For me, with what we were able to put out, the defeat isn't a huge deal;

I do wonder wether we may look for one/two dual registration players to come in and freshen things up especially whilst we are struggling for numbers.

Look at the mess Liverpool r in. 2 money grabbing yanks in charge & 3-400 million in debt

You cant blame Calland for miss tackles, knock ons but for me he is responsible for discipline ( On and Off the Field), Defence and the team having a plan and working as a team to achieve results. What I fail to understand is that we have let in 336 this year-only the bottom 4 have a worse record! We all know Fax have problems defending. Yet I see NO change in this area. Discipline (Both in Defence and attack) is awful. We should know what each Ref is like and what they will focus on. Yet once again we commit the same stupid mistakes. We try forcing passes that simply are never on-Aizue, Maloney, Penkywicz , Black etc. Each time we lose or struggle, Calland blames his players for not sticking to the game plan. Why not? They are his players he has brought in. Why cant he inspire them when the going gets tough? Why cant Fax go back to basics when we struggle?


Its the manner of the defeats mate. Its the way we never sort out the problems which cause us to lose or struggle. I sadly cant see us winning a trophy under Calland due to the reasons above and these problems have been there since Calland started. If you cant defend you are unlikely to win a trophy. It may look good scoring heaps of tries but against a good well drilled side its not that easy.

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Think defence is more than 50% of the game - if the other team can't score they can't beat you!!!!

If you score more than the opposition , you'll win every time , we had a defensive attitude last year , it really worked for us

In the cold light of day, in hindsight, and with a good night's kip I can honestly say that this is the best post on this thread. I hold my hands up to being negative at times and typing in the heat of the moment, and for that I apologise to those I may have offended, instead of waiting to calm down and assess my thoughts before hitting a key.

I agree. One defeat in 9. Still
not bad going. Yet all the idiots are back baying for Callands head. People wanted structure and for us to build pressure and we did in the first half, if we had continued playing that style they would have be moaning at how predictable we are.

All these people also claiming that we are skint. No one has actually backed these remarks up have they? Look at the comments by The idiot the other night posting about players wages. Again no proof what so ever. Makes you wonder if people are only ever happy when they have stuff to moan at. Prehaps they should sod off and watch Bradford, because they certainly don't seem to be supporting Halifax.

Are you being serious, do you want another Oldham on your hands



I think people are always going to be very quick to jump on Callands back, because of our points against column and the fact that for the past few years we have had the best side in the league and come up with sweet fa. I admire TS's and your pragmaticism but the simple fact is if you were to add back in Salford and Celtic to the league our progression is then in a real light. We should aim to be the best, not be content with competing and finishing 3rd in a league like this. I and many others simply see that at the moment we are missing a massive opportunity to galvanise the town round RL, we will miss out SL, its highly likely we wont win the GF this year, because we show no sign of defensive competence. Support is fine and if all some people want to do is 'watch rugby', thats fine too, but if you two are genuinely interested in Halifax 'doing themselves justice' then you have to admit, we can do better, and shouldn't think it has to be with this coach or some of these players, excellent on paper, but only good on grass.
I for one want the best we can possibly get, its never going to be Matt, and you will realise this one day too.

Who said anyone was content by finishing 3rd? Did Fax do them selves justice against Barrow at home, Leigh away this season? I cant recall you coming on here saying how bad we had played then? One defeat against the top of the league in 9 and you come crawling out of the woodwork. I wouldnt be supprised if you are just a FC Town fan on the wind up. In fact come to think of it - you probably are.

I see that we still havent received a reply to the above post - could it be that they were posting bollox as per usual?

Do you know what, if we were to become so structured that it is boring to watch some of the fools would complain that we don't have any flair anymore



I think our all-out attack from anywhere policy is like a breath of fresh air to watch week in & week out. I actually find watching some ofthe SL games so boringly predictable I switch off without seeing the final hooter. The modern day coaching has tried to make our game sterile, watching 'Fax is a real roller coaster ride most of the time and I love the thrill of it all.