Well I’m certainly one who would love to see a block busting forward.
Couple of questions though.
Can anyone suggest who this might be and provide a name?
Can anyone suggest why if that player exists he would want to come to Fax when if he was that good there would likely be several SL clubs and top Championship clubs also wanting to sign him?
On scapegoats, the biggest consistency in that regard is that it’s whoever happens to be the Fax coach at the time, it was the same with MC, KH, RM and now SG and whoever follows.

On Walmsley I would play him.

On walmsey I’ve given it some thought, someone , I can’t remember if it was on here or Facebook made a valid point , we haven’t signed walmsey to make yards like salty , different types of player ,in some respects his physicality is irrelevant plus we have other backs like arundal , McComb, worthington when fit who can fulfil this roll . It is possible we’re overthinking things and walmsey was rested to give tibbs an opportunity against weaker opposition, both rawsthorne and the ginger fox were rotated last season.

Regards the forward situation I believe the only option at this time in the season is the duel reg , out of ashworth and mason I preferred ashworth, mason seems a big lad but doesn’t run with much intent and ashworth has got an offload . Tyler Dupree fits the bill but obviously not an option at the moment.

I’d be interested to know if we ever look further afield like Whitehaven do or like when we signed tangata and cahalane.

My view on Lachlan is that when in a couple of years we are watching him tear it up in SL we'll all be saying why didn't Grix pick him more often? Get the lad in the team and let him do the job for us while we've got him. Up The Fax!

I would take ashworth in the team each week he did well for giants on sunday though. Watched the leigh game back also and Ashworth stood out and played well thought mason was lazy in defence

Yes it’s very difficult to assess who’s doing what live as emotions are involved but he looked promising, also seen a few games of him playing for saints and he looks decent, big strong and with an offload ( still should have passed when we had a three on two on the 20 minute mark )even if we can’t have him now it’s worth keeping an eye on these players for the future some of the fax forwards are reaching there mid 30s and will need replacing at some point .

I think Walmsley has the skills to go up a level to SL but I dont think grix has the capability to take him there . It cuts both ways in a player coach relationship . Time will tell.

I think Walmsley has the skills to go up a level to SL but I dont think grix has the capability to take him there . It cuts both ways in a player coach relationship . Time will tell.

Walmsley is the type of player that can win a game when the games tight. He has the speed and ‘Xfactor’ to produce when it matters. As others mentioned Grixy may have seen this game as an opportunity to get Tibbs in to show him what he can offer us this season should we need to call on him.

Just to touch on the point of Tangata and incorrect play the balls… i don’t think its open to interpretation - the Batley game which i was at and the Leigh game i watched ont tele, he got to his feet and fell after playing the ball. Its a penalty all day long and will continue to be punished for it, He needs to cut it out. The worst penalty to concede is one when you have the ball!

Just to touch on the point of Tangata and incorrect play the balls… i don’t think its open to interpretation - the Batley game which i was at and the Leigh game i watched ont tele, he got to his feet and fell after playing the ball. Its a penalty all day long and will continue to be punished for it, He needs to cut it out. The worst penalty to concede is one when you have the ball!

Totally agree.

Play the ball is open to interpretation as the referee has to decide if a genuine attempt to play the ball has been made which involves using the heel to kick it back which doesn’t happen all the time , plenty of games where the decision can go either way in a similar vein to reefing the ball out / knock on rule . Like I said in my original post tangata given that he’s a repeat offender needs to work on it , regardless. Also an incorrect ptb doesn’t result in a penalty but possession given back to the opposition . https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/rf ... -for-2020/

Play the ball is open to interpretation as the referee has to decide if a genuine attempt to play the ball has been made which involves using the heel to kick it back which doesn’t happen all the time , plenty of games where the decision can go either way in a similar vein to reefing the ball out / knock on rule . Like I said in my original post tangata given that he’s a repeat offender needs to work on it , regardless. Also an incorrect ptb doesn’t result in a penalty but possession given back to the opposition . https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/rf ... -for-2020/

Talking of Tangata, as well as playing the ball correctly it's about time the rest of his game stepped up. Aye, he's a decent player at this level but I'd like to see more from him than he has shown so far this season. To me he just isn't showing us what he is capable of. Very average so far. Up The Fax!

Looks like walmsey is back in anyway as tibbs is in the Huddersfield reserves squad along with Oakley , Martin and calcott, ashworth and mason also in the reserves.

Oh I should have added Calcott to my fall guy post. Can't remember seeing the lad have a bad game for us and seems to make good yard with the ball. Another that is usually one of the first out of the team though.

Totally agree! Never puts less than 100% in. This whole sharing reserves job will all end in tears.

Tibbs named in both squads , Hewitt comes in from Huddersfield https://twitter.com/halifaxpanthers/sta ... _VnfhauHFw

Tibbs named in both squads , Hewitt comes in from Huddersfield https://twitter.com/halifaxpanthers/sta ... _VnfhauHFw