Leigh = Title contenders.

Us today = Absolute poo. Wait worse than that.

Watene IMO was awful. He was at fault for at least 3 of their tries, throwing an interception pass with no tackles on the board, not putting any pressure on Wobbie for him to put in a pinpoint kick for Leigh to score and lazy defence on the line enabling the Leigh man to beat him for a try. He doesn't bust through the line 1/10 of the times a man of his size and speed should and he rarely lasts more than 15 minutes at a time. Aizue was on a par for poorness as well, it seems he thinks he is too good for this league, he needs a wake up call.

Only Shad (as usual) Paterson and Maloney could hold their heads high after today. Penky had a below par game because he is not a stand off. He tries bless him but he simply isn't a half back, like Usain Bolt running a marathon, it isn't going to work. When he went back to hooker, he set up our only 2 tries of the game.

I agree with the Haighmiester, Watene for me just does not cut it, 1 good game out of 5.

They were all awful today apart from Stan, and maybe Maka and Dom.

for Stan, never stopped working, always motivating everyone and put himself on the line with some of those passes. Bloomin' immense today!

How anyone can say Lord Gene doesn't try in a game needs to watch him closely (as I did today), when most of your lazy sods were/ couldn't be bothered to tackle our guys - Stan did. He ran more yardage in defence than anyone else to close down our attackers today.
The guy plays with his heart.....he always has.

your 1st league defeat, you won at widnes - not too many sides will.
last 2 home games have been YOUR worst for a few years, BUT some comments are a little OTT. We lost at York, but easily beat Fax & Fev, some strange results already this season - maybe Halifax fans will be feeling a whole lot better in 2 weeks or so. I did not go today because I'm sick of us being thrashed at the Shay. 'swings & roundabouts' - KEEP THE FAITH.

Oldest man on the field as well... just.

Read both threads concerning Calland and the performance today and the silence from the "Calland In" crowd is deafening. Todays performance is a culmination of poor coaching, discipline and organisation that in my opinion has been on-going for some time. Personally for me Calland should have gone before last season got underway after his "incident" in Halifax. The Grand Final merely served as a superb smoke screen and papered over a number of cracks that were starting to appear in Callands coaching ability. When it truly mattered last season in the "major" games we blew it and I have always bemoaned Callands ability to really get any of his teams highly charged and passionate. Today was a prime example. Champagne corks freshly popped on a new era for the Town, club and stadium and what happens? - The worst performance in many years.

Millward played superb mind games during the week complimenting our speed out wide, whilst plotting to batter us up the middle, in fact they battered us in every department and as many previous posters have mentioned a large majority of their team were well beaten by us less than 12 months ago. What a difference a coach makes!! - I thought Leigh were SUPERB today and played how I want every Fax side to play . . . . . . For each other. They were led well by Paul around the park and played good, hard, basic rugby and looked to offload at the right time but were patient and built momentum.

Calland must (hell as got to) go but I am not sure the BOD are strong enough to make such a decision. As much as I was berated for mentioning on here a players comments made to our group last week (just how true were those supposed flippant comments?)........As I have always said where HRLFC and rumours are concerned there is normally some truth, no smoke without fire and all that. Halifax actually look like a side who don't train or know each other saying that and players sound like rats wanting to desert a sinking ship if the other rumours have any element of truth to them.

I take no pleasure in seeing my team play like that but sacking Calland is no "knee-jerk" reaction it is a decision that needs making for the good of the club moving forward and damn quick before the season is over before it has got going. We need fresh impetus with a whole new back room setup and I personally would bring in someone with no links to the club. We've appointed on sentiment before with TA and I'm not sure Rhino is the answer right now.

Oh dear me you are so wrong there.