Springer not injured apparently.

While I would much rather Springer was on the 17 I can understand Grix's thinking - just don't agree with it. When your focus is more on not losing than going hard for the win you go for solid performers like Garside rather than someone who may make mistakes but can also pull something special out of the bag. We've had the same in the past with players like Worrincy and Barlow who were probably a lot more popular with fans than coaches. We knew what we were getting with Spinger and for me he's performed as expected so seems a bit daft to then leave him out.

Well I actually enjoyed that, not something I've been able to say very often this season. In fairness to Grix he picked a team that was able to carry out his instructions to the letter - high completion rate, very few errors, running hard and spending vast majority of the game in the opposition half. With the forwards getting on top both half- backs had excellent games, Barber has surely done enough th cement a spot at centre - but my man of the match, not for the first time this season was JWH - solid and dependable in defence and dome brilliant link up play in attack.

credit were it is due i did not see that performance coming and will hold my hands up to that. Brandon moore was back to looking like is old self and i just think everything we did was with a greater intensity then we have seen so far this season with and without the ball. As for dewsbury i thought they were very poor they never gave themselves a chance with repeated forward passes and knock ons while the game was still a contest and then the game went away from them on the back of those mistakes as well as fax playing well. My opinion on simon grix as not changed i do not think he can get the best out of this squad on a consistent basis we seem to have a good performance about every 1 in every 5 games and that is not good enough i just hope the board don't hide behind todays game and act like everything is fine now it will take a lot more performances and results like today to convince me that he is the right man for the job

Far better performance that was down largely to sticking to a simple game plan for much of the game.
As a result the contrast from last week where no one played well this week no one played badly.

We still made a few errors but Dewsbury didn’t capitalise from any of them, had they done it could have been a different game and they made it a bit easier by giving a lot of penalties and dropped ball.

Never thought I’d say this either but we got just about every call from the ref and touch judge.

Next week against Sheffield will be the perfect test to see if we can back it up.

That shows its... get your players focused and out on the pitch to do a job.the squad is good enough just get them on the field focused on delivery and most likely they will do so

Honestly Im not getting too excited. It was a much needed win and a very good performance overall. On the flip side Dewsbury were awful and no disrespect to them but if we want the top 5 then we should be beating Dewsbury. Lets see how we back up next week and see if we have hopefully turned the corner. As has been said Barber has to be played at centre, I don't think he is good enough in the back row but at centre he is excellent pretty much every time he plays there. JWH was good and he should be the fullback but will obviously be shifted once Grix is fit. Thought Tangata and Moore looked good as well.

Well that response was way better that just good.

Even when Grix is fit he should not walk back into the full back spot. JWH is playing very well and not put a foot wrong, therefore should retain his starting place. He is a young player thriving on playing in a position he enjoys playing in. He should keep the spot. Gix is in his last season and loyalties aside cannot expect to automatically be given a starting place. For me JWH is the full back we need going forward. let him play, develop and we will have one of the best fullbacks in the Championship or we could lose him to another club.

Totally agree, solid in defense and under the highball, comes into the line well in attack and if Woody could get a good run of games there he would improve game on game, Scott still has a lot to offer and could well have a run out at 6 to put some pressure on the halves, especially 6 who because of the shortage of numbers seem to be able to pick themselves.
Liam has shown some good touches in attack but he needs to learn how to bend his back and defend instead of the finger grab efforts.
With both those mentioned, JWH and Liam SG has something good to work with, over to you SG to show what you can do.

What a win that was for you guys. And we barely limped past bottom of the table Swinton. This is going to be a very odd season I reckon.

So the key to a good Halifax performance is me refusing to waste my money watching another apathetic display lol. More seriously though, a win at Sheffield and we're back in the top 6. It definitely is going to be a very odd season.

Quote: Sideshow Bob "So the key to a good Halifax performance is me refusing to waste my money watching another apathetic display lol. More seriously though, a win at Sheffield and we're back in the top 6. It definitely is going to be a very odd season.'" Highlights here Bob.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMCyvSQingc

Quote: Sideshow Bob "So the key to a good Halifax performance is me refusing to waste my money watching another apathetic display lol. More seriously though, a win at Sheffield and we're back in the top 6. It definitely is going to be a very odd season.'" Highlights here Bob.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMCyvSQingc

I agree ref the fullback spot. Changes have to be made to a side that wins only on merit . If woodburn Hall plays well simple he retains the position . That's the way you turn a side into having a win culture.
If people get their place on a mates basis it's a sure way to end up with a useless team