It is looking very congested around us on the league ladder so we could really do with 2 points on sunday. I think Maizen is injured for them so he will not come back to haunt us in this one. As for us how do we tighten up our defense with this group of players i do not think Finn can. He as got us looking more dangerous with the ball and I'm hoping that will be enough to get the win.

With the Whinos not having a game, hopefully we'll have Johnson and McCormack in the squad which should do the trick.

Reliant on Loans & DR what a shambles the Game of RL @ This Club now are

According to Whitehaven coach Maizen recovered from injury and will now be playing.

When a supporter like you Bentleyman posts that, people should wake up. Fax and owt below SL are slowly and deliberately being allowed to drift into oblivion and those complicent should be ashamed. What our BOD are thinking is beyond me. We've just had a great tournament at Siddal with loads of young boys representing our town and proudly wearing Fax colours but we all know where the best lads will end up. The thing is though, without clubs like Fax there will eventually be no pathways to the top as the clowns in charge of SL/IMG hope for in following their quest for having an Australian system over here. Just take a look at what's happening to the amateur game to see the future. How do we change the course the game is going? All i can say is something drastic needs to happen and maybe a breakaway by non SL clubs is the way forward. A season or two of playing each other half a dozen times might bring the 'big boys' to their senses. As for the 'haven game we've already beaten them comfortably in't cup and i would expect a 'home' win by twenty. Up The Fax!

I get what you are saying Hudds but our club, or any club in the Championship, is in a position to change what happens with DR. You can argue they could all stop using it but the fact is that clubs can save money and improve the quality of their teams by using it.

"What our BOD are thinking is beyond me" - At the moment I imagine they are thinking we need to survive in this division at all costs, if we go down I imagine we go belly up its really that simple. Also in my opinion we have used DR pretty well and Leeds have given is some good players. Yeah its not ideal but again with the team we had and the injuries we have had we were pretty much nailed on for relegation. We are working out of that mess at the moment which is what we all want and it don't really matter how we do it if it gives the club a chance of survival.

With regards to the tournament I think originally set up where it were for lads who were not associated with any SL clubs. With the hush hush surrounding that the reality is that Fax will not have a chance of signing those majority of lads first time round and will get more chance when they are released by SL acadamies. As we have seen recently with our "project" players, we really do not have a set up that can afford to carry more than 1 or 2 unproven players. There maybe that opportunity through the college but unless we have a reserves set up(which we can't afford), as much as this looks good its hard to say what the longterm result is going to be.

As for the game with Haven I think we will win this one comfortably although if Maizen plays he will be out to prove a point to Finn after he refused the opportunity to bring him back recently.

t's all about just surviving these days which is all pretty depressing. And quite a few other clubs getting dragged down. Fev only got 1.5k against York and Sheffs top of the table clash with Widnes attracted just 1k. So we're not the only ones.

Crookes back in the squad- while I'll be surprised if he plays this week great to see him back as his return would massively strengthen whats consistently been our weakest part of the team all year

Without being totally convinced based on our season so far but just starting to feel we are slowly turning the corner I’m going for Fax to start the game with 110% commitment from the whistle and have the energy to stay in the game to the whistle and have the attack to rack up a decent score and get the points.

What a strange game. That first 30 minutes was abysmal and for all the world we looked like a team that had given up. The try before half time gave us a glimmer of hope and then we came out and blew 'haven away with some great trys. Once again Joe Keyes orchestrated the play but also a special mention to Charlie Graham who is proving a real asset to the team. Up The Fax!

Another Groundhog Day game that like many others before had moments of head shaking here we go again and attacking speed and brilliance in equal measures.

2 crucial points on the table at the end of the day but with an attendance of just 911 given so not sure how much that game will have cost the club.

I think that game summed up where we are as a side right now. Some very poor and passive defense in the first half, and the turning point for me was when Whitehaven 14-0 up put a early kick in behind McComb who slipped they had 3 men waiting for the ball to kick up but it never did and went into touch if they score there they go 20-0 up and for me game over. Thankfully from that point on we scored a cracking try just before the break and then ran away with the second half. Maizen did us a favour by dropping 2 high kicks which lead to scores and the rest of the scores came from some good line running and support play. We next face the Eagles who gave us a good hiding on our own patch so i would take any win from Friday's game. I could see them racing into a 30 point halftime lead and then we comeback to 30-28 with 10 to go before they seal the win with 2 late intercept scores to win 40-28.

Didn't go myself, and I probably wouldn't have if played at the Shay. I said at the start of the season I would start picking my home matches following the hike in admission. and I'll be making a choice between the upcoming Fev or Widnes, but not going to both.

The clubs need to get their heads together and have some kind of salary cap structure and universally get those entrance fees down to 15 quid absolute tops. Otherwise the clubs will slowly die, they haven't got a cat in hells chance of attracting new supporters at 20 quid plus. Even mini season tickets might work. For instance, I'd pay 30 quid for both Fev and Widnes. There you have it, made a tenner out of me already!

I went and paid £25 to get in..pathetically overpriced for the fare on offer and not surprised at anyone who swerves it.While on the game,despite the flak i got for calling out Salty he did get dropped and we didnt concede any soft walk in trys on that flank...I do agree with poster who said the turning point was when their left winger didnt have the pace to chase down that kick,our group all said same.

Salty was injured FWIW and we were playing Haven rather than the different class of opposition which is Wakey, if Haven are walking in tries against us then I would agree that questions need to be asked.

On the subject of ticket prices, on The Pulse or whatever its called now they have been advertising some family tickets for the Fev game so might be worth having a look for anyone who is thinking of going.