It's a completely bizarre attitude to take....It's completely incredible that the old posting of Graham Chester Wire, (Good Old) Sparkomatic and Milly were far more balanced posters than some of the clowns on there now. The club don't get everything right... they have really struggled at times but if I read one more poster say
"But SOC said that we weren't going up just to make up the numbers!!!"

To me the forum almost equates to a group of supporters sitting in a pub and voicing what they think about this and that. There have, in the past, been some very interesting debates about rugby in general, tactics etc. We don't all see things the same way but if you listen you can learn!

The common bond is that we are all supporters and any criticism would, hopefully, be aimed at improving the club in some way, rather than trying to bring it down.

Am I naive?

Yes mate...

I've got to agree with other posters that there are some on that board will never admit that the club have made a good move.
Just look at the thread on there now about emails... a decent enough question but ultimately it leads down a path of the club being a force for darkness and SOC being some sort of heinous villainous mastermind.

Just look at the "Dubai Trip and it's impact on pre-season" thread..

TBH I hardly bother looking these days, some comments are just so juvenile and lacking in any sort of acknowledgement of reality.

There aren't that many multi-millionaires around the Widnes area so if we can't become self-sufficient and successful we are sunk. Quite honestly if we have to have someone simply shoveling cash in at every verse end then the SL will be a smaller one, as many want anyway.

I'm old enough and lucky enough, to have seen all the shades of Widnes RLFC, from rubbish in the fifty's to absolutely brilliant and I'd settle for that if we can't cut it cash-wise. I'm also greedy enough to want to see the brilliant side again, and to that end I'll support as much as I can with VSH, Dream Tickets, sponsoring the youngsters etc. Obviously there is a limit for each and every one of us.

What some don't realise is that the club have given my family and many others, past and present, so many good days that I reckon I can cut them a bit of slack when they go wrong!

I couldn't have put it better SG. I too have been there through thick and thin since the 50's and earlier so we take what we are getting and hope the club know what they are doing. We just hmope that they are doing it right. Looking forwrd to the new season in the hope that the players have "gelled" and can carry on the good wdork they started in the second half on the 2012 season.

"Till i die"

I must say the Forum on TIW is almost getting to a competition who can find new things to run the club down.

The thing that really turns me off is the logic that we (the fans) deserve better and that somebody else (SOC being in line atm) should fully fund it!

Are some people on there believing we've signed Carlin Isles.

Agree, it's a strange one.

Clubs struggling left, right and centre yet some Widnes fans keep acting like we're being undersold. Context is never a factor in the personality of many sports fans though tbh.

Don't worry about it. You've arrived at the most fair and rational widnes board in all christendom.

TIW is only worth reading after a heavy defeat just to see the meltdown of the fans.

Don't know how anyone can put up with it.

Don't know it's rather entertaining in pre season!

I mean to be fair out calendars are on the smaller side

Still no registration confirmation, been a few months now. And I have tried to register with two different usernames and e mail addresses. Still no response to my e mails asking why my registration has not been approved either.