Locke
Arundel
L Smith
Tupou
Riley
Miller
T Smith
Anderson
Sio
Scruton
Ashurst
Lauitiiti
Washbrook

Godinet
Annakin
Simon
Mullally

Just been reading the Trust in Widnes fans forum and they are noting that Joe Cobb is our ref.

It looks like that is the 3rd Widnes game in row that he has officiated.

I know we are short of refs but shouldn't they be mixing it up a bit? At least so that no ref officiates the same team twice in a row, never mind 3 times.

Molloy missing is a bit of a blow

Merged the two threads talking about the squad

Cobb must be a Widnes fan.

If we win there is no doubt Widnes fans will claim that Cobb is a wakey fan. That's been their standard response after whopping them six times on the bounce.

or our pitch of course. They have reserve excuses ready.

Why?

Ones about the squad the other tracks the game right through to having a live feed/discussion during the actual match, as the 4 previous threads did!

No Molloy mate

Cobb is from Leigh and is a Leigh fan - when we left the LSV after our game with them, he came out and was having a chinwag with some of their fans.

Your first three posts were about the squad. You could have just posted that on the other.
It gets confusing if there are two threads running on the same subject.

I changed the title to accommodate that.

Surprised Walker's gone thought he did well. Simon was quality I'd be leaving him exactly where he was and saying same again please so hope he doesn't play prop

The same pitch we beat you on earlier in the season?

And Betts still complained about it, winning or losing has nothing to do with it

Spectacularly missing the point there AJ!

Last chance for Brian Smith to beat a SL side, to have any chance Anakin must play. With Anakin in the team, with what he brings to the side we would have beaten Salford and Hull KR.

Have you seen him play this season ??

Although every one wants him to do well and the impact he can give in the collision is excellent, the guy just hasn't performed when he's played.
Missed tackles and dropped ball have been his thing this season and not destructive running and hard tackling.

Lets hope Saturday is his big night (assuming he plays)

Are you sure you're not confusing him with someone else...?

Does your Chris think he has a chance of playing on Saturday?

Ridiculous assumption

Seems silly opening the bar up early for the game. I can see trouble and ed up fans, but i hope i am wrong.

Perhaps then they should stay home in Widnes?

Probably will mate the football hooligans will be watching Man Utd v Liverpool.

I've just been looking at the table and the fixtures for the weekend. To put the significance of this game into context, if it goes well and we get a good win, by Monday we would (potentially but unlikely) be second in the table although probably 3rd or 4th.

If we lose and results go against us we could be as low as 6th. Hopefully this adds to how important this match really is! I know Leigh and Bradford still have to play each other, plus Salford have 2 SL teams yet to play. However it is better if fate is in our hands.

Tomorrow is a MUST win for me. No excuses and no mistakes this time.

No excuses get stuck in from the kick off. The pack need to lift the game to the next level while our half backs must play a more productive part. Quicker play the balls and keep the Widnes half's under the cosh.
It's time to raise our game and get the win we need.

Half backs are the key to me.
I'm happy with the forwards and the backs are playing better but our overall team performance goes up and down in direct relation to the performance of the half backs.
Tim Smith needs to improve his 6th tackle plays and we need to find a way of getting Miller on a one on one so he can use his running skills. Hull KR had two people at least on him every time. Tim should have been able to take advantage of that but didn't.