Comes across as a real quality guy. Great figurehead for your club.

once again you have failed to grasp my point, such was its manifestly obvious nature i felt the obvious inference was sufficient. clearly your feeble mind had trouble with it a second time.
first you will have to play us three times. not that hard to work out.

He really does.... Widnes fans have alot to thank him for. I hope you do what he asks and pack your ground out on a regular basis.

The fans go already it would be the clubs job to advertise and get more people in

I think it was pepe who said on another thread they are going to be doing that with quite a big radius

1st i'll save my banter for later.

Ok then i'll predict,

1st year a few batterings but not bottom finish probably 12th, journey men Aussies and current SL fringe players signing

2nd year couple of marquee signings 9th or 10th

3rd year settled squad competing with all but the highest tier

4th year a seriously competitive team

I think the main reason the RFL have let Widnes in is because they see the growth potential of Widnes compared to the rest, SOC's backing should see you become a good side in a relatively short time.
I for one hope that does happen, there are no negatives with a club spending at full cap and a competitive team benefits everyone.

Well done guys i'm actually made up for you with all the crap you've had to go through i look forward to our competitive tussles in the future and will take great joy in the 1st game when we give you a good Superleague welcome, again well done guys, but the niceties will end after this post (cos you iz ze enemy)

Yed™

I’d take that scenario. But I think it may take a little longer before we’re world beaters again. In the words of Paul Cullen in a recent press release:

[i“The Warrington revival started in 2002 and now they are the best team in Super League – that is how long it takes.”[/i

And that’s probably about right. We will hopefully be very competitive before getting to the dizzy heights Warrington are now at though.

My opinion on why it took so long is more the coaching side than the playing side, we've had teams that should have been competitive but just weren't.

The warrington revival started when Cullen got the boot.... Harsh but true..... Actually it started when lowes was relieved of duty.

I agree. More often than not, the coach is the main factor in success. And Warrington have a very good one. I just hope that we make the right decision when we appoint a coach for next year. Whether that be Denis Betts, or not, I have serious doubts atm.

John Kear/Brian Noble ?

Possibly. You never really know how good they’ll be until they’ve been in for a while, but they’re both a pretty sound bet. After last Sunday, I wouldn’t mind pinching Basil from the Leythers.

I bet you're still pinching yourself at the way Smith has turned things around at the Wire so quickly?

Many moons ago i started a facebook group 'Tony smith for Warrington Wolves' (before i ditched it), always knew he'd be the man to turn us around, the guy is a revelation and a brilliant coach, i just hope he feels settled enough to want to stay.

TS is God

Don't you find the shifty way he looks at the interviewers a bit off putting though?

He is like a nervous shoplifter who is about to get the old "5 fingered discount" on a ham joint and a packet of razor blades and is looking for the store CCTV cameras.


I wouldnt trust him

Tony Smith's from the David Blunkett school of interviewing

It shows the level of contempt he has for the muppets questioning his decision making.

It makes me love him more.

They aren't fit to lick the steam of his rose scented sh*t.

Cullen started the revival, Smith took it to the next level IMO.

he started something... i don't think it was a revival.... he brought us attacking rugby.

he didn't bring success or consistency.

Cullen brought us glorious defeats you score 40 points we'll score 38

paul keegan

It will be good to have Widnes back in SL and the club deserves congratulations not just on getting in but on the patient way they dealt with the last three years to build for the future. What posters like Paul2812 and 1977 seem to be unable to grasp is that they have a rival side who deserve respect. Warrington are enjoying a good time right now but Widnes will be working hard to step up to being contenders. As some on here have understood, this may take longer to achieve than you would wish. The current Wire side was largely built by Paul Cullen, and although Tony Smith has proved the better ( and the truly inspirational ) coach I'm sure he's pretty pleased with a lot of his PC-acquired squad members. Widnes may have to go through similar ups-and-downs before reaching top-four class, especially as Leeds, Pies, Saints, Wire and one or two more won't be just lying down and passing on the baton of success.

At the end of the day I'll be as vocal as any Wire fan wanting victories over Widnes when it comes down to it, but great matches like our win at the Pies only come when the opposition is also a good side, so welcome back to the club and I'm sure you'll be under no illusions that it will be a warm welcome.

Wire fans slag Cullen off too much. He still saved you from relegation, if not for him you'd never be in the position you are in today

Just scrolling through but this stood out for me! That's what I really miss, I love the Championship day's out (home games are tizer) but the match doesn't have the same buzz around it as in SL (Ok maybe Fax & Leigh). In SL you'd be around the ground 2/3 hours before kick off, see people streaming down the road to the stadium, in 30mins before feeling the excitement.

Was at Saints last night and the atmosphere is ten times better with two set's of fans even if just a few hundred from HKR. Plenty of people walking about the stadium, having to look a bit for a seat at first, you can't beat it... bring it on!

Some do, not all. He did save us from relegation, and built a useful team that could beat anyone ( apart from Saints ) on their day. PC just lacked that certain something to take us right to the top. No disgrace there given that very few coaches have won the GF for their clubs.

Back on topic

The atmosphere, in other words away fans to chant at, that has been missing to long!

Decent refs.

Match reports, news and opinions etc when I put on teletext or read a paper. If you aren't SL the press ain't intrested.

Watching top class games win or lose.

Derby games.

I could go on.

We are super league etc

The best post on the thread so far because it sums up why we want to be in super league very nicely. We're going to be in the mix, not an afterthought.

I want to see widnes players representing their country again, and challenge cup hopes that stretch beyond, "I hope we get Wigan at home so we can go out with a big crowd".