Re: SIGNINGS FOR SEASON TICKETS : Wed Sep 26, 2012 3:17 pm  

littlerich wrote:

I despair.

Tony Gartland walked away from this club. Do we really want the "Mikes" to do the same? It IS the same miserable bleating people who are never happy unless they're bagging the club. Some of them do sterling work for the club though - collecting and fundraising! Which makes it all the more frustrating.

It's September and we have people saying they're not buying season tickets because Leigh and Fev have signed a couple of journeymen! FFS!

Meanwhile, as these people pi55 and moan over the last three years the club just gets on and wins trophies.

Do you know Rich I find how certain members on this board THINK they are the gospel according to Halifax RLFC and belittle people with different opinions are also a disgrace.

Nobody is calling for the board, walking a coffin around the pitch or being overly negative. People (myself included) have posted opinions on how things feel right now. I also wouldn't call Aspinwall or Andy Ellis journeymen. If I were a Leigh / Fev fan right now I'd be chuffed to bits and feeling pretty excited re next year already!! Maybe in a few weeks we will too and I hope we are!! Right now though I'm a bit deflated cos some good players have left but that's Sport. Also fans are in the majority quite fickle and a couple of key signings changes our mood instantly. BUT right now nothing much is happening and because we all want a successful club we want good news, exciting news, big signings!! We want Leigh, Fev to fear us next year and cos were lagging behind slightly we're wondering who are we signing etc???

In fact the only negative response has come from an impassioned Mike Riley and I get it and his response. Sadly though after 8 years in the role hes in he should know us fans are hard to please and his response is a little ill advised in my opinion but at least he cares. Especially when we are being asked to part with £25 for our names on the new shirt etc.

I just don't agree with bagging people on here for having a different opinion to the Mods or regular posters!! It's a democracy you know and surely we all want the same thing???

Re: SIGNINGS FOR SEASON TICKETS : Wed Sep 26, 2012 3:26 pm  

Leon Ashton wrote:

I demand we sign Robbie Farah, hes the only person capable of filling penkys boots.

How about Cameron Smith ?

Re: SIGNINGS FOR SEASON TICKETS : Wed Sep 26, 2012 3:28 pm  

littlerich wrote:

I despair.

Tony Gartland walked away from this club. Do we really want the "Mikes" to do the same? It IS the same miserable bleating people who are never happy unless they're bagging the club. Some of them do sterling work for the club though - collecting and fundraising! Which makes it all the more frustrating.

It's September and we have people saying they're not buying season tickets because Leigh and Fev have signed a couple of journeymen! FFS!

Meanwhile, as these people pi55 and moan over the last three years the club just gets on and wins trophies.

What journey men have we signed at Fev little rich I must of not seen them. Thought we had signed some young players from Warrington and Doncaster and in my opinion a S/L quality hooker along with Crossley are you saying you wouldn't of liked them in your team

Regarding people panicking I wouldn't worry KH will know who he wants and will probably get his men lets see how you all feel come the start of next season. Do you know how many season tickets you sold last Season

Re: SIGNINGS FOR SEASON TICKETS : Wed Sep 26, 2012 3:30 pm  

littlerich wrote:

I despair.

Tony Gartland walked away from this club. Do we really want the "Mikes" to do the same? It IS the same miserable bleating people who are never happy unless they're bagging the club. Some of them do sterling work for the club though - collecting and fundraising! Which makes it all the more frustrating.

It's September and we have people saying they're not buying season tickets because Leigh and Fev have signed a couple of journeymen! FFS!

Meanwhile, as these people pi55 and moan over the last three years the club just gets on and wins trophies.

Strange one really as I guess people would say I fall in to that category yet on the season overall I think we have had a good one simply because we have won some silverware and for me some of the games have had that extra bit of excitement due to us only winning in the dying moments. The worrying thing for me is talking to people who have followed us for years that i speak to that are Fax through and through telling me how much of a boring season it has been and how the rugby we play has been bland.

Everyone is entitled to an opinion no matter how much tripe is in it and the club coming out and bashing fans for it probably isnt the right way to go about it. I think Mike is out of line with some of the things he says, like saying Matt Calland was hated, yes some people didnt like him as a person but not many people slagged off the type of rugby we were playing and also a lot of people on here didnt want Rhino as coach(not me i might add), but dont let the truth get in the way of a good story.

