Not hard to state how big today's game is given the results above us. A loss would leave us 4 points adrift of the teams above us and no matter what even Grix's biggest fans would say Im sure if before the season if people had said we would be 6 at this point and in danger of missing the playoffs, they would not have been happy. A win though, which we are more than capable of, puts us well amongst it and still in with a realistic chance of 2nd place.

Crooks starting the game at centre

I'll be delighted to be proved wrong but disappointed Crooks after just a couple of days training comes straight into the side at the expense of McComb and Maizen

I'd love to know the thinking behind putting McComb on the bench. Hardly an impact player and a waste of an available fresh forward. Just don't get it.

Point lost or point gained? Frustrating to concede such a late penalty but at least it didn't lose us the game. Barrow beating Widnes did us a favour. Only ourselves to blame now if we don't kick on to secure a top 6 spot.

It may not have cost us the match but it cost us the win stupid move by Tangata and he should take full responsibility for us not coming away with 2 points.

Basically Grix saying McComb has done nothing wrong to be dropped but isn't good enough to start rather than picking a team for the situation we are in. Go to that sort of pitch and against a big Bradford pack and only carrying 2 out and out forwards on the bench is madness. Point given away and usual problems of poor discipline and handling errors costly again. Starting to think if we are going to change coach then it needs to be done pretty soon while the season can still be rescued.

Utter brain FART.

Did I see Widdop at the Legends Night? Maybe the rumours are true!

He was. I thought it odd as well having a non Halifax player at a Halifax RLFC legends night.

Agree greg (omg, agreeing with you quite a lot nowadays, what's going on here, then? )

I can't think of one "tactical" instance where McComb could be brought on so basically a useless substitution. In the case of an injury to a back, then we can have forwards slotting in ...................... last week, Ryan King moved to half back for Haven against Widnes and ripped them apart. Just an example!

Did not watch or listen to the game, therefore can only take what others comment or the reports say.
Again it seems Fax give penalties away in places where points can be profited from.
Not to single Tangata, but seemingly his was the crucial one. After getting themselves back into the game and almost seeing the game out, Fax implode again, do they really want SG out so badly as to give points away?

Did not watch or listen to the game, therefore can only take what others comment or the reports say.
Again it seems Fax give penalties away in places where points can be profited from.
Not to single Tangata, but seemingly his was the crucial one. After getting themselves back into the game and almost seeing the game out, Fax implode again, do they really want SG out so badly as to give points away?

Forgot to mention as well the total mess we made of the Bradford drop out in the last second. We should have at least had a free pop at a long range drop goal on the hooter but instead we couldn't even deal with the drop out much like we didn't deal with the kick offs.

That game for me pretty much summed up our league form so far this season. The first 25 minutes we couldn't get out of our own half due to mistakes and penalties and our line speed was terrible we let Bradford come at us and pretty much sat back and took it. After a couple of penalties we managed to get up field and scored fairly quickly and that got us into the game better late than never. After that it swung one way and another and we got to the final 2 minutes 2 points ahead with a set of six on their line and we looked completely clueless how to see that game out and we all know what happened next. I lost count in the second half how many times walmsley was in space near there line and nobody had the vision to get the ball to him how people can see Wood as the answer while Keyes is out i do not know he can do a basic job but no more than that but it would be unfair from me to lay the blame on him for all our shortcomings. Going forward for me there looks something deep seated wrong with our overall play this season we can not keep going from game to game having the same issues something has to change and quick. The board i think back Grix so i do not see him leaving as a answer to these problems that leaves the players and there was rumours yesterday that more will be leaving in the near future but if these changes do happen and the performances do not improve then surely they have to look at the coach as the problem.