Worst 75 mins of the season (i can't comment on the last 5 mins, I didn't see them)

No ideas in attack
Woeful defence
Dropped ball after dropped ball.

Just need to win the second half 23 nil


Embarrassing way to end what has, in essence been quite a successful season. Need to regroup and get ready for 2013.

Don't right yourselves off just yet there another half yet

Your tackling technique is interesting in the first half

Your joking, started second half just the same.

This rubbish cost me 18 quid as well. Robbed!!!

1 game too far for the lads.

lets re-group and build further for 2013.

Totally outplayed by the Eagles, would like to congratulate Barlow on been best 4th man into tackle in the league.

HW

I'd like to congratulate Howieson for getting away with maximum elbows, headbutts and knee in faces against Barlow.

Poor is an understatement.

Team wise no coordination whatsoever, no guts, no idea.

As an individual how can you look yourself in the face and say that against your opposite number you matched up.

KH will be having nightmares about that display and I hope some of the players do as well.

Some today were not fit to wear the shirt and i don't care who it upsets to say it.

Agree one game too many. Injuries finally told today....But.... that was no excuse for worrincy... would not tackle Yere..was walking back when they were attacking...hope he is off some where else as the guy is a waste of space and i would not buy a season ticket with some one like him still at the club....

agreed Worrincy cost you 20 points alone today, he looked totally disinterested

After performance by the team like that, and you pick Worrincy out? He is still our best winger by far, and still one of the best wingers in the League. I hope you dont buy a season ticket next year, as it will mean that we still have Rob in the team.

Humilating,embarassing and toothless. They did not want to know today, definately one game too many.

Roby was'nt brilliant, but it did not warrant the abuse after the game, as you can't blame him missing tackles,being clueless in attack or dropping the ball.

I don't buy into this too many injuries, one game too far rubbish.

Get a grip, those 17 players had the opportunity to go on and win the GFbut yet again on the day they weren't good enough, not by a long way. Knockout football is supposed to be exciting, that was embarassing today, I left the ground ashamed of my team on the field.
No excuses we were hammered by a much better team today, at home, on television.
Some of these players aren't good enough, we've struggled for many weeks and scraped home to win many games late on most of this season.
What an awful end to this season......

If you watch the replay you won't think he is a good winger and certainly not one of the best in the league
Don't know what went wrong today but you werent up for it and I would of put money on it you would of been in the final with those players

Ouch that hurt to a team that I find annoying (how do they afford to keep a good team like that every year without owning their own ground and having
no fans?) but hats off to them they outplayed us and will give Leigh a game on Thursday night and possibly get to the GF only to get stuffed by Fev again!

I dont think we will stuff them if they get there again

Agree with some of the comments . Never recovered from a poor start , miss tackles , kick off straight off pitch , very poor in attack . Heads went down pretty quickly as well. Yes Worrincy was poor but so were most of the others. I thought Divorty was our best player. Penky Gannon , Aizue and others tried but you need more than just trying. I do think sometimes we don't give enough credit to other teams - I thought Sheffield went very well and looked extremely good at times - yes we played poorly but Sheffield hassled , harried and ripped us apart. I also don't agree that it was one game to far . On paper we had a decent team out there today . Yes we are 'building for next year ' but I don't see us bossing other teams around as some suggest with our ' monster ' pack . Fev , Leigh , eagles , Batley are all going to be as strong as us in my opinion which is great for the comp but not so great for us. At least we won the NRC this year so let's give over this and look forward to 2013.

Embarrasing, so much so that I am going to hibernate until next season.
To all of you have a great winter. see you in Feb.
Signing of now uintil then.

See you at the gym then big man.

Your display reminded me of ours against you when you put 60 on us

John , dont be to despondant ,i agree it was a poor performance , but dont dont leave the Forum to the mercy of Littlerich



especially now his idol Penky has gone also .

This.

Will pick apart which players I feel deserve another year and which dont in a bit when I can be bothered but before then just a little on our tactics. Why do we look so poor at times in attack? Other teams have dummy runners and players running angles, we just past the ball accross the field and its so slow even the worst defence has a chance to defend against us. We thought our defence would get better under KH but the reality is that our goal line defence is probably as bad as its been at this level. Dont even get me startd on the poor technique that some of our players show. Like today and not for the first time Fieldhouse has taken the ball 5 yards out from our line and ended up back over his own in goal simply because his technique is so bad. Its basic rugby that he should be going low or even diving at the player who is tackling but instead hes going in chin up in the air asking to be pushed back. Sorry to pick him out because he has been good all season but its a really easy example of poor technique.

