Re: GAME IS OFF : Sun May 09, 2010 1:22 pm  

rob_a wrote:

It's not up to the referee to decide who is/isn't elligible to play in a match. He only has to check that they are filled out correctly and is responsible for getting them to the RFL on time after the game.

With the embarrasment that was caused last time, it wouldn't be beyond the wit of man to get each team to submit a 21 man sqad which the RFL can check the eligibility of a player to play in that match. I would have thought this would be common practice.

To have a system where a referee gets a team list half an hour before the game and after the game forwards this to the RFL is abysmal. There is no check in place. Basically, we could have fielded anyone and the consequences are sorted out if anyone notices?

Halifax's only defence against expulsion from the competition is to prove 'no fault or negligence' but my God, the governing body must take some responsibility for this.

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Sun May 09, 2010 1:25 pm  

Moot point maybe but is it up to the club to ask the player, on signing him, whether he is cup-tied or is the onus on the player to declare it?

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Sun May 09, 2010 1:28 pm  

The RFL are a set of incompetant muppets who should be all sacked! Why did nobody notice before now? Why is the game cancelled 3 hours before kick off? Fax have made a massive mistake and heads should roll. But the RFL Should have known sooner and sorted this out days after the last round. Now the day for thousands of players, fans, sponsors etc has been ruined! Thank you RFL for once again showing how useless you are at running the game!! The sooner the animals from the Zoo take over the RFL and the game in general the better. Why bother following the game?

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Sun May 09, 2010 1:37 pm  

We have had one mid season signing Mr Ostick. How difficult is it to check if he is "cup tied" fffs. Surely it is a question you ask, or am I being wise after the event. Either way it is a major inditement of how our club is run.

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Sun May 09, 2010 1:38 pm  

Les West Guitar God wrote:

We have had one mid season signing Mr Ostick. How difficult is it to check if he is "cup tied" fffs. Surely it is a question you ask, or am I being wise after the event. Either way it is a major inditement of how our club is run.

Yep, no excuses, finally people must realise, people like me that have been worried, may just have had good reason.

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Sun May 09, 2010 1:55 pm  

After the RFL phone call I think the next one will be the BANK MANAGER!

This game and possibly the next was going to pull us out of a hole...

It will take a couple years to recover from this, fully expect a few player departures to balance the devatsted books from this debacle.

SUMMARY DISMISSAL for person accountable please, lets start the rebuild from a clean slate.

Lowest Feeling as a fax fan ever (little lad is still wiping away his tears)

SHOCKING!
Makali cock up as well... RIP 2010!

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Sun May 09, 2010 1:57 pm  

The Lucky Black Cat wrote:

The RFL are a set of incompetant muppets who should be all sacked! Why did nobody notice before now? Why is the game cancelled 3 hours before kick off? Fax have made a massive mistake and heads should roll. But the RFL Should have known sooner and sorted this out days after the last round. Now the day for thousands of players, fans, sponsors etc has been ruined! Thank you RFL for once again showing how useless you are at running the game!! The sooner the animals from the Zoo take over the RFL and the game in general the better. Why bother following the game?

Bunkum!

The fault lies entirely with Fax! It is their responsibility to know the eligibility of who they select - no-one elses.

The RFL only get involved after the fact, i.e. take action if a breach has occurred. They should, of course, spotted this earlier, but it doesn't alter the fact that Fax are 100% at fault for playing a "wrong 'un".

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Sun May 09, 2010 1:59 pm  

dboy wrote:

Bunkum!

The fault lies entirely with Fax! It is their responsibility to know the eligibility of who they select - no-one elses.

The RFL only get involved after the fact, i.e. take action if a breach has occurred. They should, of course, spotted this earlier, but it doesn't alter the fact that Fax are 100% at fault for playing a "wrong 'un".

I dont think anyone thinks that its anyone else's fault but Fax's. However, why does it take a thread on a fans message board for this to be brought to the RFL's attention a couple of hours before kick off? Can you answer that?

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Sun May 09, 2010 2:03 pm  

I thought 2003's final league table was embarrassing...

I think its time we knew for certain how our club is being run, a Question Time style night between the fans and sponsors and the people who run our club because as the last week has shown, there is something SERIOUSLY wrong at our club and we have a right to know what the chuff is going on.

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Sun May 09, 2010 2:08 pm  

The problem is the people in charge of the club don't know what the chuff is going on!! - Points I have been alluding to for a long time with a few others only to be repeateadly shot down in flames by Tony Fax and Co. Where is he now?? - My / Our club is a joke from the bottom up and I think this could be the death knell for us. God I hope not