The Vikings haven’t performed in Tremendous League since 2018 and went into administration the next yr however they’ve maintained second-tier standing ever since.
Widnes slipped from sixteenth within the preliminary gradings in 2023 to twenty second within the 2024 gradings, however retained their Grade B standing.
The membership moved down the rankings regardless of a fifth-placed end and a play-off place this yr, up from ninth place and lacking out on a spot within the play-offs in 2023.
“Final season, we achieved the play-offs. This yr [in 2025] we have got to get greater than that. We have to get a house play-off recreation and end in that high two,” he added.
“That’s development for me. We have to enhance crowds. Our youth growth will probably be larger and higher subsequent yr, I am 100% assured in that.
“We’ve to be a greater workforce and if we are able to tick all these containers, I will be a very completely happy coach – however we have to do this constantly.”