Spent more on youth development because have more money, and your club is in the top 4 biggest clubs in Superleague. It be like Widnes comparing against Keighley.

Been new to Superleague and to produce Jack Owens, Flynn, Declan Hulme, Craven, Gerrard, Gilmore, Gore, Lawton, and others left due to money. Mullaley and Richard Myler where Widnes Academy players too. The way you are talking it is like we have zero. Anyway why does it concern you anyway?

Because I thought all this would go into consideration when selecting team of the year

You need to ask Ste O Connor and the RFL? Finances are also solid and we are progressing from the postion 4 yrs ago. Still a lot of youth in a short period of time in the top flight, and like your club not had many years in Superleague. Their is more than youth in a criteria too, and seen as you know all teams finances and business plans, I am sure you know best. Now bore off to your own board, as this is very tedious and boring.



Get over it as nearly a new season and the result stands.

Aye I'm not knocking O'conner or how well you done this year at all. I think Widnes had a great season and finished higher than most expected.



My comments are based on the grass roots and youth development of your club. You don't need masses amounts of money to scout the best local Widnes lads but you need to be out and about watching as the kids are the future of all rugby league teams.



IMO Widnes don't do enough at grass roots and Widnes have admitted this.

I was also at one of the Pathway meetings and Phil Finney admitted that in the past they hadn't done enough to scout players but were now doing things differently, hence the Pathway.

Yep that's what was said.



Is the pathway a Widnes thing or have the RFL instigated it ?

I be happy to Scout for Widnes.

Go for it mate.

About one person --- St Pete, and he writes drivel.

Yes I do care about rugby and more than your club by the looks of it but just keep getting wigans cast off u19s and stay in bottom half of the table if that's what Widnes prefer.

But you said yourself you were at the meeting where they said things had now changed, although with this new process it will take four years til this first crop of Pathway lads reach 18.



You can't beat a drama queen (unfortunately).

Yeah ok