I'm sure Tyrer is signed for next seaon. We missed him badly down our left flank at Widnes where they scored all their tries. Best defensive centre in the championship.

Saltonstall the scapegoat for last week I see.

Hardly a scapegoat. Cost us three try's.

He's come running inside and cost us a few tries in the last few weeks. Leeds would focus on that and goad him in again. long pass over his head and in goes the winger again ...........

I love Salty, he's a reet good 'un but he got done up like a kipper last week so had to pay the price I'm afraid

Great performances by the championship clubs so far this weekend with 3 out of 3 against the SL. Come on Fax, make it a FULL HOUSE which could also drag the whinos into the million pound game





Come onnnnnnn. Up the Fax!

London and Toulouse seem to have really kicked on which makes our performances all the more disappointing. It almost feels like we are due to put a performance in as for me we have not done nearly as well as we did at the back end of the championship season. Leeds are really poor this season so I guess if we get within 30 points of them we will have done ok but to get closer than that would be impressive.

I was that the o e the week before we played you in the playoffs and sent a reserve side, could. It back it up the week after against the full Leeds side. Remember the 70 point thumping we gave you the season after.
Actually miss Hall fax in super league thought they were going to be our big rival after the bulls throughout the new millennium, shame neither are at the top table, but looking forward to our little no overdue visit back to the shay.

Does Morgan punchcard still play for fax.

No mate, he went to Australia earlier this year and has signed for Fev for next season.

Could be another thumping today as well to be honest, we were defending quite well for the bulk of the season and had a problem scoring.
Now we seemed to have dropped of in defence but still can't find the try line.

As last year it does really start to show to accumulative effect of the effort taken by Fax as a part time team first of all to get into the top 4 and then to be competitive especially against the full time SL sides, the boys get all banged up.

At least we will have a bit more income from the game.

Today is a strange one for me. As much as I yearn for Fax to do well and return to the top flight, it just feels like another inevitable hiding-to-nothing again. On that basis I just cannot bring myself to go watch us massage the egos of a team who are (or were as once was the case) basically as big as us if not slightly bigger.

The rugby in our league is far more watchable and the 8s much more exciting than the 'Super 8s' or whatever is it called however to be anything other than top flight is simply galling after ONE bad season then 'close the door on the way out as you will not be allowed to return'!! as effectively did happen.

The game is a MESS and promoting the ghost-train that is "expansion" [ironic and sad smile is just hammering more nails into the sports coffin.

Ultimately FAX need someone with money and whilst NPD are doing a fantastic job, we need someone who has blue and white blood in their veins accompanied with either a large cheque book or a huge talent for generating wealth/income.

Sorry to be negative guys and who knows - a miracle MAY happen but the way people are saying it is an 'honour' to be playing Leeds just leaves me feeling sad,desperate and reflective in equal measure.

Good luck and I hope you enjoy....

Ahh ok, was a good kid, but maybe a bit too much like his dad as he got into adulthood, used to play with his dad, who is a bit older than me, And Morgan used to watch us play and play touch with us as a kid.

Yes, had a few of us thinking he could be a good player for us, a bit of pace and a good pass but didn’t show consistently enough in the early season friendlies and reserves for RM’s liking so decided to move on.
I think Fev will be a good move for the lad and wish him well.

Yes for me had had potential could prove to be the one we should have given more of a chance to

For me we never looked like getting a result. We have noone really who looks likeley to make a break, and if they did nobody to back them up.

You can't fault the players because most of them try their hearts out but the spark is not there to light the fuse.

At least they enjoyed our singing and said it was a great atmosphere. Also said our ground is definitely SL ready.

We desperately need the likes of Gregs Florimos Boots and Casandra to get involved in running our club because despite stating the bleeding obvious they obviously know how to run the club better than anyone else.

I listened to the game on Radio Leeds, it seemed apart from the one bad error in the first half Fax gave as good as they got. Going in at the half all level did the think the job done?
In the second did Leeds up the pace? Did Fax feel they had them contained?, were the boys physically worn out? it sounded from the kick off in the 2nd Fax were on the back foot permanently, and again some strong forays in opposition territory petered out into nothingness.
It also seemed Fax were trying to strong arm and were on the wrong end of a hefty second half penalty count, bad habits resurfacing?.
Overall I thought the guys probably gave their all, as the end of the tunnel approaches were some on jollies?, others on goodbyes?, or genuine fatigue. ( I do think every player has given everything they could to wear the blue and white this year).
I trust R M and his team have some revelations in store during the close season as Fax need to kick on , that of course will rely on the BoD being in fine fettle to guide from the front.
As always m h o o.

as a club we need to deal with the obvious. Number 1 is half backs and attacking structures it would be nice to see close up how close Jones was to a try. Because for me that was a game changer

Been there done that at that. Still no-one listenes.

Just my thoughts on the game.
Leeds came out strong and had the bulk of the play for the first 15 or 20 and got the over the line in that period, Fax defended further Leeds attacks and gradually got more into the game resulting in Tyrer coming up with a trademark run and leap to slam it down from a Murrell cross field kick and convert to level.
Fax had more possession and had a couple of other chances to add more points with Fairbanks and Johnston going close.
Second half Leeds had the perfect start when JWH after taking the last play high bomb well then spilled the ball for the Rhinos to score in the following set.
Brad Dwyer then went in for two further scores with his typical darts from dummy half close to the line.
With the pressure off Leeds upped the pace and were fast around the ruck with quick plays and penalties carrying them up the pitch and added the other scores as a result.
Fax in and among this had chances with Jones, Tangata, Tyrer and Grady going close but not close enough.
It wasn't quite the blow out I had feared and Fax deserve some credit for giving it all they had and standing up well across the 17 against a quality full time SL team.
In the end, as mentioned above the extra speed out of dummy half and around the ruck and elsewhere on the park was the biggest factor.

Brad Dwyer was outstanding when he played yesterday, shows what real pace can do to teams.

Luke Briscoe looked like a completely different player to who played in featherstone colours against us earlier in the year.

Jack Walker very strong bringing the ball out.

All in all simply out played by a better team but a much better performance than the Salford game. Didn't come away too disheartened really.

Brandon Moore has been a pleasure to watch this year, hope we can tie him down long term.

Sion Jones I don't think has really taken his chances after what seemed like a promising start to the year from him.

Ben Heaton I'm not too bothered about leaving. Always puts his all on but just too inconsistent and never felt like anything more than a squad player for me. Anyone know where he's going?

And once more Moss showed he's just lacking something. I'd rather stick with JWH at the back, his feet are second to none, love watching his last minute steps to beat the man.

A fantastic performance yesterday from Fax. In the 1st half it was hard to tell which side was Championship and which was SL. 2nd half inevitably saw full time fitness come into play and that added to a touch of class here and there saw Leeds pull away in the end. Fax though can take great credit from yesterday and the season as a whole and who knows, a bit of astute shopping in the close season may see us push on to the next level. Well done lads. Up The Fax!

I was in agreement until you referred to Leeds as quality. They were pretty awful.