I am happy with the bonus point

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I wonder what something like that would mean to a Rugby League team without a wealthy backer.

Anyway are we ready for the generic Calland interview in the paper? Wonder which quotes they will reel out today.

"There was no point shouting at them"
"We just needed to point them in the right direction and show them where they were going wrong."
"We still lacked patience at times"
"We had started the game well but then went away from it a little bit."
"We lacked urgency and enthusiasm"
"We need a major step up."

etc etc.

Now the one thing that grates a bit is that when Calland was suspended all players were moaning and crying about how they wanted him back yet most of the time it dosnt appear that they are playing for him, maybe some are and some are not, for me though its more a case of some of the players are on easy street and are afraid if another coach comes in they may actually have to step it up a bit.

They wouldn't exist in the form that they're currently in. Warrington et al would become Halifax, Leigh and Featherstone.

Fill yer boots, 'Boots



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Spot on - this is the main area we struggle with. We just don't seem to dominate the PTB area either in attack or defence. That was the difference last night. Fev were not particularly inventive or that quick in attack, but they were always on the front foot and controlled the speed at which the game was played because of the way they dominated the ruck.

Myself and Mama Haigh picked up on that while watching the game back on TV. You'd have thought Fax were the team in red last night. Quick play the balls, getting rolls on and pushing through at every opportunity to let Kain run riot, lots of men supporting the ball carrier.

is it just me that thought we played badly,had loads of injuries before and during the game, dropped ball numerous times, gave away loads of penalties but [u=#BF0000ONLY[/u got beat by the best team in our division by [u=#BF000010[/u points?
some people need to have a word with themselves, the way i see it is, we get fev in play offs at full strength and we'll win no probs.

Maybe you will - like I keep saying, we'll see!

Do you mean Swinton perhaps

For me, with what we were able to put out, the defeat isn't a huge deal;

I do wonder wether we may look for one/two dual registration players to come in and freshen things up especially whilst we are struggling for numbers.

Look at the mess Liverpool r in. 2 money grabbing yanks in charge & 3-400 million in debt

You cant blame Calland for miss tackles, knock ons but for me he is responsible for discipline ( On and Off the Field), Defence and the team having a plan and working as a team to achieve results. What I fail to understand is that we have let in 336 this year-only the bottom 4 have a worse record! We all know Fax have problems defending. Yet I see NO change in this area. Discipline (Both in Defence and attack) is awful. We should know what each Ref is like and what they will focus on. Yet once again we commit the same stupid mistakes. We try forcing passes that simply are never on-Aizue, Maloney, Penkywicz , Black etc. Each time we lose or struggle, Calland blames his players for not sticking to the game plan. Why not? They are his players he has brought in. Why cant he inspire them when the going gets tough? Why cant Fax go back to basics when we struggle?


Its the manner of the defeats mate. Its the way we never sort out the problems which cause us to lose or struggle. I sadly cant see us winning a trophy under Calland due to the reasons above and these problems have been there since Calland started. If you cant defend you are unlikely to win a trophy. It may look good scoring heaps of tries but against a good well drilled side its not that easy.

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Think defence is more than 50% of the game - if the other team can't score they can't beat you!!!!

If you score more than the opposition , you'll win every time , we had a defensive attitude last year , it really worked for us

In the cold light of day, in hindsight, and with a good night's kip I can honestly say that this is the best post on this thread. I hold my hands up to being negative at times and typing in the heat of the moment, and for that I apologise to those I may have offended, instead of waiting to calm down and assess my thoughts before hitting a key.

I agree. One defeat in 9. Still
not bad going. Yet all the idiots are back baying for Callands head. People wanted structure and for us to build pressure and we did in the first half, if we had continued playing that style they would have be moaning at how predictable we are.

All these people also claiming that we are skint. No one has actually backed these remarks up have they? Look at the comments by The idiot the other night posting about players wages. Again no proof what so ever. Makes you wonder if people are only ever happy when they have stuff to moan at. Prehaps they should sod off and watch Bradford, because they certainly don't seem to be supporting Halifax.

Are you being serious, do you want another Oldham on your hands



I think people are always going to be very quick to jump on Callands back, because of our points against column and the fact that for the past few years we have had the best side in the league and come up with sweet fa. I admire TS's and your pragmaticism but the simple fact is if you were to add back in Salford and Celtic to the league our progression is then in a real light. We should aim to be the best, not be content with competing and finishing 3rd in a league like this. I and many others simply see that at the moment we are missing a massive opportunity to galvanise the town round RL, we will miss out SL, its highly likely we wont win the GF this year, because we show no sign of defensive competence. Support is fine and if all some people want to do is 'watch rugby', thats fine too, but if you two are genuinely interested in Halifax 'doing themselves justice' then you have to admit, we can do better, and shouldn't think it has to be with this coach or some of these players, excellent on paper, but only good on grass.
I for one want the best we can possibly get, its never going to be Matt, and you will realise this one day too.

Who said anyone was content by finishing 3rd? Did Fax do them selves justice against Barrow at home, Leigh away this season? I cant recall you coming on here saying how bad we had played then? One defeat against the top of the league in 9 and you come crawling out of the woodwork. I wouldnt be supprised if you are just a FC Town fan on the wind up. In fact come to think of it - you probably are.

I see that we still havent received a reply to the above post - could it be that they were posting bollox as per usual?

Do you know what, if we were to become so structured that it is boring to watch some of the fools would complain that we don't have any flair anymore



I think our all-out attack from anywhere policy is like a breath of fresh air to watch week in & week out. I actually find watching some ofthe SL games so boringly predictable I switch off without seeing the final hooter. The modern day coaching has tried to make our game sterile, watching 'Fax is a real roller coaster ride most of the time and I love the thrill of it all.

There is no doubt about it.

I think that is key here and I agree with you. Fax play a very entertaining style of rugby but are going to have off day's when things dont go well, mistakes are made and the opposition take full advantage of it. HRLFC have earned a lot of respect from supporters of other clubs given the brand of rugby they play but it does have its risks and any lack in confidence will see more and more mistakes creep in.

Nope, im a season ticket holder and can remember watching Joe Kilroy and Geoff Robinson, I've seen highs and lows, Ive watched us from Nottingham, Limoux and Wembley to Toulouse, and want to see more highs, Barrow were poor against us, I was more impressed with us against Dewsbury where we showed patience, control and good defence, I think we have too many 'off the cuff' players, not enough defensive talent and too many aging forwards who lack the energy of some of the other sides. Were a great attacking team on our day, a joy to watch. I would be much happier with more young players in the forwards of the Ostick and Maloney ilk, and i think we could lose a few of the loose cannons and still have enough guile with Branighan, Gleeson and people like Bowman coming through to build a propper side. Were not built to win ugly, but unfortunately in all sports, some days you have to. Matt has all his eggs in one basket and its naive. Were building teams for 12 month periods, id prefer to see us take a step back and clear the decks at the end of the year, bring in a decent coach who can get us organised, remove some of the bad apples, sort the wheat from the chaff and move forward, we have guys who are good individually, who may get on well off the field, but like Fabio says 'when you make wine the grapes are always different' im afraid the current batch wont make a vintage, time to replant.

p.s. I am also massively impressed with what Neil Aspin has done for Town, it just proves that the right man in the hot seat can change fortunes quickly. I dont consider it a sin to like sport in general, nobody would be happier than me to see the honours board with a new entry on it. We should play to win, not just to entertain.