: Sun May 17, 2009 7:15 pm  

faxtastic wrote:

i would have prefered to have gon all season who wouldnt but i thinm this could be a blessing for us because we are going to get in the playoffs and we need to have some games were we get run close or beat because the games in the playoffs are going to be extremely hard and it will do us no good to go through the entire season scoring 60 points.

yes its a defeat but now we have that out of th way we can go and get top spot and hopefully the northern rail cup.

The cheek of that post!

Halifax will drop more points before the end of the season i can guarantee that.

: Sun May 17, 2009 8:01 pm  

-VIKINGMAN- wrote:

The cheek of that post!

Halifax will drop more points before the end of the season i can guarantee that.

Especially as their man that makes them tick seems to have suffered a bad injury.. on crutches I am led to believe and visiting hospital for an x-ray..


As for Celtic.. no doubt we'll see the crowds of 10 - 12k we were promised once they got a win or two under their belt.

: Sun May 17, 2009 8:24 pm  

-VIKINGMAN- wrote:

The cheek of that post!

Halifax will drop more points before the end of the season i can guarantee that.

so will you.

: Sun May 17, 2009 11:58 pm  

In EnemyTerritory wrote:

Especially as their man that makes them tick seems to have suffered a bad injury.. on crutches I am led to believe and visiting hospital for an x-ray..


As for Celtic.. no doubt we'll see the crowds of 10 - 12k we were promised once they got a win or two under their belt.

No not a bad injury just a bruising and he does`nt make us tick ,he very much blows hot and cold.Today he was cold.

: Mon May 18, 2009 2:37 am  

johnny freeman fan club wrote:

No not a bad injury just a bruising and he does`nt make us tick ,he very much blows hot and cold.Today he was cold.

he should have warn a scarf and a wolly hat then. sorry had to be done. i will get my coat

Re: Some good news : Mon May 18, 2009 12:14 pm  

littlerich wrote:

Having yourself a little wanky poos over this one eh Snowy. Thanks for the respect mate

Aww come on Rich - you have to admit that was a big shock and we need some encouragement at the moment. Seeing our GF opponents lose at last will give the lads a great filip












(wonders if the hint of irony will be lost )

: Mon May 18, 2009 12:29 pm  

It was a big shock and has knocked a few chips of shoulders - my own included. When you see how they perform week in, week out you start thinking they're unbeatable. It's a lesson to be learnt that you just cannot expect to win matches by turning up. I expect a few struggles in the next few matches. Forget the 100 ponts in a match stuff - just a win is what is needed. Sheffield's comprehensive victory has breathed new life into this league.

: Mon May 18, 2009 3:30 pm  

littlerich wrote:

It was a big shock and has knocked a few chips of shoulders - my own included. When you see how they perform week in, week out you start thinking they're unbeatable. It's a lesson to be learnt that you just cannot expect to win matches by turning up. I expect a few struggles in the next few matches. Forget the 100 ponts in a match stuff - just a win is what is needed. Sheffield's comprehensive victory has breathed new life into this league.

Rich, on a seperate issue what does it take for Halifax to re-gain the confidence of the local people ?

A great start to the season, playing attractive rugby and off the back of getting so-near to a CC shock and only 2200 turn up.

Must be dissappointing for the club as I would have thought they would be expecting the numbers to return along the way.

: Mon May 18, 2009 3:39 pm  

widneslardboy wrote:

Rich, on a seperate issue what does it take for Halifax to re-gain the confidence of the local people ?

A great start to the season, playing attractive rugby and off the back of getting so-near to a CC shock and only 2200 turn up.

Must be dissappointing for the club as I would have thought they would be expecting the numbers to return along the way.

It's the no promotion for 3 years licence factor. I'm sure if P & R was in place they would be getting better attendances, because of the genuine buzz of excitement and interest that probable promotion would cause.

3 year franchises were always going to be a kick in the teeth for the lower leagues.

: Mon May 18, 2009 6:16 pm  

widneslardboy wrote:

Rich, on a seperate issue what does it take for Halifax to re-gain the confidence of the local people ?

A great start to the season, playing attractive rugby and off the back of getting so-near to a CC shock and only 2200 turn up.

Must be dissappointing for the club as I would have thought they would be expecting the numbers to return along the way.

In part, got to agree with Pepe and people have openly stated that they won't come down unless we're playing SL opposition. There's a two pronged attack the club must take.
1 - to entice those who used to attend 8 year ago. This is difficult given how dissapointed these people were by the 2003 season.
2 - to entice NEW supporters - equally difficult given the chioce of other cheaper entertainment on offer (Sky Sports, X-box, Wii etc..)

Widnes can get 3,000 to 4,000 no sweat and i certainly envy you of that. The brand of rugby we're playing (apart from Sunday ) is great to watch. Only time will tell if the people of Calderdale deserve a SL club at all. For the last two years we got 1,519 and 1,654 for the Sheffield game so the increase to 2,212 is obviously not good enough. It's worrying. If we perform well for the next two years and win a couple of trophy's and still can't get 3,000 to 4,000 then i think we need not bother applying for a franchise. There's already two or three lame duck attendance getters in Super League - we don't need another.