It's fine to stand by your statement, but you can say that you prefer season-long loans all you like, there just aren't going to be many in the modern game, they just don't make sense for the SL team.

It would be the same situation with Championship clubs loaning to League 1 clubs - for instance, if, say, Greg Worthington and Joe Arundel are Halifax's starting centres in week 1, would you be happy if Zac McComb is loaned out for the rest of the season with no recall clause?

Interesting example from my point of view as I wasn’t happy when zac McComb was loaned out for a couple of weeks to Dewsbury last year especially when Ed barber primarily a second row and Greg worthington who only scored one try all season ( nothing against Greg and I appreciate his value ) we’re placed in front of him . Zac came back and played with enough merit to warrant consideration for player of the year . However I digress, it’s slightly different ( I do take your point ) as McComb played and borough was left in no mans land , lam played shorrocks in front of him, it wouldn’t have been so bad if he’d have come back once lam wasn’t picking him . Last season was unique with the covid protocols and was very disruptive . I acknowledge it’s a difficult balancing act but in answer to your question I would have accepted zac McComb going out on a season long loan as long as for example bourouh / Hewitt season long loans were honoured by Wigan/ Huddersfield respectively.

The relevance of the new variant will exclude recall issues. DR won’t happen now.

Are you stating this because you are aware of a decision already being made, or is this just a guess? Even the epidemiology experts are still uncertain about the impact of the Omicron variant, but we will know much more in a couple of weeks, let alone in seven weeks when the season is due to start.

The uncertainty is the issue. In seven weeks time there will be another variant.

That's a really weird answer. I was trying to find out if you had inside knowledge on a decision about DR and you appear to have transformed into an epidemiology expert!

You appear to be speaking from a position of authority - "DR won't happen now" "In seven weeks time there will be another variant". Again, are you able to back up these statements, or are you just guessing?

Agree with you Phantom is he an Epidemiologist or eminent Professor of Medicine ? Please enlighten us Atomic

Atomic, can we please have a nu clear answer, or maybe not as we don’t want any fallout.

There’s no money on the table for furlough this time round. Dig deep.

Now if you had gone full time when you had the opportunity, things could have been different.

Just remind us where that money went to? It wasn’t to a reserve team that was proclaimed.

Not sure what your point is atomic? We've not had a realistic option to go full-time for a long time (no mega-rich benefactor). Don't understand where you think "that money" went to? The reserve side we had was built and sustained by fan donations.

Your memory of not having availability to go full time or a reserve side insults my intelligence. You are very welcome to keep building the wall.

Or digging the hole.

You can't insult summat that doesn't exist.

Do tell. When was this chance to go full time? Where did the money go? Obviously someone with such great proclaimed intelligence won't respond with a vague answer full of innuendo.

Per my fellow Fax fans, you'll have to explain far more clearly.

https://www.theshaymen.net/ipb/uploads/ ... 619808.jpg Quote ="terry silver"To dual reg or not to dual reg it seems most people don't like it yet most do it. As far as roberts is concerned he would give us extra strike out wide him and gee in the second row looks pretty handy to me. Garside did seem to up is game when he got back in the side after Hewitt was recalled and i would say he as a higher work rate then roberts but not the tackle busting abilities. And Kavanagh i don't know if he is better out wide or through the middle once sides worked out the short ball off grix he didn't offer much threat but does have good footwork for a forward and a decent turn of speed.'" Terry Silver on this photo ?

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I am the police man at the front always did enjoy giving the general public a good beating. Only joking no i am not on that picture out of interest when is it from and are you on there.

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Its bad for the game but great for SL clubs and that's all that matters right?

The picture is from Halifax Town v Millwall at the Shay 1975-south stand end.
On the picture there is a very well known rugby fan of ours called Terry with long black hair--now receding silver.
I was assuming,obviously incorrectly,that this would be you.
I was at the game as a young boy but nowhere near that end...

No mate that wasn't me i was born in 1980 just before my time. I am starting to sprout the odd grey hair thou. I bet that was a interesting game did the millwall fans behave back then like some of them do now.

Even worse in those days,culminating in a panorama special on their fans in 1976,the year after.

Bloody hell that must of been a eye opener for you as a young lad it makes fev fans look like angels only joking fev fans.

You dug your own hole. Why keep blaming others?

Here she is. You need to lay off the sherry my dear.

Each time a new post pops up on this subject i open it with dread. Surely with the squad we have built we don't need to lower ourselves, again, to the trough that is dr. If we have a raft of injuries and do need a boost, the loan system is always there and that should only be used if the loan is a minimum of four weeks with absolutely no early call back. Team spirit and togetherness cannot be underestimated. I can't wait for the season to start and watch the lads we have assembled turn out in the famous blue and white hoops. Up The Fax!