There's people reckoning it's £25 on the day.

It'll be a poor turnout again, 4 home cup games we've had and will make a loss at the end of it. However without a home cup draw we'd not have played a home game since September and still be waiting for one!

Would there be a saving by not opening the South Stand? If so it needs to be looked at for games like we've played recently, and the Catalan fixture too. The attendances do not warrant it and the costs that must come with stewarding, gate staff etc.

It wouldn’t surprise me if the gate is less than when we played Hammersmith and York Acorns.
I don’t see why they put the price up. Just because it Catalans that won’t attract more people. More likely to get more people in if the prices are as before.

£20 South Stand, £23 East Stand: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/hal ... c/1194688# The club should stop raising the price for pay on the day. It puts people off. Those who buy in advance will probably go anyway. I think there'll be a decent crowd. Looking forward to it myself .... the first competitive home match of the season at last.

£20 South Stand, £23 East Stand: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/hal ... c/1194688# The club should stop raising the price for pay on the day. It puts people off. Those who buy in advance will probably go anyway. I think there'll be a decent crowd. Looking forward to it myself .... the first competitive home match of the season at last.

Interesting to see the bookies have given Fax 30 points start. Generous on what will be a heavy pitch for Cats big forwards.

Batley getting 18 points start against Cas. What I've seen of Cas on the relly so far they're bloody awful and wouldn't be surprised Barley run them VERY close.

Also worth a punt on Fev who've been given 34 points start at Leigh.

And the remaining Championship team Sheffield given 50 points start at Wigan.

Bookies underestimating the Championship imo.

Cats will win by 50+ look at the size of the centres compare to the likes of Mcombe
I would take a Batley win. Think Fev V Leigh will be fev+26

Yep, centres are a worry. I'd stick Kav and Woody in the centres, Louis at fullback and Widdop to play full match in the halves.

The FC HX Town game called off, Fax will probably play on a pitch that more resembles a threadbare bowling green than a patch of grass for people to play sport on. When will the round ball ever learn you need an amount of grass to help drainage, I am not talking about 3 or 4 inches but somewhat of a covering that shows green not concrete grey/brown.
Taking this point further I seem to remember the pitch has had several drainage upgrades in recent years so what is the issue? Years ago when the football had a decent league side there was grass on the pitch 90% of the time, and they played some decent footy. Or is every one going to blame the council for the weather causing the issue?

I can't see owt but a good old rollicking today and it seems strange to say we've been unlucky with the draws considering all four games have been at home. It is what it is though and if i can sit in't Three Pigs come 5.00 with a pint of White Rat knowing the lads have put up a good show and come out of it injury free that'll do me. Up The Fax!

Well, the other 3 championship teams gave a great account of themselves and watched Fev give Leigh a game on the sportsman.

I also think Fax will give Cats a game today and get within a couple of scores.

In all fairness I think we did ok today. Catalan are a top 3 SL side and will be pushing to be in the GF again this season. They brought plenty of penalties with them which disrupted them. Our ball control and some decision making was way off today. Fairbank was easy MoM. We looked better once Widdop came off the bench

I was impressed with the crowd of over 1800. I thought we would only get 1000.
Although Salty got our only try I thought he has poor game. Running out of the defensive line (and not fast enough) and then missing the tackle. Not good and he needs to cut that out and stay on his wing. A lot of the time our defensive line was not line it was just a mess. All of this need sorting before we start on the league again. Over all we did ok

Overall better than I'd expected- better attendance and no apparent injuries which were my 2 main concerns about a game we were never going to win. Was a bit worried after first 10 minutes it was going to be embarrassing, thought the pack stood up really well and stuck in there until the end. They did put some slick backline moves together but this was helped by porous defence on Edens side although not sure it was all his fault. Crooks would definitely have helped the defence and we also missed the accuracy of pass from dummy half that O'brien provides. Overall not too downhearted about the performance and as long as they're not too battered feel quietly confident about Friday's Derby.

Aye, sounds about reight that. Take the first 7 minutes away and the lads did all they could. A lot better crowd and no obvious injuries so all o.k. Victorian Café Bar. Up The Fax!

One thing that game showed we need some centres with size asap Tibs and mcombe are no where near top 6 championship standard