Winning games like last night is what we need to do if we want to win the Championship this year. We were poor with ball in hand last night and had no fluidity at all. All credit to Barrow though. They tackled hard and took the ball up strong. Their winger Bell? was a real handfull last night and i thought Brock had a good game for them.

There wont be many teams going to Barrow this year and come away with the points. So its a fantastic result for us.

I think last night goes to show that he is a back rower and it cant help him playing in the centre.

wouldnt play him over smith,roberts etc. Can't believe he's from SL

So why isnt he playing 2nd row and Roberts at centre?

You will have to ask Matt Calland - To be honest i dont think Roberts is great in the centres either - but goes well in the back row.

i noticed that we had 3 props on the bench.I know we are short of players but do people think perhaps MC could have picked Andy Bowman instead just to add variety from the bench or was it correct to go with the bench he picked.I suppose because we won the end justified the means.

We certainly haven't seen the best of Dwayne yet, but I would rather have Roberts, Smith and Larder in the back row to be honest.

Maybe give him some game time at stand off?

Barker has had more clubs than tiger woods, the lads not very good.

Wouldn't quite go that far VM, he was playing regular Super League rugby with Quins lasy year . . . he can't be too bad.

I take your Barker and raise you Toa Kohe Luuuurve.

Regular rugby? you must be on about somebody else.

Dont even attempt to make that comparison mr Wannabe Viking.

Kohe Love is [size=200THE MOST [/sizeoverrated, past it, has been in RL. I'm surprised even you can't take those rose tinted bins off. He's gash and collectin' your cash.

Nah not really, you do forget that we see him most weeks and he is excellent in defence and still has very good footwork. His age is pushing on but he can still do the business.


Anyway i cant be d arguing about Toa, you stick to your team and we'll stick to ours.

He isnt that overrated - he is rated as a cheap high shot merchant....and he is the best in the league at that.

T.K.L. is just taking the cash off Widnes,always injured was known as sicknote at Leigh last season.That was a brilliant result whatever the performance still tipping Barrow to finish in top 3,it will have to be another top side to get a result at Craven park.

That's what we thought until the club released a story to League Weekly stating that they were going to sit their English exams soon and the deal was back on for all 3. I'll only believe it when they've got a Barrow shirt on their back !!

Catic is imminent I believe, as could be 1 or 2 others.

I thought Catic was due last week, read somewhere could have been Friday.

t.k.l is a crowd favourite at widnes because he always gives a 100%. i don't know why he gets slagged off so much.

All sorts of rumours about his arrival date. Hope he's here before the Pie Men turn up on Sunday afternoon.

We knew it would be tough, and it certainly was.

Barrow were excellent, particularly in the first half, looking very lively almost beating us at our own game at times! If they hadn't bombed the few chances they had down the left in the second half we really would have been struggling!!

Second best at half time, but still in the game. A good 20 minute spell in the second was just enough, but hats off to Barrow, I don't think many will come away from there with maximum points.

It has already been mentioned that this, like last week's, was the sort of game that we would have gone on to lose in recent seasons, but there does seem to be a real desire within the squad - which is great to see.

Yes there were a few quiet performances but to play below par and pick up three points does indeed bode well.

Agree about Barker though. Hope there is much more to come from him. Didn't notice him until about 75 minutes when he went on a dazzling 5 (OK maybe 10) yard run down the right flank.

Oh, and wasn't the drive home that little bit better? It's been a while!

Well done Fax!

I agree, he always gives 100% third man into the tackle giving cheap shots and playing against the spirit of the game - 100%.

Like Calland has said, tonight proved those who want to do it tough to get the win and those who will be passengers. A number of players didn't seem to have pride in the shirt.

I heard that Shad was cleaned out by good ol' 'Bandy Legs' Broadbent. Any word on this?

At the time it looked like the typical Broadbent attack to the head once someone had passed the ball.