I am not even going to give the announcement a 2nd thought.

What announcement ?

I remember the pain of all those grand finals we (Leigh) lost with promotion at stake, the pain as Widnes took us out in the semis, the monumental feeling for the last 10 mins of extra time v Haven in 2004. Emotional roller coaster, the NL GF was the biggest game of the year because it had the most at stake.

On announcement day the Widnes fans will feel nothing like they felt when beating us in that semi or beating Oldham in the final, or losing to Cas or HKR. The RFL has taken that away from us all.

Sport = extreme joy and pain at whatever moment in time, no longer important to the RFL.

And Leythers move in to moan about franchising... YAWN!

If you don't want to see it , don't look

Not really as it was Fax fans discussing their plans for franchise d-day so quite interesting to see what the 'opposition' were planning. yet the usual Leyther dribble comes up yet again, get over your not involved... why? Cos you've been pi$$ poor on the pitch so yea laugh at us all you want but that is the FACT no-one cares about Leigh because of ON THE FIELD ISSUES!

If I remember rightly Widnes haven't exactle outshone everyone with their performances on the pitch either. What they've done off the field has put them in with a chance of a SL place.

To qualify to bid you had to win NRC / Reach a grand final we did that full stop.

My main debate here was Leigh moaning about franchises as makes 'on the picth' not important, however had THEY performed on the pitch then they could of applied, so in a sense their point is invalid.

No , Widnes have done ON the pitch all they needed to do to get a licence , off field they are not much different to how they were when they were relegated

You clearly don't know a lot about Widnes off the field then, structure may not be different but in terms of O'Neils shop? Many more sponsors rather than the 2/3 in 2008. New training facility given the go ahead by council. It was very good last time, now it is much better with people like TO'C & PC still operating important roles within the club.

Well said that man

It'll be my first day back at work on the 6-2 shift after a weekend in Holland watching my favourite rock band play friday, saturday & sunday gigs. I'll be with my Fev supporting buddy & I'll be gloating about our victory over his lot

It is fairly different...

We now have a chief executive overseeing the day to day running of the club and we have a marketing manager. Both things were missing when we were relegated and both jobs were attempted by, a guy I would love to see back at the club, Pat Cluskey.

Too dark to film there!

May I ask if the biggest game in your recent history was that late comeback v York. I bet your emotions took a battering that day, not good for the heart was RL.

When you buy a halifax season ticket it comes with a health warning on the back. Makes it all the more fun!

The Leigh one states 'Supporting the Comics WILL take 10 years off your life expectancy'

IT SAYS THE SAME ON A WIDNES SEASON TICKET.

PLUS THE SMOG AND CHEMICAL FALLOUT TAKES THE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A VIKINGS FAN DOWN TO 45

Ours says buy now and get the same price in SL 2012

He tries hard doesn't he

Maybe some people don't want to look at the SL announcement as a non event just because their club isnt involved.

QUOTING KEVIN KEEGAN KIND OF.

"I WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU DIDNT GET IN! LOVE IT!"

YOU MUST BE AWEFULLY CONFIDENT POSTING LIKE THAT.

IF YOU DONT GET THE NOD, AFTER THAT COMMENT YOU WILL NEVER BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AGAIN!

He still doesn't get it though

It is a non event because you have the only ticket for it



Who is interested in a one horse ' race ' ?

That all depends on the odds now doesn't it.