Please do the right think now, Yes Matt has done well for us, but now is the time for change and before the Bradford game, otherwise we are going to get embarassed on National TV.

i agree its time for A CHANGE,matt you have done a great job in the past but lets be fair to your self and the fans its time to step aside and let karl harrison come in and put some pride back into side.like any sport its a results business and played 5 lost 5 just isnt good enough!!!

The BOD read this forum but they will not listen to you as we are only mealy little supporters who only pay our hard earned money to support the team in every way we can.

creeper you are totally right, the players have lost all confidence in not only matt calland, but in themselves!! the only time they showed any character was the last 15 mins. The team dont look like they train together during the week, if at all judging by the way they tackle. Worst performance ive seen in a long time. Thanks for the memorys matt but your time is up, karl harrison in

Prick.

Go on then Littledick, enlighten us with your not so humble opinion instead of ridiculing anyone elses just for the sake of it!!!!

Not one of your more thought out posts mate

but i understand were your coming from.

The reactionaries on here are crazy after the pleasure you've had over the last few years.

Perhaps some on here should have a chat with the wiganers to see how they survived so long without a trophy.

Thats nice. Thanks

Liitlerich has worked hard today getting all them figures accurate for the bank holiday period. In reality he's gutted and depressed since his exile from the Widnes board.


The next Tony Fax?

while littlerich was blunt, surely you cannot criticise halifax bod, what have they to gain?

I think most Halifax fans would join me in saying that all we ask for is a set of players and coaching staff who give 100% week in and week out. For me at least, that is all I ask.

I don't want to have a pop at Calland as a few people appear to have done, he has done a fantastic job over the last few years and I didn't hear many people slagging him off in Liquid on the Sunday night we won the Championship..

The last couple of weeks have seen one of the worst performances in recent times at Sheffield, which was comparable with the Hull KR 88-6 drubbing and the St Helens tonking back in 2002. The players didn't look bothered, and Calland even said in the press the day after (note he did NOT do a radio interview) that he could see the attitude was wrong in the warm up.

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but as a coach, isn't his job to motivate, manage and LEAD his players?

Tonight, I feel the second half performance may slightly mask the shambles that was our defence in the first half. Sloppy markers, not moving up as a unit and not commiting 100% to the tackle let Widnes, who are apparently a "poor" team according to their fans before the game, walk straight through our defence.

In the second half, it was as though the players threw away the game plan, and did what they wanted. Yes, our attack was disjointed and unorganised, but our defence did slightly improve. Or was this Widnes and their famous 2nd half performance??

We read from the fax camp that the players want Calland as their coach. If this is the case, then they need to sort themselves out and start playing with pride and passion in the shirt. If they don't want him, more of the same on Monday and I feel Mr Calland will be a gonner.

Like I have said before Played 5 lost 5 is not good enough and 90% of Fax fans will agree but no matter what we say or want it seems to fall on deaf ears. I have not even used the words Calland out this time but I am not happy. If littleritch or anyone else is happy with how our season is going thats up to them but as a loyal fax fan I don't deserve to be called a prick even if my opinions are wrong. At that I bid you all a Goodnight.

nobody is happy with whats happening but to blame the clubs board is pathetic

You can be a tool sometimes.

By the way not blaming the clubs bored just saying they wont listen.

But you still do.



But i agree with what you say. People calling for Calland to leave has no bearing whatsoever as the board cant afford to get rid of him and theres far too much sentiment involved. He is on a cushy number and probably knows it so good luck to him. In the meantime we can just sit back and watch the show.

Problem is that Calland didn't deliver the Grand Final win. Callands game plan had us 22-4 down, so the players said it, let's do it our way. This was the same tonight, 2nd half was all individual stuff. The first half defence was terrible, we only got a bonus point because Widnes were as bad!

Come on people, the time was at the start of the season but the board were never going to sack a grand final winning coach.

were into the season now and anyone worth any cop is already employed by someone else.

Karl Harrison is currently in charge of a side that is sat at the top of the championship and probably punching above its weight because of the man in charge but would he really leave them in the middle of the season. the answer to that is NO.

we are just going to have to sit this out, after all Matt has got us to 2 successive grand finals, you all say "you got us to 2 grand finals in a row but its time to go" like its easy to get to them, lets not forget he's working with a reduced playing budget this season which is making things harder, we havent had our first choice 7 for a couple of weeks.

i say keep him because there is noone any better on the market in the middle of a season

I agree, the big worry for those who went tonight was that if we can concede so many points to what is a poor Widnes side what will even a poor Bradford SL team do to us on national TV???

Probably rip us to shreads but then again they might do that anyway.

ok I was one of the people sat in shock at halftime. As you can probably tell, I don't live in Halifax, so even the home games I travel a 100 mile round trip. Today I took half a day off work, travelled a round trip of 200 miles paid for 2 of us to watch a team that looked like they didn't care about the performance, the supporters and even more the club. At half time I would have sacked the players and the coaches. I don't mind paying my money and seeing us loose when I know that everyone involved with Halifax RFL has given 100% but today I felt for the first 40 minutes that most were giving 50 % at the most and that is not fair to me and everyone else that pay to watch them play.

I had a long drive back and thought allot about what is wrong, I think if you carn't motivate the players even if your tactics are wrong then you need to have a good look at your position. Ever since the trip to Spain, I think it was, we have not looked like a team. IT NEEDS SORTING OUT AND NOW.

I called him a prick because of his total lack of respect and gratitude to our Board of Directors. Read his post again. Whilst 5 losses from 5 is calamatous I think it's a bloody joke that someone thinks like that of our BOD after all the hard work they've put in.

There's nothing wrong with asking the BOD to sack Calland or to sort the mess out but to suggest they are aloof and dismissive to the fans and what's going on around them is ridiculous.

I guess running a club is much harder in reality than it is sat behind a computer.

A thankless task it would appear.

Taken from another thread. Passionate, yes. Prick, no. Enjoy your walk Neil.


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This year is flying by and we are at Easter already (and its very late this year) so with time not on our side it really is time to push the sponsored walk to Dewsbury which for those of you living in a cave or just cutting yourself off from everything that is Halifax RLFC for the last few months is to raise money for the Fax fundbuilder fund which is a great idea set up by the Halifax RLFC Independent supporters trust to raise £25,000 to fund the clubs under 23s a very important cause I am sure you will agree. Linda, Colin and co have done a fantastic job so far towards raising the £25,000 but much work is still needed to be done and if you have not done anything to help with the fax fundbilder yet then why not do this walk?[size=150 I will be in the south stand bar before and after the Dewsbury game with sponsor forms and to talk about the walk and answer any questions you may have. Together we can make Halifax RLFC stronger so please take a sponsor form off me and raise as much money as possible just think if 100 people raised £100? I will be doing a practise walk on Tuesday to see how long the walk will take to see what time we need to set off. Look forward to seeing and talking to you on Monday. Happy Easter to you all.[/size

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Commendable - that's for sure. He's still wrong about our BOD though. I retract the "prick" slur - and I apologise for the language used - but I sill stand in disbelief that anyone can criticise the BOD after what has happened at our club over the last three years. Listening to some of the stories that Michael told on Sunday at what he and others at the club have to do week in, week out is staggering. They're not sat at big oak desks smoking fat cigars that's for sure.