That was my 2nd post in a month, sorry for going on so.

I well remember the 2003 season, I remember there was a feeling that we were in it together - board, fans, club and players, that's gone. How can we demand openness from the RFL if our board won't tell us what happened?

I must admit I'm wavering.


I don't want anyone else to do it, it's not a campaign or anything but I want to show my dissappointment in the board. They want us to trust them, but they don't trust us. Not a good attitude to have when seeking a thousand or so new fans

My own view of the clubs statement is that somnetimes you have to take a long term view for the benefit of the club rather than a knee jerk statement. Sometimes there is not much point firing the bullet if you are not going to win the battle.

I think we all owe a debt to the likes of Michael Steele who for the love of the club with has all its ups and downs put a tremendous amount of effort to leading Halifax. It cant have been a comfortable last month for him . He is not necessarily a charsmatic leader who wants to be at the of the headlines (Barrow) but someone who trys to have the club run in a bona fide manner true to the principles of rugby leage but more so probably to his own principles.

Unfortunately principles and bona fide, dont seem to light up the lights of the people currently making a complete shambles of the rugby league strategy. Because everyone is struggling to see what part of their strategy is working from expansion to running clubs on a sound business footing. As for the wage earned by Wood just how anyone could justify his wage is boardering on incredulity.Try compare it with the Chief Constable of West Yorkshire running a 10,000 staff organisation and sorry but Woods post ought to be on about 80K max. Better still a replacement for him is found who can devise and actually implement a 5 year gameplan to promote rugby league.

I think the only way to beat the RL is to create such a successful, well run Halifax club that long term we hold the moral high ground. What we dont do is sink to the RFL levels jumping from failure to failure in search of a rainbow in London, Tolouse or Cardiff or a money man .
Money men are fine if (and a big if) you get the right one. Get the wrong one and its boom and bust.

In the meantime I'd rather stick with Michael Steele and his team. Well done to them, no more talk of not buying season tickets etc, support your team as much as you can and up the Fax!!

I have 1 view on the clubs statement. If you think the club wanted that statement to be made you are an idiot.

End of thread.

Ditto

im not saying anything on that subject. thats not what i was responding too. I was responding to the inference that we only got in because our chairman licked RFL for 3 years. we got in because our application was good enough.

I didn`t infer that in fact quite the opposite what I am infering, is your aplication was more than likely better than Crusaders 3yrs ago and you were kept out when you would have done a good deal better than them.

not really sure what conversation your having my friend. my original post (to which you then responded) was itself a response to a post from another person that had nothing directly to do with your points. are you mistaking me for somebody else?