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In fairness Viva bar his undoubted commitment and work ethic would about Varkulis shouts out give him a SL deal?

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Its a joke it really is. Opportunity lost at the end of the day, bring on Sep 1st.

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Quote: widneslardboy "I think the problem for Danny was his age. Ultimately overage for 20's and behind Briscoe, Craven and presumably Jack Owens (not forgetting a probable utility back to come in) for a FB spot. Im not sure what you would do with him as he isnt a half or hooker that has been clear from reserves let alone first team games.

It is a shame but to be honest recruiment has been poor anyway and I see the strap lines are being trotted out now in the local press by Cull.

Far too top heavy at this club on the recruitment side and far too many players and staff even being done favours on personal relationships or previous clubs / experience.'"

This is what I've been hearing. Unfortunately, it does appear to be true. Recruitment has been poor at the club for years now, and I have very little faith in the current system and those in charge of it.

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Widnes to announce Lee Doran, Jules Oneil, Troy Wozniack and Jamie Durbin on 4 year deals.

That wouldn't surprise me. Like Pepe says, the recruitment system is pants. Surely a club like Widnes with a good stadium and fan base would be able to attract players of a high calibre. Anyone thinking we are signing marquee signings are mistaken.

To have 60/70% of your SL contracted payers in place and only really having Briscoe down as someone who an excel in SL worries me a lot. Ah Van and Chris Dean? I wouldnt let Ah Van carry the kicking cone on incase he dropped it.

Something has to be done to excite fans and get them interested, otherwise and this is how it is, we won't get anywhere near the 7000 mark.

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Quote: Viva La Vikings!! "Its a joke it really is. Opportunity lost at the end of the day, bring on Sep 1st.'"


That's a no answer then?

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Quote: J20 "That's a no answer then?'"


You actually being serious to the question what does he offer that shouts for him to have a SL contract?

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Quote: Viva La Vikings!! "You actually being serious to the question what does he offer that shouts for him to have a SL contract?'"


Varkulis, yes!
P.s. I'd have took him but all he does is run hard and straight so although very useful doesn't scream out SL player as you mentioned.

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Quote: J20 "Varkulis, yes!
P.s. I'd have took him but all he does is run hard and straight so although very useful doesn't scream out SL player as you mentioned.'"


What the hell do you want a Prop to do? Cart wheels?

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Quote: Viva La Vikings!! "What the hell do you want a Prop to do? Cart wheels?'"


Your not quite getting what I'm saying... If he was a stand out for SL yes you'd want maybe a good set of hands, few offloads? Line breaks, dominating in attack and defence (which in fairness at times he does). Have said plenty of times I would have took him up but he will give you a solid job and nothing more, Pickersgill can also do all that but is about 5 years younger too. Varks is unlucky but we must have others lined up. Take Ben Davies as example too, will work hard for you all day but also has good footwork which will stand him well as a SL player.

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I posted a topic in the week and ill say it again until the club make some major signings and Big signings weve only got 3yrs to be up and running in super league it could be a disaster alot of our super league signings now cant cope at national league level and recent signings struggle to tackle at super league level and thats the basic skill of this sport, Think Noble would have been the coach for me , he has the respect of players in super league and would have attracted past players , Dont think Betts can do that .

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I hear you have signed Bob Beswick as well which does suprise me as i always thought he was a decent player at this level but not good enough to make the step up. Its a pity Penky isnt a couple of years younger because he would have been a much better signing for you i feel.

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Quote: J20 "Your not quite getting what I'm saying... If he was a stand out for SL yes you'd want maybe a good set of hands, few offloads? Line breaks, dominating in attack and defence (which in fairness at times he does). Have said plenty of times I would have took him up but he will give you a solid job and nothing more, Pickersgill can also do all that but is about 5 years younger too. Varks is unlucky but we must have others lined up. Take Ben Davies as example too, will work hard for you all day but also has good footwork which will stand him well as a SL player.'"


Put it this way, out of the forwards we have taken, bar Kav, who has really stood out? Allen hasn't, Coyle has had a few good games but is way off the mark for SL. I'm not even sure on Kurt Haggerty but he's young so he has that in his favour. Varks has been up there in our top two forwards this year. Varkulus has turned into a bulldozing machine, he hurts people when he runs into tackles. He runs into every tackle at 200 mph. Props are props, you give them a ball and they run fast, straight and hard. No-one does that better than Richard and i don't see what your trying to get at. He easily deserves a SL contract, nearly every fan i have spoke to has been saying it for the last 3 months.

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I can almost understand the Varkulis decision (although I don't agree with it), but releasing Hulme is a shocker for me. How many of our other players would have scored some of those tries or made those breaks - pretty much none of them. Unless there are other reasons (ie, his personal circumstances made FT rugby impossible) then I think Betts/Cullen have got this one badly wrong. I think fans deserve an explanation around why one of our most exciting players this year has been released.

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I think this latest decision just shows how badly run Widnes is. I presume its down to Cullen and the sooner we see the back of him the better.
Lets be honest we've been poor all season and we stick with the same coach to take us into SL.
We sign players who quite honestly are not good enough for Championship never mind SL and release players with potential.
Would love to know SOC views on all of this.

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I reckon Danny has been released at his own request.

Either he doesn't want to play full time RL or another club has made him an offer.

We are all banging on about what a good player he is, IMO the most exciting player to put on a Widnes shirt this season, do you not think other SL clubs have been looking at him?

I do & wouldn't be suprised to see him announced for Wire very soon, where he will join his cousin.

Just an alternative view to the idea that our club would be daft enough to let him go!

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