On top of which we have a massively superior points difference.

To be honest with you i don't know what the clubs ambitions are for the playoffs it would be good to here from the board on this. At the end of the day if it stays as one up and one down in one off rugby why cant we beat fev or Toulouse that is if it comes down to that we or them might get beat by a other side first.

Go for Bell.. Show ambition.

I am getting to the point were i would pretty much take anyone right now it looks like we could be down to the bare bones for sunday.

I get where he is coming from but we have let players go through the season and not brought any replacements in, we are down to the bare bones with only squad players who to be honest would probably not stnad out in League 1 as back up and I can see the season just fizzling out. As said we need to win 3 out of 5 to get 3rd. I can see us losing to Haven and Fev which makes Sunday a must win if we want 3rd and a home tie against London/Haven. We really should win that and then it will be over to Fev where we won't win with the current team.

To be fair its about what I expected before the start of the season but with us been in this position I would have hoped we would have made a real push to at least give us a shot.

Some tough games coming up Fev away is a deffo 0 points and Widnes away Batley at home could easily end up the same way, Haven too will not be easy.
End of the day we have a bit of a cushion against those chasing and it's in our own hands which after Oldham I would have taken.

The way we've been the last few games, nomatch can be considered a definite two points. But...we've won nine on the trot with a pretty much shattered squad so you've got to give Simon and the lads huge credit for that. Up The Fax!

Not sure why everyone is so pessimistic, other than we are all ‘Fax fans. We’re not playing that well, games are tight but in the end we are winning them and all the other teams will be worried when they see us up next. Third place should be ours but as long as we get the playoff place that was what we all asked for at the start of the season, isn’t it?
Long term, well I guess the further we go the more money we should generate and that is a positive. Up The Fax!

Borough signs for Salford. https://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/1092240155?-47724:34415 All the best Amir.

Borough signs for Salford. https://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/1092240155?-47724:34415 All the best Amir.

I can see Marshall making a real go of it at salford. All the green shoots are planted ready for next season .its probably taken longer than he wished but I can feel it coming together

To be fair to him I did predict he would be sacked by the end of this season. Will have to change to early next season instead. Leigh have probably saved him this year.

Mitch Clark is not wanted by wigan could do a job for us but is he the type of prop that simon would want to sign.

We've had him on loan/DR haven't we? Didn't pull up any trees if I recall correctly.

He was supposed to play for us against Widnes away when we were in that unmentionable arrangement with Cas but Powell pulled him on the day of the game, other than that?

No wonder I wasn't impressed with him.

He played one game for us on dr from cas against bradford away i thought he played ok in a otherwise poor team performance.

What’s frustrating is the mixed messaging regarding transfers , one interview and we were actively seeking a replacement for gadwin springer the next one we’re gonna have to manage the squad properly in the run in to the end of the season because the rfl are big on the integrity of the sport as regards loanees and playoffs etc but then when you read the terms of the loan conditions you can get a loan right up to the end of the season.

There’s no consistency in what’s been said .

Regardless there’ll be a greater financial incentive in finishing 3rd so you would think that would be our aim , we must have funds available with springer and brearley off the payroll ( don’t know what the financial situation is with loanees Hewitt and bourouh)

Fev announcing new signings shows that there are players available so maybe it is just a case of us calling it a do with this season because the squad as it stands has no chance of going to Fev and winning and may even struggle to clinch 3rd without adding a couple of players. I guess its also possible that Springer was just a cost cutting measure and there is no money available, if the club had budgeted for our normal average crowds on the return after covid then there would be quite a big hole to fill.

I cant see anyone budgeting on past crowds because it just wasnt going to happen . The reality of current attendance does make you question if it's still a viable business for many clubs to carry on .

I bet most teams presumed that people would come flocking back because they had missed it. Like you say though there is still a large portion of the crowd that have never returned.

There's a few reasons for the low crowds, the primary one being the appalling way the game is being run by the RFL/SL. Then there's people who are still unsure of crowds due to the virus, those who have just got out of the rl habit, those fed up with unnecessary rules and regulations and a general apathy towards rugby league which brings us back to those running the game. It will be interesting to see what sort of crowd The Shaymen get for their first game back tomorrow. Up The Fax!

I don't know about the rest of you but i pay into the squad builder to see the best side possible halifax can put together. Stuff the rfl regarding integrity other sides are signing players and we need some fresh blood as much as anyone. And didn't the supporters trust put 5 grand in the pot at the start of the season. We might not be the favorites going into the playoffs but its one off rugby and a too good a chance just to waste. opportunities like this don't come around every season so we need to throw the kitchen sink at this.

I agree we need to put everything into the playoffs. If not, why bother and that would be worse. I too pay into the Squad builder and the Fax trust. It isn’t much but I feel I’m doing my bit for the club and as such I want them to put all their efforts into every match whether it’s league, cup or in the playoffs.

Surely investing now where we are in a good position makes more sense in terms of revenue achieved for finishing 3rd and sky tv money for progressing as far as we can in the playoffs to build for next season, I dug up an old interview with Michael Steele who discusses the financial benefits of league position ( all be it 2016 the principal is still the same ) https://youtu.be/lneLEr7ycW0 22: 55 mins in .

Surely investing now where we are in a good position makes more sense in terms of revenue achieved for finishing 3rd and sky tv money for progressing as far as we can in the playoffs to build for next season, I dug up an old interview with Michael Steele who discusses the financial benefits of league position ( all be it 2016 the principal is still the same ) https://youtu.be/lneLEr7ycW0 22: 55 mins in .

Bloody Marshall letting Leigh match our unwanted SL record.