i think its time for mr calland to go!!!!!! and the reasons 4 it is the bloke doesnt even know what his best team is and we are about 8 games in if you take the nrc in to balance.the team is low in confidence we all know that but calland isnt the bloke to sort it this time as we dont have the team to get us out ov the this time.weve lost some great players in branno and shad and moloney and its showing big time.the signings calland has made are awfull clayton,smith gannon who was pants the first time round are just way past there best and as for cherrytree that guy couldnt break wind.we need a coach like karl harrison who will take us back to basics and play to a game plan instead ov this ov the cuff crap on your own line when you should be taking 5 drives and a kick and make them make a error in the half instead ov ours.

We've started bad, no doubt about that, but does the blame lay fully on calland?

Recruitment has been mixed IMO

Ratu had a decent preseason before getting a bad injury.

Gannon and Smith not taken a backwards step

Danny Jones was a good player for keighley, yet to show it for us yet (In games Ive seen, told he was good against Batley in the second half)

Clayton isn't good enough, and I dont think Fairbank is either (though according to some meathead that opinion is insulting his family name and will have me banned from watching rugby league )

We lost some good forwards in Said, Wrench and Maloney, Gannon replaces Wrench and perhaps Chandler replaces Said, but we dont have a moloney type "nutcase" who apart from been an ok player, can get involved when the going gets tough and step up to it.

I dont think its time to call for Calland to go, but perhaps put some pressure on memebers of the team to start to perform, when we win, we praise them no end, when we lose, focus switches to the coach, it is his job to motivate them but the ultimate performance is down to them

Lets not forget that Calland as taken a pay cut plus the playing budget as been slashed and that shows with the loss of quality in Brano, Maloney and shad. I remember everyone being happy with our recruitment during the off season and saying our pack will smash everyone this season how stupid them comments look now.

As the coach he has taken a pay cut but what I cannt understand is why all the other coaches ? Both Holly and Larder were kept on as coach / players then there`s Damian Ball , Martin Gonzales helps with coaching as well as Under 23s and then he has Martin Hall for back up , there must be a sizeable cost there.

Not everybody mate said the pack wouldsmash everybody off the park. I personally had serious doubts as Gannon, Frank, Mikali, Larder are all over 31 and Gannon was always a penalty machine. And I remeber many saying Maloney not staying was a big miss as was Brannighan and Royston. Taking a Pay Cut was a big thing and I respect MC for doing it when he didnt have to do. But for me I see the same problems that have been woith us for years and nothing has changed. And today when I heard Bally mention about Negativity in the camp, then you have to question whether its time for MC to part ways with Fax.

Currently think Jones has been poor, bad decisions by going for little chips when we need a deep kick, cost us the match against Batley and that win could have been the kick start we needed.
Calland picking a fullback on bench against Fev - ridiculous - just meant the forwards had even more work to do and it's those decisions that make me feel he should go.
Penky makes so manyy mistakes/wrong decisions but has got away with them with spells of brilliance but I'd have Beswick on the pich everytime. And Penky is NOT a captain.

Penky is a captain.

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I dont actually remember anyone saying this. How a pack this light weight could smash anyone is beyond me. Ive said all along we have the best backs in the league but that dosnt matter when by the looks of it on the first few games we have one of the worst packs in the league. Forwards win games, the backs just score the trys. "

I dont actually remember anyone saying this. How a pack this light weight could smash anyone is beyond me. Ive said all along we have the best backs in the league but that dosnt matter when by the looks of it on the first few games we have one of the worst packs in the league. Forwards win games, the backs just score the trys.

Gannon not taken a backward step? I have yet to see him make a yard. Featherstone's props took him out of the game and it was the same at Sheffield today.

If you think Danny Jones is yet to show his ability then I think you must have missed his kicking, passing, tackling and determination. He was one of our stand out players at Sheffield and created that try out of nothing for White.

The coach is definitely to blame when things go wrong. Nobody gets to play semi-professional rugby league by being rubbish at the game - it is the coach who makes the difference to how well they perform. Look at what Powell has done with Featherstone and what Harrison has done with Batley. In all walks of life the performance of a team is heavily influenced by its manager and can change dramatically when there is a change of manager - that is a given recognised everywhere. Yes, the team members take the plaudits when things go well - it is part of the manager's role to stand back and let that happen, or even to encourage it. It's all about motivating people.

We have some terrific players at Halifax but the team is less than the sum of their parts and the coaching is not addressing this.

It's time for Calland to go.

if we continue to play like this then we will not make the play offs, simple! HOWEVER it is not that long ago that we were in this position, remember hunslet leigh and fev. I think its time us fans really got behind the coach, not just the team, and let him know that we have faith in him.

Could that be down to the coach then?
Making too many wrong decisions like making Penky captain (again), did he never learn last time as the guy is not a born leader he is too individual, like when we need him to make the right call he does things like running the ball instead of taking the 2 points.
Said it many times before a well coached teams know how to beat us and we cannot cope, so yes once again I do question the coach do we have a gameplan???
Come on look at the resources at clubs like Batley and Sheffield not being cocky but they are small clubs compared to us yet because they have good coaches they do well, especially against us, so do Fev under another good coach.
We have done well the last 2 years under Calland because we have had a good squad of players and some individuals players who can score from nothing, but we have less of them now and I am concerned that we have gone backwards this season and yes I did go to Toulouse and they were bad there too.

I won't be getting behind the coach because I no longer have any faith in him.

Being pedantic here as I understand your point, but I wouldn't even put Batley in the same ballpark as Sheffield in terms of resources, mate. If you told me we (Batley) had enough money to sign even ONE out of Taulapapa, Yere or their new Samoan guy who recently had NRL trials, I'd probably spend the rest of 2011 laughing in your face.

Maybe based on support mate, I can only guess Mr Aston gets some decent sponsorships being in a large city like Sheffield.
When he goes I think they will struggle he is Mr Sheffield.

I won't be getting behind the coach because I no longer have any faith in him.'"