was not very impressed by leigh, yes they did basics right and not many errors, but to me they were a very ordinary side.
which makes fax worse than ever.

Some of the PLAYERS are in Last Chance Saloon!

I think Matt Calland has had a permanent table reservation for some time now and the time has come for him to settle his bill and do the honourable thing.

I thought so also, they were just enthused over a poor team. I can't believe it took them half an hour to score, it should have been way more than 48.

Is that not the problem, Bowman , who else ?

Is History repeating ?

Dont fret, we were poo last week and terrific yesterday.

Beswick, Cherryholme and Aizue for me. Bowman is a good player who puts the work in usually.

It took them 30 min to tire our fowards out, then it was easy for them. Except for big Frank our pack looked too old and slow, unable to cover in defence and no punch in attack.
The worrying thing is other than a couple of players the team today was the same as the one that was scoring for fun last year.
Today we had no idea. Our body language before the kick off was poor and got worse through the game. if the players can not be bothered then they can't expect the fans to shell out £15+ to watch them.

And long may Championship sides consider us to be 'very ordinary'!

In 26 years of watching, this was the worst ever home performance that springs to mind. Absolutely souless performance. I feel demoralised and cheated today.

Another whinge: £18 to watch this or any other championship rugby is a joke. Over £40 for a family to watch semi pro RL is unacceptable in times of a recession . You can watch premiership football for less..

What a wasted opportunity. The stand is fantastic, the band were excellent and a decent crowd turned up, but the team looked it just regressed 4 years. We had a real chance here to convince some of the floating fans to turn up against next week - now there's no chance.

Black didn't look fit and Penky simply isn't a half-back - Gene should have played there to tighten things up. There's a real lack of a rugby brain when Branighan isn't playing - the 2 cheap points given at the end of the second half just sum it up really.

I don't think Leigh were particularly brilliant, they just knew what was expected from each of them, were disciplined and had a game plan. Can't doubt the players efforts, but it's like watching headless chickens at the moment.

Time to get someone else in before the season runs away from us. I was looking forward to getting a big team in the cup (assuming we get past Swinton ) - now the thought of a Super League team coming to the Shay is not so palatable.

Stand looks great though .

The pensioners in your front row were battered off the park which left us in control for the majority of the game, we were the best team by a country mile.

Its down to many factors. Several half fit players out there who are obv not going to give 100% and then some players not putting in enough effort. Too many old men in the team and this is occasionally letting us down with lack of covering tackles e.g Wrench, Larder. Black is atm a total liability he is giving away more tries than he scores so he needs to have time out. Its a shame that we can't play out of form players in the u21s because some need to get some confidence back. Calland is not the man to take Halifax forward for me, the players are not professional enough under his leadership and this is unlikely to change so expect more highs and lows. AIt would be better to get a coach that has his team well drilled like Leigh but who would come in.

A little unfair in my opinion as they didn't need to be anything but ordinary because we didn't pose a challenge to them

Your pack was beaten senseless today and not a high shot in sight.
We softened you up then pulled away, at times I thought some of your forwards were going to throw up on the pitch.
Defence wins games and our defence today was awesome.
We ran at Frank and took his go forward away, Aizue was pooh at HKR, Gene is 106 next birthday - why dont you spend some money on your local kids instead of quick fixes.
Nine of that Leigh team played against you last year btw, what a difference a great coach makes.

Too true Maurice!!

Agreed Maurice with much of that especially the point about the coach.