Just to let you know that Blacky's ankle has been xrayed at the hospital and there are no broken bones - just bad bruising.

Sheffield deserved the win they were the better team today.
Fax were their own worst enemies consistently turning the ball over on the first tackle most notably when we had just scored to level at 16 all and
when sheffield had been marched back another 10 metres for backchatting a penalty, and we might have got a bonus point had Patterson not chosen to kick forward again on the first tackle late on and turn possesion over again!
We've all enjoyed the exciting open rugby the team has played this season but sometimes you have to mix it up and play some basic settling sets and build pressure.
Hopefully the team will put together another long sequence of wins and learn a few things from today

To his leg or to his ego?

Well thank goodness for that. Best to rest him against donny though and then he can have a nice rest before the leigh cup game.

Ah, Mr High, I've been expecting you ...................




Garbage today folks. It looked as though the squad had just met for the first time this morning - hopefully it's just a bad day at the office but we've now lost two on the trot. Confidence won't be so high going to Doncaster on Thursday night. We missed Gleeson terribly, we just had no go forward whatsoever. Hopefully, the defeat will have hurt the players - that's the best aid to getting back to winning.

For those who put words in the mouths of Halifax fans - i didn't read any people on here saying we'd go undefeated. Plenty said we were miles ahead of the other teams - Matt Calland included. I still believe that.

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Thank God though, both Black and Penky were garbage today but need them all the same.

Wonder if the Bowmans will get a game at donny?

Apparently some of the players felt there was some boo's from the cround at the end, I personally didn't hear anythging.

I hope so. Thye're both good players and since black has been injured it's good to give young anthony a run out just in case we need a cover.

I was a little disappointed in hemingway today although the whole team were pretty poor and that may have added too it.

There was some booing aimed at the referee at the end. Didn't hear any towards the players though.

I never boo but they were a few boos and I suppose you're going to have to accept that we have a few glory fans atm which is expected.

Not that I heard ,not after one loss surely a loss was bound to come. Might as well come sooner rather than later.

That always p!sses me off. When so called supporters suddenly turn against their own team. The players had a bad day at the office. I'm sure they didn't go out intentionally to do things wrong, but some people just think they should hurl any type of abuse at them. For the odd mistake here and there.

The booing was aimed at the Referee and TJ's as they left the field at the South East corner. I suppose that comes with the job but generally I thought they were ok today.

I thought the ref was ok today. Most of the things that cost us were self inflicted.

Before people start quoting me saying he missed this and that. That's what happens in the game. Sometimes you get bad calls against and bad calls for. You just have to live with it in the end and move on. The ref isn't going to change his mind. He can only give what he sees.

Good things is we play on Thursday and take it out on Doncaster. I think we maybe got in to the comfort zone and went out mentally wrong and doing stupid things. I think MC and his staff will have a fairly easy training week as they do not need to say anything really as the players will know they were poor today. They do not need us neither to bitch and moan. Lets get behind them on Thursday and roar them to victory.
Next week also sees Barrow v Fev which will be very intersting-Go FEV!!!

I think that's the best thing. We don't have to dwell on this for a full week. The players can regroup and show that this one bad performance so far this year isn't the norm.

I'll be there cheering the team on, that's what us fans do.

PROVE IT knob..... how your enjoying us getting beaten... is it to deflect form the face that your lot did?... oh & are still below us?

as for the game. we were out fought in every department. We lost it in the forwards. Eagles have a big pack, so seems strange to go in without Frank.

They dominated in the tackle (with help from the bleached blonde idiot!). Our forwards thought they were ball players at times, rather than making the hard yards. When they did we scored from it.

Miles again was our best player, yes Blacky had a shocker, but will win us more games than he loses.

As for the booing, there was some in the Skircoat, only a bit but still stupid. We even had an idiot behind me shouting for Matt & ther rest to get down from the North Stand to motivate the players from the side of the pitch!!!

The lads tried today, just im sure didnt stick to the game plan.

This will hopefully be the kick up the we needed & we go on again from here.

i would like to see miles at lose forward and royston back to full back,

i think miles would be amazing at loose,

I knew we'd lost it when Penky's 40-20 attempt suddenly drifted away from the touchline then when Woodcock returned it, he was penalised for a semmingly legal tackle.

We were just flat and for the first time in a long time, turned up for a game thinking we could go through the motions and win. Its all fair and well putting in a marvellous performance last week, in the grand scheme of things it means Jack diddley, we needed to perform today to put a gap between ourselves and the rest and we blew it, typical Halifax.

How Miles Greenwood didn't get MOM I've no idea, were the sponsors even watching the game? I feel people are being too harsh on Hemingway, it must have been tough on him after only a couple of training sessions to be thrust into the main playmaker trying to save the game.

We have to raise our game every week now because we are top dogs and teams like Sheffield today will raise their game against us and if we aren't on our game we will get beat like we did today.

Was nice to Gibbo turn back the years with his try and liked his celebration, a bit of a message there, he should still be a Fax player.

Didn't he put Miles in for a try in the second half?

That tackle on Woodcock by Penky was perfectly legal as he got him by both shoulders.

Well done to Sheffield as their defence was outstanding at times, and well done Mr. Leahy for running obstruction for one of the Eagles tries.

Also, I could have grown a beard in the time it took Woodcock to take a goal kick. Pathetic, Mr. Leahy. What's the point in stopping the clock just as he starts his run-up to kick? Surely it should have been stopped whilst he was lining the ball up? I think he's been to the Iestyn Harris of slow motion goal kicking.

Missed his celebration why what did he do?
Who was his message to ? I believe Gibbo was offered a contract but turned it down.

i think its a bit of a cliche to say our style of play and taking risks waqs a factor in our defeat.
on the contrary, I feel we played within ourselves.
i think eagles kicking in the first half won them the game