Comedy gold at its finest. Sounds like a top bloke though going on that statement.

YES , hes coming to see you in France for the rest of your holiday





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If he offers John a drink I hope john makes sure he gets the money upfront.

Can't say I have any sympathies as when things were going well at Fev and all was rosy in the garden it was obviously all down to the funding from Faizal and understandably we all looked at Fev in envy.
That like Barrow with Des Johnson was the difference between us and them and money usually speaks, Fev were the best team league wise they just under achieved in the play offs and NRC.
Now its a more level playing field lets see how they get on eh?
Oh and before I get jumped on I hope Fev get through this as I am sure they will, they will just have to get used to being alongside us lesser mortals in the real world!

Very sorry to disappoint you old lad but we dont want your sympathies and there will be no problem at Rovers. The man hasnt given us that much cash and we had topped the league for 2 years before he came. Its as all got nipped in the bud by our chairman before it got too far, we will be fine and im convinced will play much better from now to the seasons end

No problems? You owed the tax man before he came along and picked up the bill. Dont have that bail out again, All of a sudden you have an inflated wage bill and and more facilities to maintain. I would imagine Hay will be on a few quid. Can see trouble on the horizon. I hope not, I hope you can go back to the club you were, but I cant see this ending well.

Hope thats the case gd, get back to the good work being done previously

Your statement and the club statement seem to differ on the money side?

I thought gingdong's statement was better put together than the club one though.

That may be so but there is a big variance on the money issue.

Best post I have seen on the topic over on the Featherstone TotalRL forum :-

That last post is probably a good summing up of what has gone on, I don't know the poster involved but it makes sense from what a lot of the hear-say going about has been like.

A few years ago, Sir Alan Stanford rocked up at Lords Cricket Ground in his Helicopter, promised Millions of dollars of investment, was welcomed in by many. and that all ended in tears and the last I heard was he'd been arrested by the FBI for something. Not sure what came of it. But is investment into cricket came to a sudden end.

Anyway, about the same time, Mike Stephenson wrote in his League Express column that in Rugby League we should be wary, as we'd likely fall into the same trap. If someone turned up at a clubs gate with a big fat chequebook, they'd be welcomed in without anyone thinking of the consequnces. Its happened at Oldham (forget the guys name but he was heavily bankrolling them, when he had a do with someone took his bat and ball home and 5 players contracts somehow got moved to Barrow, 2 bobs and that Bald winger who was like **** off a stick and kicked goals were two of them). We've seen Des Johnson up at Barrow and what happened there. Omar Khan and Friends at Bradford, Neil Hudgell at Hull KR has made noises about how much he invests and if he'll continue to do so long term, Huddersfield bankrolled by an old man who's children have little interest in the club. List goes on, I haven't even mentioned the doctor....

Fact is, Rugby League is chasing something that is unattainable. and basically, is a great big black hole to pour money into. if the salary cap was raised, and players were paid more, would that make them any better? or would they simply eat somewhere more expensive than Nandos?

From an outside view, Fev seemed to be doing alright, decent enough results on the pitch. A monumental effort by a dedicated bunch of volunteers to rebuild the stand that came from Scarborough, money that was invested used to build the Centre of Excellence which will provide good training facilities for the club for years to come. It seemed a good way to be going. Now Feisal's got on his Bike and moved on, who knows what will happen next?

And as for Mr Probiz himself, has Rugby League seen the last of him?

Yeah - it was a great post.

The club statement was written by him and put out as he wrote it apparently so people would know who it came from. He has invested very little, its been nipped in the bud in time and we will be better on the pitch now im sure,

As the title of this thread states. Implosion due.

How will you honour the full time contracts that have already been given out this year, you are part time now and already operating a increases cap of £400k. Even coming in second is not going to bridge the gap in finances to cover the full time wages next year, some will be full time and some part time, that will cause resentment in the team and will still only train part time. Sooner or later the fan is getting peppered in the brown smelly stuff.

I thought that the full time contracts were just promised?

I hope you're heading in that direction yourself young Dutchy in the next couple of years. Congratulations on your cup final success the other week & i notice you scored the winning try, grabbing the newspaper headlines

hopefully there were scouts in attendance and taking notes.


I remember when you left your junior club in the Halifax area a few years ago & me and your dad chatting in the Shaw Cross clubhouse one sunday morning while i was looking after the Halifax scholars and i was asking how you rocked up to be playing over there, what with the postcode/boundaries thing etc etc and your dad asking me to keep an eye out for you in the future. Well, I may not be in that side of things anymore, but hopefully, via this form of social networking you get some sort of recognition for your talents. I know how proud your dad is of you 'cos I usually ask him about you when i occassionally bump into him at games.

Keep up the hard work & always listen to your coaching.

thanks a lot marillion man

If your a fax fan and a good player sign for us..please.

Quote from Robin Evans on the Fev forum:

"Si...as I understand poskitt n feisal will be rolling up to fax today.... lol
and trust me, im most definitely not bul lting mate."

Would they have the nerve? If so, I hope they are shown the door pretty sharpish.

Its bull. Even if it were true, they will be told where to go. Steele and co have shown him the door before, but it didn't take us as long to see through his lies.

I hope they don't get anywhere near the door in the first place if this is true.

From Fev Forum about their Fans Forum last night....

Listen, i, along with other Fax fans know Robin and to be quite honest, if he's been so brave as to post something on the internet you better take his word for it especially on such a sensitive issue.


Nobody other than our board would know what business goes on anyway & it's their prerogative to do what they have to do for the best interests of Halifax RLFC, crack on i say. Time will tell whatever comes out of any such/supposed inter-actions.

Sounds like its true. Must be well and truly wrong in their heads or very very desperate.