Re: Monday 17th February : Tue Feb 18, 2014 10:06 pm  

It was also mentioned there will be a Championship magic weekend, no date or venue stated.

Re: Monday 17th February : Tue Feb 18, 2014 10:16 pm  

Ganson's Optician wrote:

All just reads to me like the directors and coach are getting their excuses in early. If anyone has reason to believe that a club is breaching the cap or planning on doing so they should speak to the appropriate authority, not make potentially defamatory comments in the public realm.

What is the point the RFL only hear what they want to hear, the evidence is based on large squads Karl said Fev have 35 players on their books that is a huge squad and must be above their salary cap when you look at the quality in there as well???
Are clubs not allowed to comment on other clubs now do we not live in a democratic country?

Re: Monday 17th February : Tue Feb 18, 2014 10:46 pm  

As far as fev are concerned, we have applied for to the RFL and received an extension to the salary cap to be able to spend 400k (something which you are allowed to do ) providing we supplied them with a sound business plan to show the additional expenditure was affordable and you are turning over £1 million If we can prove and we have that we can afford the extra 100k then no rules are broken This is freely admitted by Craig poskitt on our radio show a few weeks back feel free to have a listen Skip to about 37 mins of this link to listen to the all important statements https://www.mixcloud.com/djdavewilliams ... g-poskitt/ Sorry to disappoint you Mr Steele must try harder next time!

As far as fev are concerned, we have applied for to the RFL and received an extension to the salary cap to be able to spend 400k (something which you are allowed to do ) providing we supplied them with a sound business plan to show the additional expenditure was affordable and you are turning over £1 million If we can prove and we have that we can afford the extra 100k then no rules are broken This is freely admitted by Craig poskitt on our radio show a few weeks back feel free to have a listen Skip to about 37 mins of this link to listen to the all important statements https://www.mixcloud.com/djdavewilliams ... g-poskitt/ Sorry to disappoint you Mr Steele must try harder next time!

Re: Monday 17th February : Tue Feb 18, 2014 10:56 pm  

Can't say fairer than that. And I don't think Mr Steele came out with a direct accusation. There may be some slight misquote/misinterpretation.

Re: Monday 17th February : Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:14 pm  

Personally I have no problem with Fev or Leigh spending money to try get their team to the highest level-as long as they do so within agreed rules.
From memory I think Probiz guy was with us for one season on the money front but left? I wonder why that was? If he has now gone to Fev and is bank rolling them then so be it. Looks like Leigh have found a benefactor also by the look of their squad?
Clearly we do not have the same funding ,from what was said last night, and with crowds of 1500 we aren't going to be able to compete with the above two.
Whilst coach and chairman were fairly downbeat about us getting into SL at this time, I would rather have at least the option than the closed shop we had previously. Franchise system nearly killed the game and as happens with 'normal ' sports we can now get back to P&R-and chase that top tier goal-no matter how long it takes!!!!
We've waited 10 years so we can wait a little while longer if we have to!
Sport has a funny way of biting the 'have's' on the bum-just when you least expect it.
Let's see who walks the walk over the coming season.
No coincidence over the years Fax have had their best times when they have been overlooked in favour of those with more money!

Re: Monday 17th February : Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:23 pm  

So long as I'm able to watch Halifax RLFC in a competitive game of RL I'm happy. If we miss out on the circus above I'll not lose much sleep.

Re: Monday 17th February : Tue Feb 18, 2014 11:31 pm  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

Cliffs:-

The rent dispute was discussed and basically revolves around us paying a lot less that what HT do and this has been going on for a while now after the council broke a promise that was made to both clubs. An offer was put forward to the council today.

The new structure was discussed along with the ins and outs of the money relating to the deal and how it will be split. KH commented that although there is essentially promotion and relegation again he does not think any team has a chance of getting in to SL from our division unless they have a wealthy benefactor a sentiment echoed by Michael Steele.

Again it was stressed how important it is to finish in the top two to get the extra funding for 2015. On that note we were told that both Fev and Leigh will break the salary cap this season although any punishment will not happen until 2015 if that did turn out to be the case.

Liam Finn signed a contract with Fax in August 2013, a document that the club still have. The ins and outs of how he got out of it were not discussed.

KH was waiting to hear back from a players agent on bringing a player in on loan. The player played in SL at the weekend but also mentioned Worrincy is recovering quicker than expected.

KH said that he does not dislike overseas players but MS said there were a lot of stipulations in getting them to the club that made it a pain in the butt.

Nigel Wood was distictly unhappy about MS comments to the papers about the new structure.

Out of interest, Was the statement that Leigh will break the salary cap made by a Halifax official?

Re: Monday 17th February : Wed Feb 19, 2014 12:00 am  

Toadstool wrote:

Out of interest, Was the statement that Leigh will break the salary cap made by a Halifax official?

Michael Norris. Financial Director of Leigh Centurions.

Well done. Jesus I'm starting to despair at our club now.

Re: Monday 17th February : Wed Feb 19, 2014 12:17 am  

salfordlad wrote:

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Again it was stressed how important it is to finish in the top two to get the extra funding for 2015. On that note we were told that both Fev and Leigh will break the salary cap this season although any punishment will not happen until 2015 if that did turn out to be the case.

But how do the Fax Board know that the two clubs mentioned will do and why was it suggested if it turned out to be the case ?

Indication is that it is a guess not a fact.

I`d hazard a guess they`re spouting crap... unless they want to do the honourable thing and give whatever information they have on the matter to the RFL.

Re: Monday 17th February : Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:06 am  

littlerich wrote:

So long as I'm able to watch Halifax RLFC in a competitive game of RL I'm happy. If we miss out on the circus above I'll not lose much sleep.

Rich , you WONT miss out on the Circus m I will see to that , after all you have a bigger Clown than me in GFB , he seems obsessed by what is happening at Leigh and the Salary Cap , everybody can see the Green in his eyes .We at Leigh have a very good BOM who are totally committed to steering the Club to success , both on and off the field , our off field Fundraising is tremendous at the moment , our Sponsership has never been as big , don't let the Small minded stirrers on the Forum affect your opinions or judgement , ive heard GFBs middle name is Rumplestiltskin .