for Ben Black. ou heard it here first

He will probably be better on his crutches than half the current Widnes team.

Yep

And what does that make the no win wonders?

Carrier pidgeons not arrived in Widnes yet?

We shot them and ate them, were subsequently court martialled by a senile old general and his bitter secretary and sentenced to death by shooting by a sarcastic team of gunners, saved at the last minute by our friend's uncle even though he forgot to tell him because he was drunk at the time and then in retaliation we sent him on a mission called "operation certain death".

You shot Speckled Jim?!?!?!

I know for a fact that Thacks has been in contact with Wakey and Harlequins (although he is not keen on moving to London)

Wakey could do a lot worse than Thackeray. They're half-backs in Jeffries, Smith (if he ever re-appears), Wildie and Hyde just don't cut it. Tommy Lee has been their only decent option. I hope to God that the rumours of us going in for Jeffries are not true.

I was at the club today and seen Thackeray and Ford walking around together in their training gear. Hopefully they've not been outcasted completely while they try to come to a settlement.

Wakey would be a good move for Thacks, he could move back home to Hull and have 3/4 months to prove if he's a SL player or not.

I hope he gets a SL move, just for us to see what he could have done for us if given the chance.