Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Sun May 09, 2010 12:48 pm  

The RFL will have no alternative other than to disqualify Halifax from the competition. They know that a championship club could not stand a huge fine, so disqaulification looks as though the RFL are being hard, whilst also not imposing a huge fine the club could not afford and send them down the tubes.
The second issue is do they simply let Batley through to the next round or give Swinton a game against Batley ?
Personally I think Batley will be sent through and a nice little cheque sent to Swinton from the Halifax fine....

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Sun May 09, 2010 12:48 pm  

seanfax wrote: rlf veiw http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... lifax.html FFS - whats to investigate? RFL "Ostick, did you play for Roachdale in the Challenge cup?" - Ostick "yes". Investigation over -

seanfax wrote: rlf veiw http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... lifax.html FFS - whats to investigate? RFL "Ostick, did you play for Roachdale in the Challenge cup?" - Ostick "yes". Investigation over -

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Sun May 09, 2010 12:49 pm  

rickster wrote:

Really peed off .what an awful season so far. First of all the weather disrupting the early part of the season , then the hunslet debacle and now this. It really does make me very disillusioned with everything rl

We (the club!) are a complete laughing stock & deserve everything that happens.

I too am quickly losing any faith in them.... sure watching them on a Sunday is great & I will support them, however the club have to take responsibility & start getting things right OFF THE FIELD!!!!

Its now time for the blub to come out with a clear apology to not only the rfl & batley, but more importantly to us fans who pay at the gates week in week out.

The board of directors are only custodians of the club, they will come & go but we will remain.

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Sun May 09, 2010 12:52 pm  

This is an absolute disgrace and shows that our club is run by incompetent buffoons.

This will have cost us an absolute fortune, which we can ill afford. We will have already arranged and paid for the "family fun day" events, the hospitality events etc. We will now not get any of the gate receipts and we are more than likely to be expelled from the competition and hit with a fine we can not afford.

No doubt there are many fans who still are unaware of this, who may be in pubs etc in Halifax, both Batley and Halifax fans.

This is a bebacle of the highest order.

It also makes you wonder if Posner and Clay knew this was coming, hence the "jumping ship"

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Sun May 09, 2010 12:56 pm  

what is discusting on the RFL's part is that it has only just come to light 2 hours before kick off !!

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Sun May 09, 2010 12:57 pm  

The players didnt know about this till an hour ago either. You get the feeling that the RFL didnt have a clue about this and it only came to light because of THAT thread.

Re: GAME IS OFF : Sun May 09, 2010 12:57 pm  

dboy wrote:

Are you suggesting the referee who the teamsheet was submitted to should have spotted it???

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.

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Sun May 09, 2010 1:21 pm  

With this and the Hunslet cup knock out I suspect Fax are at breaking point finance wise. Or at the very least it's knocked us for six income wise, it's not just the income from this game lost but IF we had won a glamour tie to a big team, this and the Arriva cup and cancelled pre season games will have knocked a large chunk from the income.

Re: BATLEY GAME IS OFF : Sun May 09, 2010 1:21 pm  

Getting more angry the more I think about this... what a complete farce!

Not only have the club lost out on a potential money spinning quater final, they could well have hindered any potential sponsorships deals to replace HBOS next year. Would you want to be associated with a shambles like this?

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

Iam ashamed to be a fax fan


This has really kicked the legs out from underneath our season