god forbid!

realistically what would their expectations be for next year?
who would they have a realistic chance of beating?
what crowds would they expect?

i know they haven't even got a squad together yet but lets speculate for the fun of it!

expectation would be top 6 finish (widnes fans are a weird breed!)(ps i am allowed to say this my wife is a Widnes fan)

They could beat halifax if they come up other than that i dont think they would beat anyone well perhaps Celtic

Crowd wise i think they should be happy with 6000 for first season

i would have thought anywhere off bottom would be a result for them in their first season.

They may have a chance of beating quite a few teams.... Leeds, crusaders, salford, wakefield (if in SL), quins, cas, Hull KR

im guessing they will get around 5000 for the smaller games and around 10,000 when us and wigan come to town..... they may get even less than 5000 when they play saints, as the saints fans don't seem to know where the ground is.

1. No one in Widnes is expecting a top 6 finish.

2. How can you speculate on who we can beat if you don't know the side we'll have?!

Chances are they'll be bottom half come the end of the season, but along the way I'm sure they'll shock a few. If they can get into the playoffs then I'm sure they'll be absolutely delighted. Their first game back could be interesting, especially if there's another Magic weekend opening day

rather than poo pooing others, why not contribute?

how big do you think crowds will be first season?
do you think you'll compete or struggle in your first year back at a higher level?

Strange claim that. I think we're at about an 8,000 average so far this season. How many do you think would go if Warrington had to play there for a season?

Leave them to it mate.





Anyway the form guide suggests we'll do the double over them next year anyway

20,000

I think they'll be great, got a world class youth system and I might have a cheeky few quid on Ste Pickersgill for MoS.

Is this thread the follow up to the Beyonce song If I was a Boy

If I was a Wid, even for just a day
I'd hang my head in embarrasment
I'd make sure my friends never found out
I'd need to ring the Samaritans

If I was a Wid, I'd emigrate to Devil's island
and hope no-one saw me
in my C+P replica jumper
with Ralph Linton on the back

If I were a Wid, I'd keep harping on
about a match 20 odd years ago
against a load of hungover jetlagged Aussies
at the end of the very tiring season

If I were a Wid, I'd be bitter about
not getting into Super League in '96
and blame it on Wire
but we all know big Millsy bottled it

If I was a widnes fan?

Hmm. I'd probably just jump off the Empire State building, do it with style, you know?

If I was a Widnes fan I'd be getting use to the idea of seeing Jon Clarke playing for my team next year.

incase you hadnt figured it was a tongue in cheek sarcastic comment as i mentioned my wife is a demic and i am already sick of her were the only team in superleague next season and i keep saying well if it stays that way you might finish top and thats still a big ask

I think they will recruit quite well. "Come join our growing club, we're Widnes - World club challenge winners in 1989 and 3 time winners or the charity shield"

Seriously I think they will do okay, after the big two (us and Wigan) their isn't much between the rest of the SL clubs.


Anybody think we'll score more than the 60 we put on them when we sent them down?

If i was a Wid

I'd be vitamin deficient due to a lack of sun and a diet of Wot sits looking in to the Mersey and contemplating the chances of being revived.

Let's see how long we can keep this going.

If I was a widnes fan...

...I wouldn't dress very well or be able to talk to girls.

If I was a Widnes fan...

I'd buy a delorian to take me back to 1989....when we were the bestest team in the world

I used to work with a Wid, and every rugby conversation we'd have, would end up with

"we beat Canberra
30,000 of us were there
grown men....cryin"

yeah, they were cryin' the week later, too

I'd tell everyone how successful we used to be

Jealousy steaming off this board this afternoon... And not towards Wigan / Saints got a change

If i were a Widnes fan...

I'd come on this board with massive delusions of grandeur, and fail to realise that we play in a council house and have spent the best part of the last 15 years in the lower leagues.

If i was a Widnes fan i'd play the cocky arrogant Wire fan card(also see frequenting Saints fan in Warrington) even though people ridicule them and hate them so it's no wonder they blow smoke up their own backside

The only thing that's "steaming" when Widnes is mentioned is a tu....well, I'll let you work out that one!