Yeah - terrible today. How do Sheffield do it? Yes we played badly but we were on the back foot right from the start - with Sheffield playing at 100 miles an hour and maximum intesnsity.

For a club that gets naff all in attendances they do very well. I can see them doing Leigh and rolling up to their second successive GF.

Our PERFECT performance came and Blackpool. It gave us a trophy but it destroyed the rest of our season.

140 odd days to the start of next season. It's a long hibernation. Tara everyone. Have a wonderful Christmas.

In all honesty this performance is like many this season but previously its been against poorer opposition and we've undeservedly stolen a last gasp win. Yes the league is competitive but when we've played the good teams weve looked pretty average at times. I'd say we've probably only put in one complete 80 minute performance all season and that was at Blackpool. We need that intensity every week or close to it.

For me York away was poor, Leigh at home, both Keighleys at home, Swinton away, I could worryingly go on and name a few more. However for me this year has been for the majority pretty disappointing with only glimpses of promise. However I will judge on what goes on next year as the team transition into a new era, coach etc was a big shift from the old culture and Rome wasn't built in a day.

Our half backs were my biggest disappointment as they simply have mis-fired all season and never really looked like clicking. Plus our offload and phase 2 has been in the main poor. The one thing I expected to improve but at times has also been woeful is the defence and in particular goal line defence, this has been at times abysmal. The major worry now is that our main game breaker has now gone and on today's performance nobody else out there will take that mantle so I hope they have a master stroke of a replacement lined up!!

Had this not been Harrison's first season In charge as well as being a cult hero at Fax I think questions would be getting asked about the way the season has limped and stuttered along. Remember We used our get out of jail card to reach the NRC final and things could have been very different.

Today we absolutely lacked enthusiasm and motivation and I'm always concerned when a team look disinterested and unmotivated on the field. To me a coach also motivates his team and installs belief and passion so where was it today??

Don't get me wrong I'm not pushing the panic button and I believe (hope) that Karl is the right man to take us forward. I think after a year in charge though he probably now realises the task he has to get us anywhere near Fevs consistency end fluidity on the pitch is a big one.

Overall 5/10 for me for the season and fingers crossed for a few changes. I think we just need a few Tweeks here and their but next year needs to be much more consistent on the field.

Leigh I think have overtaken us as their halves and Pivots for next year are quality.

Big improvement required.

Ditto this Chris.

What I will add is that just looking defensively we conceeded points from just about every way we could.

From short side plays, kicks in behind the line, cross field kicks, crash ball straight through the middle, loose ball on the floor and not being first to react etc etc etc.

I just can't explain how a team can play that bad with all those "on paper" decent players in it.
Do they think they just have to turn up and pull the shirt on.

Halifax may not be in the top flight anymore but the club and that shirt deserve better than that.

I hope the coaching staff will let them know that in no uncertain terms.

Bang on with this one game too many rubbish, we've hardly played more games than Sheffield. We were just exposed today by a far better, more entertaining outfit who knew how to attack and defend neither which we have got right bar a handful of games. We've been involved in so many dreadful games i've lost count and our attacking play needs a whole revamp, its slow, one paced and generally dull and our defence today was nothing short of disgraceful and i hope they know they've let a lot of people down today we at least deserve commitment and that was lacking in abundance

I'd look at a winger to replace Reittie who is a joke of a player at times offers nothing only making yards in 'easy' games and never looks like scoring a try. A couple of centres who have a bit of pace and power, always preffered Paterson on the wing and Tyrer doesn't really cut it for me as a top class centre. Heaton is probably too slow for the backs really

The half backs need seriously looking at handforth is just not good enough for me especially at stand off, bang average at controlling a game and doesn't create tries how many times have we seen a centre or winger get put away ala Holroyd or Branighan. We never have a move of any sort and he can't use his line to save his life but he gets away with it being by doing one or two good things per game which blind many fans to his deficiencies. Thackery is a support player and unfortunately the best part of his game is his kick chase

The forwards have been half decent; Ambler and Barlow are good players at this level and Divorty has been impressive. Ashall fell away dramatically and Robinson is abit of a flat track bully at times making yards in easier games while falling away in tough game, but all have shown they are good enough at times. Manning has been far and away most impressive for me

We'll miss Penky hugely as again he's been our only real creative outlet at times with Gannon been consistent once more. I'd look at releasing Bowman as he seems to be going nowhere with us, needs to play some regular games in a regular position but as a half back he isn't creative enough (probably not even near a danny jones level player which is saying something) and Casey has shown up half decent in last few weeks at second row before today but has had a poor season on the whole.

Overall would be looking at:

1 or 2 centres
A winger
2 half Backs
1 hooker
1 or 2 Prop/Second Rows