First post, Fax fan for over 25 years etc. I go to games week in week out with justthebasicfax (a loyal supporter) and now that the 'inner circle' have patted themselves on the back and told each other what a great job they do, I just thought that I'd give my two penneth from the (ever dwindling) terraces.

The questions was two parts, first of which asked the forum if they could remember the last player who improved after coming to this club and secondly if the backroom staff could do with 'freshin up'. No one can doubt the good intentions of people who for years give their time up, for example the 'outed malfax aged 73', but a genuine question from the terraces is (apart from the utter garbage we watch weekly) do we need to take down the pictures of Chris Anderson, ban all 86 and 87 reunions and get some new blood in.

Surely we could pack any number of fatties off to Keighley and what we save on wages get people in with no baggage and stop that bloke writing in the Evening Courier about that time when they stopped off at some place for fish and chips and they left Hilda behind zzzzzzzz.

You might think its great in the hospitality boys and girls but the fans are completely turned off.

p.s Message to the board - do you really want to trust KH with signing new players for next year?

No need to elaborate further other than it was somebody very familiar with the current set up. Good win today however so I hope everybody has stopped sulking now.

Touchy bunch.

And John having re-read your post, I hope you are right, I truly do so good on yer.

Conjecture can be as corrosive as cronyism so take what I offered originally with a pinch of salt too.

Knowing JTBF very well, he doesnt have a nasty bone in him so I am sure he meant no harm.

Well that was an interesting read, I don't think I know JTBF but it sounds like he was n't having a go a particularly but is just upset at what he's seeing on the pitch, and he's not alone.
I for one would liked to have seen a young coach (Dunemann would have been a good shout) but it didn't happen. The thing is that in my opinion we have gone backwards on the field and this must be firmly placed at the feet of the coaching staff. I can't think of anybody who has improved in the last 2 years either and that is very worrying because off the pitch the club has moved forward.
The question now is where do we go from here and to progress I think the coaching needs to be looked at, if we bring in top players will they just be given a drive and kick gameplan? Who knows, but please ask the question before it is too late and we end up with another towelling in front of nobody in South Yorkshire.

I thought this one had been put to bed, however if you go back to the original post it is the attack on the backroom staff that angered most people,

Fair enough, we should all be able to get along for the common good of the Fax but there will always be disagreements, though I fully support the excellent work done by the backroom team.