I thought we looked better last night when Karl Ashall came on

You know, when you look at it hard, most players in the Championship come from $uperleague Academies. Which does indeed make you wonder if running junior teams is a waste of money.

Looks good on the cv. Practical ? Hmmmm......

Just watched the game not knowing the score as I was away.

Nothing between the two sides and Dewsbury deserved to win in the end.

If we get no real field position, build no pressure, throw the ball away at crucial moments of a game we are hardly likely to get the result.

Another game that ranks high in the top of the dissapointing chart.

Niall Berrett is a long-term injury, as is Brad Delaney & Joe Martin it's no secret.
I think some patience is going to be required with the U20's squad, they are a very young bunch of players, many of them still 17 years old, many only just 18. Those who were in attendance at a Trust meeting ( perhaps pre-season ) might recall Gonzo making such a statement. Maybe the term "3 year plan" may have been quoted.
For those who are unaware of the facts, last season we ran both U18's & U23's. The plan was to filter the U18's into the 23's drip feeding the system, a near perfect plan in my eyes and the club were fully behind it. Then of course, someone changed the rules, abandoned totally the U23's, and SL senior academies, brought in a re-structure of U20's at Championship for those who could be bothered, U19's at SL AND dual-reg for those who were weak and skint and prepared to be bullied by the bigger boys.
I know for fact that some lads at Fax had to be released when they became too old for the U20's but would still have qualified at U23's but weren't quite ready for senior grade.
How the hell is this game supposed to produce youth players coming through the system ( Griff ) if they aren't given time to develop ? Sign a load of Kolpakers, Aussies or whoever......
We might as well all pack up & go watch Bradford in that case. Bradford that is, who've taken Jacob Fairbank on loan for a month to cover injuries. Good luck to the lad, I really rate him but yet again, unless I've missed something, he's a Huddersfield player who was dual-reg'd to Batley this season. I really hope he makes a go of it & Bradford want to sign him full time 'cos he's a great prospect, a local lad and the SL clubs play under different rules with regards to the number of foreign players compared to championship clubs, this will stop our talent progressing to senior grade in sufficient numbers.

I'm not going to have a moan about last night, Sheffield away or Fev away on the messageboard, 'cos those who know me & talk rugby league with me know my feelings anyway & I've seen this coming. How about give Dewsbury a bit of well done & good luck for the rest of the comp ?
I really don't want to see certain clubs playing out the final in our stadium, i find that highly embarrassing.

Littlerich you should look what you post as comments like that don't give your club supporters credit

As for the game you like us want to win all the time but people need to remember where here to be shot down and last night it was you. If you rember back to the start of the season most of you said you had a very strong squad and your forwards were the best in the league As a fan of Fev I still see you as a top team and could possibly take our shield and the GF trophies off Sheffield There's a long way to go get to your next match win it and all will be well I'm sure the players will stand up to the mark

Sometimes you have to speak their language to get the point across.

after watching you the other week against us my conclusion was some of your forwards wernt fit enough to play at the pace the game was played at and that was ultimatly the reason we won. After watching last night i saw nothing to change my opinion i reckon some of them would struggle to do 80 mins in the pennine premier div and i seriously mean that

what the helllls worancy doing attempting to drop forwards off near his own line

I find your “thicko miners” comment deeply offensive, my grandfather worked underground for over 50 years. Have you ever spent 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, underground, without toilets, running water, hot drinks, unable to have meat in your sandwiches because it would rot in the atmosphere you were working in?
Attempt to banter about Rugby all you like, I will ignore you, but do not denigrate people who risked their lives daily so you could be snug and warm in your home.

To be fair the comment was directed to the "few" who take great delight, beyond what is normal banter whenever anything negative happens against Halifax and "only" Halifax Rugby league club and it's supporters and has nothing to do with anyone else past or present.

However on that point since it has been raised I am sure we all owe a great debt to past family members who made sacrifices for their families and others but with respect it is hardly relevant here.
The responsibilty for the conditions in the mines and other industries lies with others.

The "few" hate mongerers aren't exactly flying the flag of their former or present community and cause just as much offense as anyone else.

However they are never wrong and it's always someone else that is responsible and that's why they carry on with more of the same.

I saw the game basically like this, Dewsbury were as good as they could be and out enthused Fax for most of the game! They had a game plan and it worked, fair play to them and good luck to them for the rest of the comp. As far as Fax as are concerned we made too many errors and failed to control the game! We only really looked like we could damage Dewsbury in the last 10 minutes of both halves. We still could have won the game but probably didn't deserve it in the end.

On another note, if we are playing the game to the rules, it was 100% a deliberate knock on by the Dewsbury winger on the last play of the game and it should have been a penalty to Fax, but that's just the way the cookie crumbles!

Cry me a river.

Yep certainly was. I just wonder if anyone who has it on tv can watch the kick through in the last 2 minutes where the Dewsbury player kicks it and it richochets off our player and the Dewsbury player comes up with the ball, first thing was the Dewsbury player offside at the kick and was he within 10 yards of the player it hit? For me we wernt getting a penalty for a deliberate knock on but my initial view of that kick was it should have been a penalty to us for the Dewsbury player been offside and within 10 metres when it hit our player. Would be interested if someone could confirm or not.

I think there's a lot to criticise the ref for. There always is but in the main the defeat lies with our own poor performance. There's no getting away from that. I don't think it's season ending though. We have to make that top spot our own from here on in. It's going to be tough - and so it should be. Something won with sweat and tears is far more worthy.

Up the Fax!!!

We didn't deserve to win, but it should have been a penalty for the deliberate knock-on in the last play of the game.