Worse kept secret Danny Tickle signed for 2014.

Great signing if he can stay fit.

That's going to be the crux of his signing - let's hope he proved his doubters wrong

ANOTHER ex-wiganer

Great player if he can stay fit runs some great lines but has only played 9 games for us since last July but I would have kept him.

Great kicker, hope he goes well for you guys.

Will be a great signing for you guys. Assuming he will replace Hock? if that's the case then yu are getting a player with slightly less punch in the tackle but an all round good player. Much better discipline than Hock too!

fInally announced hope he stays fit and at last a goal kicker too

announcing another signing while they are playing for another club again....

bit like the kev brown saga last season... trying to unsteady the ship again?

Great goal kicker and aggressive defender. Not the best attacking second row forward out there though. Widnes probably the right move for him at this stage of his career.

It's hardly a new thing. Happens quite a lot. Some clubs like to get it all out in the open so then all parties can focus on the rest of the season. You got a fee anyway so stop whining



Top signing, obviously a few injury problems recently but seemed to be getting some form back just before the latest problem. Steadily improving the squad year on year

Great signing, tough player with a great kicking game and an International.

Oh dear........

I appreciate you are frustrated but this is not about unsteadying anyone.

The fact is fans of all clubs get frustrated when they don't hear any progress being made. Our club is making sure fans know the team is being built for next season, otherwise it breeds anxiety and people don't feel confident in the team.

Do Hull get a fee? Was he not OOC?

OOC at thend of this season so no fee. Hard as nails Ticks, been a great signing for us and his goal kicking conversion rate is top class too.

They would only announce it if both parties were in agreement wouldn't they.

Brilliant news! Really happy that we've signed such a quality player.





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Well its been a long time coming, as many of us thought we had got him for this season, until it became apparent that we couldn't agree a fee with Hull. So the speculation has been there since this time last year that he would sign for us from 2014!

Yes there is a worry that he has missed a lot of games through injury in 2012 and 2013, but as we know ourselves from the past two seasons any player can get injured at any time!

A fit Danny Tickle will be a great asset to us for 2014. A couple more signings of his calibre and things will be looking really good.

Be nice if we could announce the futures of our remaining out of contract players, particularly Phelps and Winterstein, so we can start to see what sort of squad we are going to have.

As stated in another thread I think everyone is assuming that Briscoe and Davies wont be being offered new deals with us and we know Cross is hanging up his boots add to that the departure of Hock and that should allow scope for some more arrivals of decent quality!

The only other bit of signing speculation I had read related to a winger (Scott Armstrong) who has just been released by Northampton, got to say he seems an unlikely signing.

Quote ="WirralViking"Well its been a long time coming, as many of us thought we had got him for this season, until it became apparent that we couldn't agree a fee with Hull. So the speculation has been there since this time last year that he would sign for us from 2014! Yes there is a worry that he has missed a lot of games through injury in 2012 and 2013, but as we know ourselves from the past two seasons any player can get injured at any time! A fit Danny Tickle will be a great asset to us for 2014. A couple more signings of his calibre and things will be looking really good. Be nice if we could announce the futures of our remaining out of contract players, particularly Phelps and Winterstein, so we can start to see what sort of squad we are going to have. As stated in another thread I think everyone is assuming that Briscoe and Davies wont be being offered new deals with us and we know Cross is hanging up his boots add to that the departure of Hock and that should allow scope for some more arrivals of decent quality! The only other bit of signing speculation I had read related to a winger (Scott Armstrong) who has just been released by Northampton, got to say he seems an unlikely signing.'" Sorry hadn't spotted that Ben Davies has been released! www.widnesvikings.co.uk/article.php?id=11577 So he definitely wont be with us next season!

Quote ="WirralViking"Well its been a long time coming, as many of us thought we had got him for this season, until it became apparent that we couldn't agree a fee with Hull. So the speculation has been there since this time last year that he would sign for us from 2014! Yes there is a worry that he has missed a lot of games through injury in 2012 and 2013, but as we know ourselves from the past two seasons any player can get injured at any time! A fit Danny Tickle will be a great asset to us for 2014. A couple more signings of his calibre and things will be looking really good. Be nice if we could announce the futures of our remaining out of contract players, particularly Phelps and Winterstein, so we can start to see what sort of squad we are going to have. As stated in another thread I think everyone is assuming that Briscoe and Davies wont be being offered new deals with us and we know Cross is hanging up his boots add to that the departure of Hock and that should allow scope for some more arrivals of decent quality! The only other bit of signing speculation I had read related to a winger (Scott Armstrong) who has just been released by Northampton, got to say he seems an unlikely signing.'" Sorry hadn't spotted that Ben Davies has been released! www.widnesvikings.co.uk/article.php?id=11577 So he definitely wont be with us next season!

Yeah Tickle is a good signing if we can get or keep him fit. But we are desperate for a go forward prop, and after witnessing Pickersgil's woeful performance last week the sooner rather than later.

I'm sure a prop will be on the agenda given Ben cross is retiring, I would be looking at Gareth Carvell.

Sorry VM, Carvell is one other name that has been mentioned as a potential signing for 2014. Warrington's strategy of signing up all their senior players for this season backfired in terms of accumulated injuries, so I wonder if they will be looking for an injection of "new blood" which might mean Carvell could be available! He would certainly add a load of experience following Cross' departure.

Technically we will be down two props with Davies having been released, but since he hasn't had any first team game time (I don't think?) his absence wont be so acutely felt. A shame really as I think he had a fair bit of potential, but I guess he didn't apply himself as well as DB wanted him to.

Not sure what Anthony Mullally has got to do with this debate

Bit of a plodder with no offload, but decent close to the line and can win games with his kicking alone.

You need a plodder who keeps possession too in a team.Better than losing it on the first tackle.