Agree.
This is exactly where I am at now. Too long have we accepted mediocrity and either stagnated or been held back by lack of recruitment funds.
It's a massive task putting together and running a Reserve team and credit to the Trust for helping to fund it. This structure has to be continued in my opinion (Rimmer is saying more clubs need to be running one but as yet not compulsory) Main thing now is to kick on and use our talent to help Halifax RLFC. Make every effort to retain the talented youngsters we have nurtured/brought in and build the team around them for the long term Fax future. Sell the vison of Fax been taken into SL by and to the likes of Butler, Moore,JWH,Salty, Jones. etc. Not just roll over first time a vulture SL club comes along.
If the player still wants to go then fair enough but make damn sure we sell the Fax future vision first and their part in that. Then spend some of the money we do get on a couple of new 'Senior Pro' signings that get bums on seats off the field and help the young ones on it.
Muzza and Grix have helped RM massively with the coaching whilst he was on crutches and I would certainly be looking to retain their services for continuity.
I would also be sitting down with RM pretty quickly before some SL clubs come a calling.
We have a real opportunity this time to kick on and take things to the next level.Prudent but imaginative decision making by the Board and we really could have the making of a great side for a long period of time.

Or to put it another way he did not do enough to keep his place in front of anyone coming back in or likely the players brought in on loan. He just did not stand out enough for Marshall to probably think that he has a selection dilema. Like I say probably trying too hard which is not a problem in the slightest and he just needs to follow Butler's lead.

That's fair.

He needs another season with us to mature and learn his trade under a good coach and in a good team, maybe take us even higher next year with a few good signings?

Very hard game to stand out in when you are trying to deliver the coaches instructions to the letter and not go off on a youthful frolic to do what he probably wanted to do. A very controlled approach from the lad who just needs game time to be very comfortable at first team level next year IMO.

Being on the outside of this as far as some fax supporters:

Firstly fax need to hang on to the Young group of players coming through, whatever it takes as this is our future. ( Rimmer saying clubs should have reserve sides, placates the Championship teams that have one, without penalising the S L teams that don t).
The Young guys also need to look at what has happened to other Young guns taken before their time, the R F L should make it compulsory to fully compensate/ transfer fees of any player coming through academy lines not promisary notes if/when, but for time money,spent and the cost of a replacement.
Along side this theBoD need to keep the current coaching team !
How M G has not been pilfered is a misnomer to me.

As a final word I visited a 'Chinese fortune teller' what she said positive for me was "dare to dream!"
up the fax!