well they were all one sided tonight, wonder how bad going to be next week.

they might as well just put there Vikings shirts on next week, its obvious they want them to win so it would just be easier for them to admit it.

come on fax lets show Tezza and Bazza what were made of

Tezza and Bazza will be commentating from the Widnes dugout next week. They may even take their camera and mic into their dressing room when Tezza gives his half time team talk.

Give it a rest lads eh.

I guess it's not that much different from French's Wembley 87 commentary but at least that had Maurice Bamford to balance it out.

Poor Harry Gration nearly choked on the Super League show when he had to read out we had won the Nines.

I've been watching Rugby League for almost 40 years and obvious bias has always been part of TV and radio coverage. It won't change!

fax fans wish them two would give it a rest.
they were more interested in the seagull than fax, which i noticed was a grey one to match the barrow shirts.

Think Hilda could do with having a word with whoever does their laundry.

The next silly post will be the weather is against Halifax.

Daft heartfelt posts from dedicated Fax fans - on a Fax forum. Fans who are still here after all the heartache. Fans who still wear their heart on their sleeve. There are fans on here who get stick for criticising their team but still follow their club at the Shay. Real fans.

You'll NEVER know how that feels.

With respect, why bother posting if your an ex fan. I have no idea why you are an ex fan and no doubt you have your reasons but the guys and gals on here are current fans and all share the same common ground in that they want Halifax to win regardless of disagreements. You on the other hand clearly dont as many of your comments smack of negativity. May i suggest that you consign your ex fan status to the history books and get behind us or leave us alone.

maybe it was the bright white colouring on the fax shirts that dazzled barrow in first half.

You, Sir, are an embarrassment to this message board. I, and I suspect others, wouldn't miss you if you were to refrain from posting on this forum. However, it is your choice to look a complete and utter pi11ock, and I defend your right to be one.

Even without Widnes's sporting director, or whatever his titles is, still couldnt believe how much the commentators, mainly Bill Arthur, was praising Widnes for their kids coming through etc. We didnt really get much praise imo, despite beating, convincingly, the team that they put out against us.

No Terry commentating on Sky Sports for the Vikings game....... I suppose he was there tho to hear our Terry, Terry what's the score

Tezza was up at the back of the East Stand through the game, couldn't see whether he had his hand up Bill Arthur's backside, controlling him. He spent most of the game with gritted teeth, put that down to Fax outplaying Widnes but realise he must have secretly been doing Bill's commentary.

He was too busy in the gallery telling them to put up red card graphics. 'Are you watching this Red Hall? This is the punishement it [ishould[/i have been!'

he was there alright, you should have seen his face at the end of the game,was like a bulldog chewing a wasp,,lol,


wonder if sky looked at these boards(as they do ) and seen people complaining about him doing widnes games,,??????, makes you wonder,,

Brian Carney is 100% better, should stick with him

Commentators are right.

The Widnes youth set-up is good.

Even though we used to beat them every year come Grand Final time...

It might be, but Sky shouldn't give them the platform ever week to preach about Widnes and how much money Stephen O'Connor is putting in, pundits and commentators should be impartial!!

They do have a good set up. Their U18's are mixing and matching with the best of their SL counterparts. However, it's converting that talent into first grade regularity that's the difficult bit. Halifax obviously gave up the expense, having conquered the league regularly but having none of the conversion success. Widnes can afford it and it aids their license application but it will be interesting to see the success of their conversion rates. For all that they bang on about their "yoof" policy, it'll be the big money signings that they make in 2011 that determine their survival or success in Super League.

But all that ever comes up is that they still have one and we no longer do. It's alright everyone going on about widnes doing themselves an injustice on the pitch, but when it comes to talk of licences they have everything else. Even the finances to self-support even if the unthinkable happens and they find themselves getting panned for a couple of seasons.

That's why they're going up.

They're doing exactly what the RFL require - aided by the money brought by SOC. They know that what happens on the pitch doesn't really matter. Having a Northern Rail winners trophy doesn't translate into on-field success, (and neither does having a GF appearance, before anyone jumps on my back). But we know all this and deep down we know that Widnes are the only club currently outside SL who could compete in SL. What riles me is how the game has dismissed the importance of on-field matters and in turn, dismissed the very validy of The Championship competition. Featherstone are the best performing team this year but no-one is giving them a second thought because they're not SL material. We should be talking about Fev and how we can try and overcome their dominance this year but we're not. We're talking about youth policies, terracing and box ticking. We're talking about the crazyness of a club in seventh position being the only viable candidates for "promotion".

I didn't think they were too bad the other night. Obviously praised the Widnes young lads but at end of the game it was those young lads that played better than the older players so they should get plaudits for that!

I know all this franchise mullarkey is upseting alot of teams, and been a Widnes fan i am depressed watching my team play rubbish every week.I have missed games because been so fed up, and sometimes i wish we had no youth and bought good experienced players like fax,Barrow etc.Last year Leigh where awful and now it is our turn.The salary cap does even the league up more and can be more exciting than just beating a team 80-0

.I have been watching the Widnes u18s and their is other players just as good as Danny Craven.Hopefully next year we are recruiting players who will have a championship contract next year, with a possible bigger contract for 2012.I am wondering if Widnes performances, are also due to players already been told they are not wanted?I do see effort but we seem disorganised and a lack of a good scrumhalf.Anyway if Widnes get a licence i will look out for teams in the championship.Goodluck and hope you do well come playoffs.