You mean the reaction of one particular goading poster? Yes, he represents all of us.

I marvel at your arrogance.

Yes, no RFL rule was broken. Just the law of the land.

There was some unlawful activity at the final recently - none of which breached RFL rules. A real comfort to the victims, no doubt.

Back off - just know when you're in the wrong and be more humble.

RFL rules aren't the only laws we live by.

And you know it.

I'm fed up with Halifax's "we won so nothing else matters" attitude.

Get a grip J20, I do sometimes agree with some of your comments, but you miss the point completely.

Halifax was not in the wrong. The agreement was between the player and Sheffield. Halifax even checked with the RFL, who confirmed that it was okay to play him.

Aston played Barlow to play against Sheffield in the nines competition, which strangely enough was in the 2010 season, but spit his dummy out of the pram when he played in the play offs, saying that he can't play against them in the 2010 season.

I think that Halifax did nothing wrong and to avoid any more negative publicity have paid for them to go away.

I have been following the threads about the ‘Barlow affair’ on both sites and am amazed at the puerile comments coming from a few posters about not visiting Sheffield so they lose gate money. I would like to point out to these people that in 2006 Halifax were very close to liquidation and Rugby League supporters nationwide helped out by visiting Fax for their home games. I amongst other Sheffield Eagles supporters did this more than once, so to read these comments makes me very angry, but will not deter me from supporting my own club when they play in Halifax next season. Grow up and get on with watching and supporting Rugby League.

Damned by his own gesture of goodwill.

Once again, I marvel at your arrogance.

Mark Aston is a fool and not a great coach. Might have been a good kicker in his time thats about it. HE was crying like a baby.

Halifax didnt break any rules, however what I found shameful was on sky after game when he started crying which was sad to see. Should have admitted got beaten by better team.

Anyway, good luck to sheffield next year.

Don't speak too soon.

There's still the alleged illegal approach to be dealt with.

Let's wait and see ......

Yes, that's what everyone thought. How well I recall the posts at the time .... "Let's play Barlow - Aston won't do anything about it." How wrong we all were.

Love you too.

Seriously, I'm not going to get involved in a slanging match but some of the Halifax fans' attitude on this is nothing short of pathetic. The fact that some of you see it as some sort of victory is simply laughable, and the above comment about hoping we lose gate receipt money is one of the most ironic statements I've ever read given Fax's recent history. Just try and be a bit more humble, as has been previously said, you won the grand final and all credit must go to Fax for that, but off the pitch your season has been plagued by problem after problem, story after story, and as much as you'd lie to convince yourselves otherwise you are not completely innocent.

Once again the point is missed. I am a rugby league supporter and if Sheffield were in financial dire straights and needed a helping hand, I would contribute to a collection every single time, as I would if any other club needed the same, however in this instance it is completely different.

Someone else said, how would we feel if the boot was on the other foot, well the boot has well and truly been on the other foot many times for halifax (Micky Higham, Brad Davies etc) and did we go bleeting to the press.. No....

I have always said that we should not have played him, I think we could have still done the job without him, but I am not on the coaching team and perhaps we couldnt have done the job if we only had 16 players to play, who knows.

But we did, it was okayed by the RFL, so played him we did.

That should have either been the end of it, or we should have called Aston, and Sheffields bluff and told them to go swivel.

I dont know exactly how much Halifax have paid Sheffield, but whatever it was it was too much.

The decision not to go to Bramall lane next season is a personal one and one I fully intend to stick to.

*as much as you'd LIKE to convince yourself not lie, phone won't let me edit.