Whens the draw for the semi finals. Dewsbury/Batley at the Shay would be nice, wont be easy but best root to the final?

Thursday evening. Presumably at half time on Sky.

Phew, that was a big win for us for many reasons.
First it was a win when we have been losing and badly.
Second it was the NRC quarter final so we are now in the semis and one win away from another Final, you never know!
Third, it gives us hopefully some confidence before two hard games and maybe we can kick on now and if not beat Leigh give them a hard game plus the Bradford cup match is looming and we need to get some faith back for the fans.

How you have the patience to respond to all this complete tripe that people post is beyond me. Respect!

I'd have put a brick through my monitor long before now.

I'm glad you do though.

I am not happy because we let a very poor Toulouse side back into the game from 30-4 up plus on paper I cant see how anyone in the league is better than us look at Leigh they have Andy Gorski nuff said.

Ah yes - on paper - where rugby league is played week in week out. You need a reality check this season. I'm thinking top four at best for Fax - hopefully making the playoffs.

We need to get some confidence back in the team and yesterday's win is a start. Confidence breeds success and if we can get a roll on then we should shunt up the table in the next two months. It's going to be a tough struggle this year with Leigh the stand out favourites at the moment.

Whether the second half performance was poor or not we really shouldn't be following a Fax win with calls for players to be sacked.

Forever Blue and White?

Forever blue by the sounds of it.

Feelings are running a little high at the moment and I do understand where FBAW is coming from!! At the moment though I will take any win as I couldn't see where the next one was coming from. Neil (FBAW) and his twin is a true Fax fan and like everyone is entitled to an opinion. I didn't go to France so will take it we just didn't have the killer instinct in the 2nd half with what was as I gather a patched up side. We're in the semis where anything can happen and reaching for some Blackpool rock!!!! - let's just lay off the personal stuff eh? We all want the same thing and don't like to see another fan being called pathetic whatever your view.

A wins a win. Little nervous in the second half though. As an added bonus its the first time i have backed us to win with the bookies with a 6 point start as i truly believed we would hammer them after recent performances. Whats everyone so down about? We are in the semi final and as long as we can avoid Fev and Leigh we could have a chance of reaching one of only 2 finals we really play for. Thats no disrespect to Dewsbury and Batley but i think were a bit short of Fev at the moment and Leigh are on a different planet to everyone at the minute.

It's beyond me ! really !!!

what's with the complaints ?

Fax played really well in the first half,outplaying a poorly organised TO team out of the game in 30°C ! TO played in to the sun in the first half and Fax took full advantage with some excellent play.
Great credit to TO who,missing the backbone of their team re-organised (which the coach must take credit for,for once !) and put the Fax defence under more pressure .Fax always looked the better team and full credit to them and their fans for their great support.
Not a bad perforrmance on the Fax (or TO ) side but very impressed with Holroyd who controlled the game for me with great support from Danny Jones and good peformances from the players usually out of the limelight ie Cherryholme who was awesome and Penky,Goddard,Chandler,White etc etc - a good 'team' performance which went to plan which pleased MC.
Thought TO did well to re-organise and it's difficult to find a bad TO player but Greg White did well at FB but,as I have said,they are missing key players in key positions (without capable back-up) and a better team would have made it more difficult for Fax IMO
Well played and good luck in the next round.

Dont forget though we have played Widnes as our last two games , so you cannot really judge us on that

We have won a match, that we always should have, well done.
Doesn't change the fact we have more coaches than Abbeyways, leak more points than Julian Assange and have a copy of Kevin Keegans 101 ways to self destruct, as tactics manual.
Im nervous about the semis now, Dewsbury or Batley at home is a must, theres no way we are ready for Fev or Leigh.
One swallow does not make a summer, theres still a lot to do to gain my confidence in the management.
Getting ahead of myself here a bit, but for a number of reasons i would not like to play certain teams at Blackpool, should we get there, shudder, im sure some of you know what i mean straight off.

Great important win. And thats the most important thing well done lads. First half seemed we was on fire and yet the second half we were back to our usual switching off mode. Whilst its great we won certain things cant be ignored. The defence MUST be sorted ASAP! If we switch off against Leigh, Fev, Batley, Sheffield etc we face the prospect of not just losing but no bonus point. The players clearly as individuals as well as a team can play top quality rugby and also win. What the coaching staff must do is sort out this poor defence and concentration. Least we won this week and also missing a couple of our better players. Lets just hope we can compete next week and even if we lose then get a vital Bonus Point. But for me the problems we have are still there and will not just ago away over a win in France. Plenty of work and the jury is still out about the way things are at the moment

You predicted that Halifax would LOSE. They won and yet you moan.

I think a better team would have made it difficult for you - but you need to give great credit to Toulouse for a good second-half display - they are struggling but at least the french coach actually took the massive step for him to change thing around a bit and the players responded.
MC recognised that after the game and stressed the importance of staying alert for the full 80 mins.