Offering to make up the difference?

Hence why I said "future".

.....who was the 'Sam' that was there tonight, live broadcast was breaking up on me so didn't catch the last name

I think a couple of functions and a few donations would bridge the gap if we are only a few grand away, did he need a job to top up?

Tomkins.........................He plays for Wigan apparently and we have him on a dual for next season.

Oh if only.

Totally agree pal........this guy was 1 of Widnes`s better players when he was there and his off-field antics put the brakes on his career - if he can get back on track then we have signed a superb player who will only get better and better IMO.

Dont know a great deal about him but getting good wraps ( more so than gardner ) from the widnes fans on here and there own site. Welcome to the leythers chris and good luck. Also did anyone catch all the names of the players tonight, there was a couple who i have not heard of and sure the lad near the end of the line announced himself as sam singleton ???? Good news about thornley, pownall, duffs and hoppy all signed up ( i think ) although keith freers statement that 14 were signed up dosent quite match the list already announced plus the ones there tonight ??

Sam Singleton played for Duffy's/Littler's u 18's last year and was a wow -do people on here only watch the 1st team? The Parky's gave him big 'wraps' and if anything Dave knows his players.

Unfortunatley only get to watch the 1st team
( home And away ) so not heard of the lad, what postion does he play and whats his prospects of first team next year in your opinion please.

Sam has played halfback for his club and also fullback (Chorley Panthers) He played for us as a 9 last season in the 18s, cracking footwork, explosive pace and the ability to break the line. He was dynamic out of dummy half, a real exciting player.

Club has a strict pay structure and is not prepared to make an exception for one player. Current players have all felt the financial pain, and the Board does not believe it would be right to then offer anyone higher terms than the rest of the squad.

Andy's agent had agreed the deal on offer, but it would appear that he hadn't agreed it with his player, who feels he should be able to get a better deal.

Whether he does, or not, remains to be seen.

Swineton think theyre signing him

Alan, you cannot have a pay structure whereby all players earn the same basic, if we are doing that then I am in shock. How can a squad player at 18 years old earn the same as a JT for example who will play 30 games?

It is a ' graduated ' pay structure , with all senior players at a set limit , Andy would have been on the same as JT,TG,TG,SL,SM

That's the way it works this year , correctly considering the reaction to it last night

People need to understand he's a young lad. Look at Widnes they got the NRC under there belt and had two average seasons and went up... We dont need to win a trophy in every season. We need to get some youngsters progressing and make them into potential class players for our super league application, The likes of Pownall, Hoppy, Nico are the examples and Gerrard is another. I think we needs to be patient this year and not expect to much but by the sounds of it things are looking relativley decent

We need to increase gates and drive income.
Its easy to increase gates if you have the income.
Where do we get the income from, enthusing the 1500 hardcore to invest via touchdown would be great, what is the take up?

I also feel this is a good signing btw.

I disagree with some of the Widnes fans comments on here.A strong lad but lacks pace and will never be a Superleague player.He will do a steady job only.

How do you know he will never be good enough, When Riddy came to Leyth he was am average "steady" player but now he is probably super league quality #leighmakedreams

didn't Keith say that steve Maden had re-signed

Yeah Maden signed along with Riddy etc. last week

I have watched him and is crap like Coyle.Just my opinion that's all.

Varks and Danny Hulme are better players than Gerrard.We are all entitled to an opinion.

Matter of opinion mate but if Danny Hulme was that good surely he would be in the Widnes super league setup along with some of the other waste of spaces they've kept hold of. I've not seen much of Gerrard but I feel we are really good at descovering players potential he cant be that bad if he's playing at this level for two of the biggest names outside of super league... We will just have to see how he develops

Also confirmed Matt Gardner