Also it’s been well publicised that RM doesn’t / won’t listen to any of these same people.

Whilst I’m very dissapointed / frustrated with the many of this seasons performances and the book stops with RM and some of his recruitment decisions have been poor when I’m being critical it’s not to the point where I contradict myself.

It’s just another area the club is lacking in my opinion. Marshall being chief cook and bottle washer is a recipe for disaster. At the very least there should be a Football Manager/Director to help with player welfare - if a player has a problem who does he go speak to??
This - coupled with a complete lack of commercial activity from the board makes me extremely nervous. Sponsors have paid thousands to the club this season and have had next to no exposure from the club ang the club are not meeting there contractual obligations to said sponsors. Gone are the days of the board trying to build positive relationships with local businesses, which is commercial suicide for a club like Fax.

Very fair points.

Also worrying is that having spent so much in pre-season and once again only a few months in to the season and Marshall's recruitment is brought in to question and the club is having to go begging to supporters to raise money to bring in a player that it seems the fans want more than the coach. Also worrying is that said player did want to leave the club but is now looking for a return. The last thing we need to be spending money on right now is a player who has hardly played for 3 seasons.

We've won 5 games and lost 4. We're currently 7th but on the same points as 5th. The worrying statistic though is how many points we've conceded.

I think that our biggest loss has been Andy Holleyhead, with fitness for our part-timers being shown up in our defence this season. Lack of fitness also contributes to conceding penalties, which is also a big problem for us at the moment.

We're still at the races fighting for a top 5 spot, but we need to find a way to get our fitness levels up so we can defend effectively and stop giving away needless penalties.

Quote ="Greg Florimos Boots"Also worrying is that having spent so much in pre-season and once again only a few months in to the season and Marshall's recruitment is brought in to question and the club is having to go begging to supporters to raise money to bring in a player that it seems the fans want more than the coach. Also worrying is that said player did want to leave the club but is now looking for a return. The last thing we need to be spending money on right now is a player who has hardly played for 3 seasons.'" https://www.halifaxrlfc.co.uk/article/5 ... from-wigan Anyone local know anything about our new signing Oliver with him being an Halifax Lad?

Quote ="Greg Florimos Boots"Also worrying is that having spent so much in pre-season and once again only a few months in to the season and Marshall's recruitment is brought in to question and the club is having to go begging to supporters to raise money to bring in a player that it seems the fans want more than the coach. Also worrying is that said player did want to leave the club but is now looking for a return. The last thing we need to be spending money on right now is a player who has hardly played for 3 seasons.'" https://www.halifaxrlfc.co.uk/article/5 ... from-wigan Anyone local know anything about our new signing Oliver with him being an Halifax Lad?

Chris_ Smith
If what you are saying is correct, then the BoD have grounds to release him from his tenure without compensation. That surely is gross misconduct and a neglection of duty
Both serious offences in any other job and instant dismissal. Maybe then someone with passion would be introduced at no extra cost. I have been a supporter of Marshall previously, however there comes a time when decisions need to be made, Is this one of them?

If this is the Situation action is needed sooner rather than later.
To show how bad our defence has become Rochdale had been scoring 10 pts a match but we managed to concede 24,Last Season 2nd best Defence in the League now the worst of the Top 8 Surely no co-incidence ?

Surprisingly no as at his age and Siddal he should have been in the Tom Holroyd/Morgan Smithies teams..Welcome to club as with any new signing but a young back rower...really is this what Marshall sees as a priority....?

I thought that is the only position he ever sees as priority.



As coach with this money been raised to bring back Tangata, wouldnt you have thought he might have just said, look its nice and sentimental and everything but what I don't need now is another crocked player, can I use this money to bring in a player who is available to play right now.

Not knocking the fans for their sentimental(one way) decisions but the club shouldn't be sanctioning signings that bring more to the dressing room than the pitch.Personally would have brought Baldwinson in as York's need has been shown as being less than ours in the grunt stakes.

Are Halifax in a position to outbid York?

Hard to believe we are in a position that would merit that even being a question...but in truth who knows the Yorks fans are funding that signing in the way ours are Tangata.

Our inept coach yet again blindly oblivious to where we are struggling.... White should be nowhere near the first team IMO.

Spot on. The club is carrying far too much baggage as it is so it makes no sense to add to it.

Well that makes things very interesting for the Bulls game.

Congrats Norm on a great Cup win, Fax will be glad I tipped London, kiss of death there.Enjoy the glory.Charles.

As a neutral it's interesting to contrast this thread with the gushing tributes to Marshall in today's League Weekly after the London game.

The opening paragraph in the match write-up by Ross Heppenstall reads;

"Richard Marshall is one of the brightest young coaches outside of Super League and it is surely only a matter of time before he is plying his trade at a higher level.
This victory confirmed the excellent job that Marshall is performing with the part-timers, who have been a force in every season of his reign."

It continues in much the same vein about Marshall's achievements for two or three paragraphs before he even starts to discuss the game. Certainly makes an interesting contrast with some of the views on this board.

I think some journos don’t follow the championship that closely so can be found wanting in up to the minute knowledge.

For example Dane Chisholm was in the RLW Championship team of the month earlier this season. I think he got picked on the strength of him being someone they’d heard of.

A little bit of knowledge is always a dangerous thing.

Yes that's a fair point, and I think Heppenstall covers soccer and RU as well as RL. That said, Marshall does seem to be a bit of a media darling and there was a similar piece in League Express last year after a big Fax win though that was by Matt Shaw who is a Fax fan (though I think he's a very good RL journalist).


From a neutral point of view I think you could genuinely argue either way as to whether Marshall is over-achieving or under-achieving.

Yep one game is hardly enough to base an objective opinion on.

And this raises another topic that has been mentioned before.

Namely information, or lack of coming from the club.

We never really know what is going on, are we doing okay, are we struggling, are we somewhere in between?

We too are often left with just a little bit of knowledge so as far as we know with the cards he is holding RM could be doing a great job, blundering along or anywhere in between depending on who you listen too.

Fair points.

With A T possibly making a return , RM could be considering to partner Murrel at halfback.!!

Yet Halifax in no rush to offer him a new contract when his runs out in the matter of a few short months. You would think it would be high on the agenda unless they see the things that other people on this board have seen.