No Huddersfield duel reg but woodys back in the squad https://twitter.com/halifaxpanthers/sta ... 60260?s=21

No Huddersfield duel reg but woodys back in the squad https://twitter.com/halifaxpanthers/sta ... 60260?s=21

It will be interesting if woody is actually fit to play i do think we could of done with 1 or 2 in from huddersfield in the forwards to give us some more firepower but other than that i would stick with the same team as last week.

Well McComb is back in https://twitter.com/halifaxpanthers/sta ... 58656?s=21 Who was flat ? Certainly not walmsey so who does he drop? Arundal , salty , barber ? Anyone think he might drop Keyes for jouffret? Certainly an interesting team selection incoming .

Well McComb is back in https://twitter.com/halifaxpanthers/sta ... 58656?s=21 Who was flat ? Certainly not walmsey so who does he drop? Arundal , salty , barber ? Anyone think he might drop Keyes for jouffret? Certainly an interesting team selection incoming .

I can see Zak coming in for Saltonstall who I think would be one of the 'flat' players mentioned. Jouffret must stay in the side if we want to take the points. He does something different. Lachlan can't be dropped after last week. If we play the percentages like we did in the 1st half last Sunday we will get the same result. We've got to take the game to Fev and test them. We did it in the 2nd half and as Ross Strudwick would observe, won that. Go for it from the start and see where it takes us. Up The Fax!

Looking through the squad it seems the knowles and gee injuries have highlighted our lack of strength in depth in the second row which is why I hoped either Hewitt or roberts could come in ( noticed both Hewitt and Cole Oakley are playing for the hudd reserves) feel the garside kav partnership needs freshening up , both high work rate players but don’t offer a lot in the offload department , for me it’s moving barber or arundal to 2nd row or maybe tangata and bring calcott into the prop pos .

Calcott another player for me who seems to get short shrift. Always seems to do well but like Woody in the past seems to be one of the first out of the team in favour of a few who's performance does not seem to matter. It makes no sense for Woody to play this game so this is likely just Grix trying to throw up a surprise for Fev, but on a heavy pitch and in a game we are pretty much nailed on to lose, it makes more sense for him to be played in the Leigh game where we should fancy our chances. Bringing back steady Joe Martin to start this game would send out the wrong message in my opinion but I would not be surprised if it happens.

I think if we can make a game of it most people will be happy, can't see us winning but can see us taking a heavy loss.

I did see Aston take a knock so still waiting to see if he's fit, if not then LJ will go into the halves and Martin to 1.
On a heavier pitch I can see SG bringing back JM anyway as Jouffret did knock on twice leading to 2 scores, I wouldn't do so but can see the reason if Grix does.

JWH being used as mind games by SG, surely not.

Agree Calcott is one who given the correct encouragement and game time will continue to develop into an excellent first choice player . Can anyone name a player who has been improved by Grix ?
I think tomorrow could be a long afternoon at the office .

I ve noticed a few diggy comments regarding Grix given that I’ve been following fax for a couple of seasons this time round , I’d like to know why .

Can’t comment on why someone else is having a dig at Grix but can assure you that if it wasn’t him it would be and has been someone else and it goes back a lot further than the last couple of seasons.

I suspect it will get worse if we start the season 1 win from 6 like we might expect given Fev and Leigh are our next games. There should be no panic at that point but ive no doubt there will be. The only bad loss in there is the Widnes one but we may as well have flipped a coin for that game the conditions were that bad but it could hurt us late in the season as I suspect most of the teams around us will beat Widnes at home.

It's a forum and people will rightly air their opinions on it. Last season Simon Grix got us to third spot which given the budgets of the two clubs above us could be considered as a successful season. This season so far we have won one game and are out of the cups again. Given our injuries and as difficult a set of fixtures to start the season with as we could have been handed there are reasons to hope SG can turn our fortunes around. That said the board of directors have given the coach the tools to work with and I would like to think 3rd spot is the least we can hope for. This squad is good enough to get in the play offs and then have a right go at the end of the season. Up The Fax!

30 point start on the coupon.

It's hard to judge the feeling in the camp at the moment.

Today's game is a make or break in Simon Grix's coaching career.

A win by 10 or a loss by 70.

In what sense? Feels like a free shot to me.