Over the season the Bulldogs have totally deserved their success. They did the double over us and today when it counted they've done the business, well done! Ultimately we haven't been that far off but at the end of the day we've just not been good enough. Today's game summed our season up. We had every chance to win but if you keep inviting teams back into games they will take advantage. On a different note I would just like to send my sincere commiserations to the icons that are the bullies. At least it means another crawl around North Parade next season



Up The Fax.

Quite agree HuddShay - Batley fully deserved their third place finish . An organised , well drilled team and they were the only team to defeat Leigh . Really interesting to see how Bradford react now . A big drop off in funding will hinder them pretty hard . They must have thought / planned for another crack at SL. As for us deserved what we got. Six out of six defeats against top teams sums it up . Good to hear Tyrer signed on for another two years

On radio Leeds they have been talking about Bradford and how they will react and how our league has shown that being full time doesn't always work.
They also stated a few times how Halifax did the right thing last season with our prize money and invested it in reserves , accadamy and the lads at Calderdale college ect and build the infrastructure of the club instead of 'doing a Brafdford' as they said , trying to buy players and it totally not working. Yes, well done Batley and dare I say Fev. Yes I am disappointed about us but the sweetener is the Bulls haven't made it either and they will feel it a lot more than us or other championship teams.

Pete it was London that beat you

how about well done to them?After all they did finish runners up,my predictions of 7 th for Fax was nearly right, I told you .Charlie knows.

Yes well done Batley, and really well done to Fev, taking 6 from 6 points in that run in shows a team that really deserves their top 4 position. On us, well we blew enough games to have been comfortable in the top 4 and just proved that we were not quite good enough.
Next season I don't see where Murrell fits in so we need to replace him with someone with nous and a bit of pace, there will be a number of changes and possibly/should be a big shake up.

Giddy fev fan.....
After the bash i thought we were knacked....
Bloody great finish to the league

Robin , I missed you last week at the Shay, I stood with Fevgrinder in the North Stand, congrats on today's result, see you in the Top House in a few weeks time, tell Suggy, the Leythers are coming.

Oh no.........to finish a bad day off!

All this talk about how the extra funding was vital and .... three out of last year's top four didn't make it this year.

Money isn't everything.

We'll have a drink together one day mate. Would like to meet you and Fev Grinder. Lindley Club shudds Guinness Mmm!

Aye... im in...and I'm sure dave will be. :smil

Nah sod London they are full time and like you lot backed by a money bags in David Hughes while Batley and Fev are part time and run on much smaller budget, they have done a Fax and got in the top 4 which is no mean achievement pushing 2 other full time teams out.

Very true F4L but London have still done well,and play very good rugby,Bradford have made a few dodgy signings this year and Sheff least said the better,I'm genuinely sorry Fax didn't make the top 4 , but I predicted at the start of the season that RM'S tactics would soon be see through, and your pack wasn't what some thought it was , your backs were on the slow side and in Murrell and GMoore a very average partnership, I have seen Fax play a fair few times this season,the answer a clear out for next year or I predict a lower still finish next season.

Yer a clear out is needed BUT will we be able to compete with the clubs with lots more money than us in the market?
At least RM won't have the squad problem he had this season which he did not handle well tbh as he kept chopping and changing the team, next year we will be down to a squad of 25 or less I guess?
London are beatable we just did not play well again we have gone this season, hope I am wrong and we get our Mojo back and actually win the timpot cup as a cup is a cup after all.

Again your response is very accurate,London played roller coaster rugby this season,again next season will be very interesting, for Leigh promotion is not the be and end all, apparently Derek has stated whatever happens he will still be at Leigh next year trying harder to get us into SL,we still have Mitch Brown yet to arrive,myself I'm still not convinced we are ready for SL but also think we are better prepared than last year.
Of your good selves Fax have a few positives going for them, I think you should disband your reserves team, it's pointless playing in a League that around 6 teams play in,I know the DR System is not popular but it has helped Fev over the last few weeks, and you have a decent Coach, he just needs the right tools to do the job.In Manning, Ambler , and Kaye you have the basis of a decent pack, Tangata is OK , but Calahane doesn't convince me, Greenwood, Salty,and Tyrer are good solid blokes,you just need a few additions,but with money now tight RM will have to be economical.I look forward to my next trip to the Shay, and hope things improve.Charlie.

