Sorry Chinaman but you’re talking out your ****! Calland was doing all the coaching back when Hall was supposedly head Coach. You’re right in that the players did him proud; that’s exactly what they said they were going to do pre match, do it for him as they knew they’d been letting him down. As have some fans with their ignorant drivel and ridiculous demands for his head. He was bright enough to become a qualified teacher and run a successful Youth Academy from which we’ve certainly reaped the rewards with Miles Greenwood, who’s a perfect example of Calland’s sound man management by the way. Fans blow hot and cold, supporters stand by you through thick and thin. I know which I am! The long standing supporters you speak of ( imaginary friends?? lol) should cast their minds back over the past two decades, I’ve had the time of my life watching our revival these past few years and attribute it to Calland’s master plan and leadership. Put your white stick away my old China and enjoy the ride

Then why should 4-5 defeats after 13 very good wins make him a rubbish coach and should be sacked? (to quote many other people)

You can't have it both ways. At the end of the day we finished second and are in our first final for a couple of decades....he's no less a demi-god than an outright god in my eyes..

I despair, I really do.

Is it true that some of our "supporters" are only happy when the going is thin?

Sometimes i'm ashamed to be a fax fan when I read this stuff.

This ere soldierboy talks sense

Do some of the 'fans' on here want us to be like Barrow. We could Start calling Michael Steele 'Sir Des J of Halifax', we could then dump Matt Calland after Fax's best season for years, don't forget to keep him on the books, sweeping the terraces or emptying the office bins.

We could then re-instate him a month later when we realise how good he actually has been for us.

GET REAL, Matt has done a wonderful job for this club, as has the rest of the backroom staff. We are not the biggest club, with the most money or the biggest set up to work with, but what we have achieved with the resources we have should be recognised and applauded.

Can some of the doubters on here answer this question?

Who was responsible for a SL player tearing up a 2010 Fax contract and signing up for our biggest rivals for next year?

If you don't know, it was all the negativity that was aimed at the coach and players that was spouted on here over the last few weeks.

We need to get behind this team and support them through thick and thin and make sure the best available players want to be here and not our rivals.

Who is this mysterious SL player? Names please

Lets just rewind to 2004 - 5. How bad was it then? No disrespect meant to anyone pulling on the blue and white but the players we were recruiting then were not in the same class of who we have now. The club and the coaching staff deserve a hell of a lot of credit....oh! and isnt Matt Calland part of that? If it was all a charade Matt wouldnt be there now. We are in the GF on merit and we have a good rookie coach who is learning every week so please get off his back.

Back the team boys and we can go places

Would that be Ford from 'cas?

He`s signed for Wide Knees already!

For gods sake we've got through to a major final and yet still some folk are wittering on about Calland, why can't they give it a rest? Is the egg on your respective faces getting a tad sticky or summat? Let's look forward now and enjoy the ride.

We know, think he was refering to the fact he was possibly going to sign for us, read this message board, had a little cry and then signed for Widnes.

Oh sorry....a blonde moment!

Well said and if calland was that bad,why are all your best players resigning?You have done well and they respect him which is important.Goodluck in the final from a widnes fan.You do not want to be like des johnson and big headed.I support you in the final.

If a player decides where he is playing next year on the basis of a few weeks criticism on a message board then I'm signing up for the Widnes, Barrow and Man U ones now

Seriously though I would say if any player is that fickle then we don't want them, imagine if he hurt his finger while playing for us, we'd be getting sued.

I will stick my head out and say that is wasn't the fact we were losing that got so many goats, but the manner in which we were going about it. I'm glad to say that of all the things I suggested on another thread were done, and low and behold we're winning again .

For the record I think MC & MH are doing a bang up job and think those who want his head should note that we've finished a place higher than the year before every year that MC has been coach and made our first GF, not bad for a rubbish coach.

I said keep the faith,everybody was calling for Calland to go and praising Cullen.People forget the amount of S.L. players Cullen had at the time on loan.Widnes are now back to square one getting turned over by Fev.Lets not forget Leigh did the double over them before the loan players arrived.