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tw15 wrote:

Plenty of passion and commitment today. Lack of ideas yes, but probably due to lack of confidence.

My first match of the season and to be honest it was not as bad as I had braced myself for. Didn't look like there was any effort missing just confidence and sometimes a bit of luck.

Was suprised to hear the 'supporters' booing after 90 secinds when a try was scored against us. While I am sure its been frustrating I am not really sure how people think that will help

Only made one game last season as well which was Leeds at home so a 100% record in the last 2 years

richie166 wrote:

Change the record man! You're not wrong but nor would I be if I came on here EVERY DAY and said that Dixon was our fastest player over 10m and went into a number of stats to prove it.

Bollox....I was content to let some fans stew in their own sense of wellbeing after the win today....the clubs #1 apologist was the one who dragged me into this thread.....don't blame me for biting when the bait is laid out in the open.

Good win and it means that we should keep the club record of never finishing bottom of Superleague by finishing second bottom.........not a bad result for spending the cap and rebranding

It amazes me that some are drinking in the heady heights of beating a Widnes team who have struggled away all season, and we have the majority of the play yet have to rely on a last gasp effort to win. One wonders is this the last breath of the club before we die? Not a pretty sight but hey our season has now started. Off to the pub to celebrate and can't wait until the next match at Fartown.

For what it's worth...

As usual thought we were pretty poor today, too many mistakes, especially at ptb which is unforgivable imo, too much cluelessness in attack for all the ball we had, and I am surprised at all the comments about the effort from the side when it seemed pretty obvious to me that Widnes wanted that game more- we may have put in a bit more effort than in recent weeks on account of being back at home at the stoop, but the completely despondent looks on the Widnes players' faces at the end and the jubilation with which they celebrated their scores told the story; there was a level of passion from them that I don't think we've seen from most of our side this season.

Bottom line- we beat a side that are almost as bad as we are away from home, is that anything to really get excited about? Am grateful to have witnessed the win but fear it will be the last of our season...

Last time Widnes played away at London Broncos we won 68-10 and they have not had an away win in Super League since they beat Leigh Centurions seven seasons ago in June 2005.

I felt that the first half should have seen us convincingly in front with both position and possession heavily in our favour and yet the poor coaching meant that even with six plays in the oppositions ten metres we looked unlikely to score. Craig Gower was meritorious in the first half but few others looked a class apart from the Vikings.

The second half made the Broncos look like the fourteen point underdog and it all looked ominous with Widnes missing a host of chances to finish us off with missed penalties and sheer incompetence from Ah Van. With Rodney hitting the post with an easy chance it looked game over and the win in the last second papered over the cracks.

It was like the win at Batley - you felt that we stole a win somehow but it was gratefully received.

Shhhh..everything is just fine

daftdad wrote:

It amazes me that some are drinking in the heady heights of beating a Widnes team who have struggled away all season, and we have the majority of the play yet have to rely on a last gasp effort to win. One wonders is this the last breath of the club before we die? Not a pretty sight but hey our season has now started. Off to the pub to celebrate and can't wait until the next match at Fartown.

For this team to dig itself out of the hole it has found it is in, it needs to celebrate each bit of good news, every scratchy win, so that a bit of confidence can return, and a formula for success can be found. You need to first find the light at the end of the tunnel, before you can get out of it.

To get off the bottom of the league, we need to be second bottom. Then we need to be third bottom, and so on. Bit by bit, a few steps forward.

If we can't even enjoy our wins, then my goodness me.

Play offs here we come

[The Penguin]

Well done on getting the win chaps, but the 2 points in itself changes little. That was two very poor sides out on the park.

Honourable mentions go to Rinaldi, who had his best game of the season, and Bryant, who put a good shift in and broke the line a couple of times. Hicks made his usual retinue of baffling decisions. But we have so few ideas with ball in hand it is embarrassing, we play a hugely conservative and predictable style of rugby. It is not a surprise half decent sides can keep us down to one and two tries - they don't expect us to do anything expansive.

daftdad wrote:

It amazes me that some are drinking in the heady heights of beating a Widnes team who have struggled away all season, and we have the majority of the play yet have to rely on a last gasp effort to win.

Who are these people ? I don't see it.