Ey up Starry lad!! You still boycotting the Leythers?

So you dont rate the championship young player of the year then? If Johnstone is better than him he must be a good one then.

Fed up of all the negativity before they have even pulled on the blue and white. Give the lads a chance.

In my opinion which may not be worth much I am very pleased with these two signings. One grand final winer who Sheffield Did not want to lose and a young lad who sounds exiting

All this negativity about new signings, of course we all want to see big names arrive to play for us.

(Imaginary scenario) Has anyone stopped to think, maybe the club is in negotiations with a big name and he is undecided, he comes on here and reads all the comments about new signings. Would it sway him towards signing or opting to walk away and sign elsewhere?

The current squad are always saying what a great set of fans we are, so let's prove them right and be more supportive of incoming signings. At least give them a chance to prove themselves.

Hope players don't read foram. Not with all the negativity. Season only just ended and people are moaning. Come on like you said mr confused Let's show what great fans we are and support the team.

We are fax

Thing is half backs are hard to find and good ones especially as they are key to most teams doing well. We have got two who with a decent pack should do well and our pack is one of the best in our league come on.

The players will go where the money is. Thinking what a few fans post on an internet forum will influence them is absurd. I do at times think that some people on here are deluded..........but I do welcome their opinions.

Agreed. KH`s interview begs the question of how that could possibly happen when we have 6 or 7 options for key positions. I know Im ignoring the fact that some would be tried in friendlies but it isnt until the games get meaningful that you can really tell.

Just read a tweet from Simon brown. On his holidays at moment will reply to messages saying welcome to fax on his return. Delited to have joined us cant wait untill next season.


What a nice thing to do.

That will do for me.

Good player and going by that a nice lad too

No I dont really rate him. I think Thackery is better than Brierley. I think both would do a good job at mid table teams but once again it boils down to us wanting to be a top 2 team. Fev will make some big signings and are splashing the cash like it has gone out of fashion to make sure they end up in the important top 2 next season. Sheffield will be very good once again and dont really need to improve to be challenging for the top 2.

Batley will make some money from getting to the GF but I doubt they have the spending power to trouble the top 2. Leigh are making some signings but again doubt they will trouble the top 2. That leaves us, we need to push on and break in to that top 2 next season, it isnt a season where we can afford to mess about trying different things, it is so important to make sure we are there next season. I believe with the people at the club this can be made to happen but with KH in charge of the team I cant say im convinced it will.

What were you expecting? "Im delighted to join Halifax and cant wait for next season but I wish there wernt anyone posting any negativity on their fans forum"

Just what the Fax need, a Lovely lad......

Come on Neil, Seriously, you have put earlier that Brown is a Proven Championship Grand Finalist, So what, KH got rid of a team full of Championship Winners becuase he doesnt like lads that arnt local or want/feel they deserve more, Instead we pay a certain player more money than he is worth, dont play him half of the year and let the best hooker outside of SL go to one of our biggest rivals, We signed lots of Injured or Injury prone players. I dont think KH or his coaching staff are able from what i have seen over the last 2 seasons to recruit the calibre of player that Fax should be attracting, Instead they seem to be chossing Rival clubs, My question is why is that ?. From a players point of view that is.

Martin Hall new where to look and what to get and brought in some truely Inspired players. other than a Small Handfull in Murrell, Manning, Ambler, Tonks I am not too impressed with what we have 2 seasons of recruitment to show.

No idea on Johnston, but young English half-back sounds good to me. If he is anything in the Rob Burrow mould (as K-H states) he will take the line on! Simon Brown is an excellent signing! No, he won't score ** tries as Thacks has, however he had the kicking game that won Sheffield the grand final last season. If anyone can recall, Brambani hardly kicked a ball last season (fair enough, he is doing a decent job at it this season) Brown was the playmaker! Bring in a decent hooker who can shift the ball at speed (hopefully Ben Kaye) then I think we are looking good.

As mentioned before, the same pack will do it's own job. We do need another centre, but in reality I do like our current centres. People may say Tyrer is lapse defensively, however I actually think he is one player who has improved under K-H's coaching. Heaton is very solid and has the potential to be an excellent player.

*p.s. Hopefully Holder gets some game time also, he can shift the ball at speed and looked good the last 3 games!

Some of it has to come down to style of rugby. Worrincy cant get in the team despite been one of the best wingers in the league for mine. Players are punished for making mistakes by been dropped which is right to a point but if those flair players are so afraid of making mistakes that they dont want to try anything because of fear of losing their place then all of a sudden we end up with the type of rugby that we are seeing.

Karl Harrison cant even use the excuse that he knows the Fax fans want to see exciting rugby because at the end of the day he has taken over a team that was playing exciting rugby. He wants structure and safe hence the signings of Brown and Mennell, the problem of structured and safe is that when it does not work like against Sheffield you have no game breakers that can produce a touch of magic that can pull you out of the mire and put you back in the game ala Black and Penky.

The days of bums on seats players at Fax will not return with our current coach. If thats what it takes to win stuff then I wont complain but Im pretty sure some have already or will vote with their feet.