Having reflected, I'm not so sure that the reserves is such a bad thing. Admittedly, we need some more interest in it (the RFL should demand that all SL teams have a reserve team imo), but we had three of our juniors on the pitch today, with another that's featured fairly regularly. Another two are signed up for the first team, but haven't quite made it through yet. It takes time for them to develop, but if we can keep hold of them, it could just be the time for the blue 'n' white time in a couple of years!

Glad you see the positives in Manu (he's a rock, tough and guilty of "rising to the challenge" sometimes, but generally a really honest and fair player). I'm happy that others don't see what we see in Tangata as well - he's a non-stop machine both taking the ball forward as well as making tackle after tackle. Mitch needs to get his legs pumping a bit more and learn the art of offloading, but he's a neat side-step at times and in a better team (hopefully Fax next year!) could be really, really good. Miles has disappointed after a promising return from injury, Tyrer is a brilliant kicker, good runner, but can't pass the ball. Salty has gone backwards this season after promising so much last year. Jonno is our star in the making, and would be outstanding in a good team. Scott can still open up a defence, but needs a runner coming through as his legs just won't move fast enough now. Gaz Moore has been exceptional for us, and again would excel if we can improve the team around him. Kaye and Robinson have potential, but again maybe need some quality around them. Richard Moore is solid and gives us options that others don't. I could go on about the rest, but I guess I'm saying that Fax have a decent nucleus of a team, but need some spark and quality, and maybe a bit more "movement" to gel them into a top Championship team.

For me we have lacked a bit of spark this season. We signed average players. G Moore has been our best signing but the forwards have failed to provide the platform, which they did with ease last season. Our backs need looking at because Sharp was prolific at Fev but in our system has found tries hard to come by. HB - Moore is a good scrum Half but Murrell lacks pace at stand off. The only player to provide spark is Jonno but we don't have enough strike players for me. Players who can make something happen. Would look at Summat.

Not sure about running a reserve side and maybe we would be better dual reg with a championship 1 side. This would free up money to spend on first team. Getting in that top 4 should take priority for me.

I agree with what you say but in that I don't understand why we threw games away that we should have won and ,at times to be honest, looked clueless. Something needs to change somewhere for us to get back in the top 4.

On the other hand, get your heads round this pompous crap! m.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/spo ... nts-anchor

On the other hand, get your heads round this pompous crap! m.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/spo ... nts-anchor

I love it



even the suns shining in Leigh,apparently BFG we could be ready to announce another Signing.

Hi Charlie that is great news hopefully it is another top 4 SL player to compliment the squad you said is already top 4 SL material. I knew from the winky face on the Leigh board when you said that you hoped Fax went belly up after missing out on the middle 8's that you were only joking. All the best though in the middle 8's, go get em tiger.

BFG you should join me at the Big Top,Jackanory.

Yes well done to Batley and the other sides who got into the top 4, overall they deserved it.

Leigh by far the best side in the comp, London improved a lot on last year, Batley were outstanding and proved hard for anyone to beat.

Fev came with a impressive late run beating their closet rivals when they had to.
No doubt RFF will be bouncing today and for a few days to come.

Come on Robin give us a few lines of "Were Fev Rhinos, Were Fev Rhinos" "But I don't care" "But I don't care"





As for Fax, with a poor start to the season and some up and down form in between with two games to go at home it was still in our hands but didn't perform well enough on either of them to get the results but it wouldn't have taken much for that to be different.

Disappointing, yes bitterly but still in a close call comp we weren't that far away.