This is not having a go at ‘Fax Panthers, but the Halifax “we support the football team” Courier,
2 days since the ‘f f f’ and not a peep or an inch of ink devoted to it, had it been FC Halifax Town, there would have been front page, back page and maybe even a special souvenir pullout describing in great detail every word of the event.
If the Panthers want more exposure one surefire way would be to have equal parity on reporting.
Do Fax have a captain's column?, or minute by minute live reporting on each game? NO and NO they do not, Come on marketing or whoever is responsible put pressure on the Courier to give more ink space to the whole Panther family, like the cliche charity begins at home, well our home is Calderdale,

Imagine the Bulls not having space in the T&A or Huddersfield or Leeds not in their respective press?

Rant over for the moment!

Couple of interviews conducted by seb sternik ( who I believe sub contracts to the courier) https://youtu.be/u1kLpuzD17Q https://youtu.be/_4tvtclxwEc

Couple of interviews conducted by seb sternik ( who I believe sub contracts to the courier) https://youtu.be/u1kLpuzD17Q https://youtu.be/_4tvtclxwEc

I have talked about this before the Editor of the Courier is a massive Town fan. When he goes
On radio Peeds he talks about the football very rarely Fax. To be honest I don’t even know what amount of people read the courier nowadays. The hard copy comes out once a week so all the articles are a week old. It is a sh*te publication

@Listenup94,, I had an email from Tom ‘fcht’ Naylor who did say as you point out Seb Sternik is sub contract as the courier are strapped for cash and cannot afford a full time RL reporter.

@Faxlore, living in Malaysia it is my only contact now with my hometown, therefore I still like to read online,

Im not quite sure what happened to the Courier. Town fans always used to complain that it was biased towards the rugby club, but I would agree that it now appears to favour FCHT. It can be days before a Panther's match report goes online whereas FCHT is on within minutes of full time.

Its a shame whats happened to the Courier. It used to be an integral part of Calderdale but I bet its a year since I read a physical copy and it took me a couple of minutes to flick through.

I have now watched the Board Forum.

Big positives are their clear understanding of the present position and what needs to be done.

Big negatives are lack of real in-depth discussion on financial position, lack of significant upgrade in player investment for 2023 and plans on how they will achieve their goals.

For me the verdict is very much still out.

In the short term seems like Grix will be getting a bigger playing budget than last season and considering we finished 3rd that’s a positive. It’s obviously a competitive market and as Grix said we’re not finished with our recruitment and a lot of our success will depend on getting them deals over the line . Very difficult to assess how the long term plan plays out given they’ve only been there a few weeks but they seem very ambitious and enthusiastic.

@Dbvada, to an extent I agree with you, however it was a fan’s forum not an Annual General Meeting, also they are still only 3 weeks into the job and they did say wait until December for IMG next release, also Simon would not say who he is after if not concreted signings.

Regarding exposure, I wrote to the club and mentioned my son is doing a sports media degree at the Man City facility (UCFB) and that he would be keen to offer his writing services, especially as he is an ultra keen fax fan. He has interviewed Salty for his course and written articles on SL for a RL magazine in Australia. He wouldn't charge much and would enjoy doing so - be that for the club or the Courier. There could be all sorts of features to attract interest, things like 'meet the player' interviewing the lads about their families, history and interests outside the sport etc.

If anyone wants to make this happen, I can speak with him.

All I got from it was the club needs to reach out to a different audience (demographic). I do think there is an audience out there but choose not to go to games. These are the ones we need to attract back somehow.

That’s a fair comment.

Although if I recall when Posner started these Forums a few years back he always had a few slides on finances. It’s when Boards don’t give real numbers I get concerned.

My concern is that the enthusiasm equates to naivety. Where it not for Turner’s personal investment and Steele’s before him the club would not be anywhere near where it is now, I hope they realise the true cost of their ambition.

Well to be fair the signing of Maher certainly answers a lot of questions and s good start for the new football manager and the board .