: Fri May 22, 2009 9:31 am  

maurice wrote:

Are you hearing any rumours of trouble in the camp, players signing for other clubs next year, money disputes etc

heard none, but must agree thats what looks like how they are coming across in play.

: Fri May 22, 2009 9:41 am  

maurice wrote:

Are you hearing any rumours of trouble in the camp, players signing for other clubs next year, money disputes etc

Here we go !! We lost 1 game and this is what we get, ok we wernt brill at Donny but any team in this league would be happy to come away with a 30+ points win. After watching a re-run on the game it is obvious that most of our mistakes came from 1 player, a player that has been brilliant for us all season that just had a bad day at the office.
Nothing more, Nothing less in my opinion.

: Fri May 22, 2009 10:06 am  

If you actually think about the game last night:

* Doncaster are a pretty mediocre side who played pretty well for the talent.
* Halifax had several opportunities of line breaks but didn't quite hold onto the ball on those breaks (i remember at least six times we dropped the ball when breaking the line and would have been clean through to the line.

That's the way it goes sometimes!

I'm not sure what all the fuss is all about. Halifax weren't sub standard, they were just sub par based on other performances this year. Yes they can improve and i'm sure they will.

They weren't troubled by doncaster except for allowing those kick offs to bounce for some reason. The panic is unmerited and should stop.

The only bad performance was against Sheffield and they rightly got punished becasue of it.

I would expect Halifax will raise their game against stronger opposition
and if not then start talking about it.

: Fri May 22, 2009 10:35 am  

Pepsi Max wrote:

Here we go !! We lost 1 game and this is what we get, ok we wernt brill at Donny but any team in this league would be happy to come away with a 30+ points win. After watching a re-run on the game it is obvious that most of our mistakes came from 1 player, a player that has been brilliant for us all season that just had a bad day at the office.
Nothing more, Nothing less in my opinion.

agree there, never seen him make so many mistakes.

: Fri May 22, 2009 10:37 am  

billyfax wrote:

If you actually think about the game last night:

* Doncaster are a pretty mediocre side who played pretty well for the talent.
* Halifax had several opportunities of line breaks but didn't quite hold onto the ball on those breaks (i remember at least six times we dropped the ball when breaking the line and would have been clean through to the line.

That's the way it goes sometimes!

I'm not sure what all the fuss is all about. Halifax weren't sub standard, they were just sub par based on other performances this year. Yes they can improve and i'm sure they will.

They weren't troubled by doncaster except for allowing those kick offs to bounce for some reason. The panic is unmerited and should stop.

The only bad performance was against Sheffield and they rightly got punished becasue of it.

I would expect Halifax will raise their game against stronger opposition
and if not then start talking about it.

true, think it was just so many mistakes in short time at start of match that made em look worse.

: Fri May 22, 2009 11:07 am  

After Sunday I expected us to be a little more controlled. 3 strong runs and a couple of balls out wide and then a good kick putting Doncaster under pressure. I thought Hemingway let us down in the kicking area after hearing so much about him. He offered nothing and I would have had Anthony Bowman play instead. Penky seemed to be trying too hard and was awful-but he has also won us games-thats what you get with him. Beswick did well in the kicking department.
What is annoying though is our catching and passing skills at times. Yesterday more than one player put some poor passes in. Or we try and offload in impossible situations. I love the open Rugby we play and except that it is risky but sometimes we need to have a little bit more control and build pressure. We also need to sort out the defence a little. True Doncaster played very well and got just 1 try-but it could have been a couple of more. We really need to learn how to respect the possession and starve teams of the ball.
I still believe that we are good enough to win this League, Grand Final & Rail Cup. The teams I have seen have not been as good as us and I dount any of then would of gone to Cas and put up that performance like we did. Maybe we have been spoilt a little in the first few months with the way we have played and are expecting a little too much.
I highly rate the players and coaching staff. However we have to keep improving and pushing our standards further to get anything from this season as Barrow, Fev, Widnes, Toulouse, Haven etc are all looking for us to make mistakes and capialise.

: Fri May 22, 2009 11:11 am  

maurice wrote:

Are you hearing any rumours of trouble in the camp, players signing for other clubs next year, money disputes etc

Sky did mention last night that Halifax are already trying to tie up some of the squad for next year, which is sensible; I really do hope that we haven't upset some of the squad with the offers we may or may not have put forward to them for next season. A successful year needs a happy squad no matter how much talent the team have.

: Fri May 22, 2009 11:27 am  

Said is already on a 2 year deal. I think Ben Black is as well. I am guessing the likes of Penky, Gleeson, Shad, Frank are on 1 year deals.

: Fri May 22, 2009 11:40 am  

I like the look of Ross Divorty, thought he really stood out for Doncaster.

: Fri May 22, 2009 11:42 am  

one ex fan wrote:

I like the look of Ross Divorty, thought he really stood out for Doncaster.

i did too, bit bigger than when last saw him at thrum hall lol.