Yes we all get that you put time and effort in to the club but in saying stuff like that you kinda make out that the people who post on here dont, be it through sponsorship, buying shirts, or simply putting money over the turnstiles. I know it must be hard not to comment on some of the stuff on here but at the end of the day the fans go a long way to paying the players wages.

Re: SIGNINGS FOR SEASON TICKETS : Wed Sep 26, 2012 3:59 pm  

chris_smith wrote:

I just don't agree with bagging people on here for having a different opinion to the Mods or regular posters!!

That's what a forum is for though. People don't agree with your opinion that's all. Doesn't mean to say they want you banned from the forum. Everyone should feel free to disagree with anyone.

I strongly disagree with your latest set of posts and i don't think such negative comments (in September!!) are in any way constructive or give encouragement to a BOD that do it all for nothing. However, i know that you have worked as hard as anyone for the club in fundraising and canvassing and i applaud that. We do want the same thing - every Fax poster on here does but as soon as you or i post a topic or reply to a post then we open ourselves up to questioning, ridicule and disagreement - simply because we are on a forum. Same goes for Mike - yes he represents the club but he's a fan with posting rights as well and i say that's fine by me. Some clubs don't talk to their fans at all. It's good to see passion.

Re: SIGNINGS FOR SEASON TICKETS : Wed Sep 26, 2012 4:15 pm  

Leon Ashton wrote:

I demand we sign Robbie Farah, hes the only person capable of filling penkys boots.

will u buy a season ticket then?

Re: SIGNINGS FOR SEASON TICKETS : Wed Sep 26, 2012 4:17 pm  

Harrison OUT

Betts IN

Re: SIGNINGS FOR SEASON TICKETS : Wed Sep 26, 2012 4:39 pm  

littlerich wrote:

That's what a forum is for though. People don't agree with your opinion that's all. Doesn't mean to say they want you banned from the forum. Everyone should feel free to disagree with anyone.

I strongly disagree with your latest set of posts and i don't think such negative comments (in September!!)

Tell Fev and Leigh its too early!! - Pre-season starts in November so not much time to pull the squad together plus we have to think about ensuring Season Ticket sales are strong and as we are introducing yet another shirt (which I don't agree with) we need fans both young and old to buy this stuff in droves. Signings and exciting ones help this process to get going. Admittedly I'm maybe harping on slightly prematurely perhaps BUT my dismay is caused because the clubs around us are signing people up and looking strong and I want to play the "best team selection for next season" game too.

Re: SIGNINGS FOR SEASON TICKETS : Wed Sep 26, 2012 4:40 pm  

Well said Mike and for the moaners, reel your necks in!

We won a trophy we've never won this year, got a coach and board of directors who have real passion for the club and invest time and real money into it. Hardly Oldham are we?

That commitment by the board needs matching by us. Keep up the good work I say and don't worry about GFB et al, they would probably argue the grass in the pitch is the wrong colour if we were winning 100-0 each week.

Mike, you guys have done a fantastic job since captain lard bucket left us up the creek and you have my maximum respect! Keep up the good work, all of you, and remember the vast majority of fax fans support you whole heatedly!

We're blue we're white..........

Re: SIGNINGS FOR SEASON TICKETS : Wed Sep 26, 2012 4:50 pm  

It is easier for players and officials to get over the last result, they start planning for the next game, the next season. Fans mull over the last game until the next game and as we know all fans now how to do it best.

As for people saying games were boring, we have had many close results, the type that gets your heart rate racing gives you a big sigh of relief gives you that rush that makes you come back for more. That's entertainment you may not think that's why you come back but it is. If we won by 50 points each week you would soon get board, the close games make the 50 point wins better but if it was every week it would be bad. Loosing makes the winning that little bit better. I am not saying that we should loose, I hate loosing but that is sport that is why you go to the game to get the highs, loosing once in a while makes the winning that little bit better.

As for signings, the season is not over for all the clubs, maybe you should wait before you pass comment on this, at least until a few weeks after the end of the season.