Player Contracts : Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:23 pm  

Must admit I have a major concern after reading Bally's comments in courier.
If the new coach is Harrison, currently his concern with be to get Batley as far in play offs as possible.Who will be deciding who gets a contract next year, Hall no longer is connected, this surely means that other clubs have a major advantage in signing our better players and as bally said these guys have families and mortgages etc.

Re: Player Contracts : Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:31 pm  

im sure this will all be getting looked after by mike riley and steele. do not worry.

we will see many new faces down the shay next year, hopefully young up and coming ones hand picked by our new coach.

if Karl is the new fax coach he will be bringing afew from batley i would think aswell.

worrincy off, brown in would be my call.

Re: Player Contracts : Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:40 pm  

We could have a White, Black & Brown playing for us next season then! Wonder if Peter Green wants to sign from Sheffield too?!

Re: Player Contracts : Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:46 pm  

SIMMSFAXTEDDY wrote:

im sure this will all be getting looked after by mike riley and steele. do not worry.

we will see many new faces down the shay next year, hopefully young up and coming ones hand picked by our new coach.

if Karl is the new fax coach he will be bringing afew from batley i would think aswell.

worrincy off, brown in would be my call.

Thought Brown had signed for Sale?

Re: Player Contracts : Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:50 pm  

What would be the problem in announcing Harrison now if is is the new coach.

At least then players who are undecided about whether to stay or go will maybe stay with Harrison in charge next year.

At least then Bally and Noble would be free to concentrate on getting Fax as far in play offs as possible without distraction

Re: Player Contracts : Mon Aug 01, 2011 7:27 pm  

a.n Other wrote:

Thought Brown had signed for Sale?

Just watching him now on ITV4 playing for Sale in the 7s comp.

Re: Player Contracts : Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:06 pm  

faxfan1 wrote:

What would be the problem in announcing Harrison now if is is the new coach.

At least then players who are undecided about whether to stay or go will maybe stay with Harrison in charge next year.

At least then Bally and Noble would be free to concentrate on getting Fax as far in play offs as possible without distraction

Not sure Karl would want it announcing, I'm sure those who need to know who the coach is will be told in advance of any announcement.

Re: Player Contracts : Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:24 pm  

brown has left batley for sale

Re: Player Contracts : Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:29 pm  

faxfan1 wrote:

What would be the problem in announcing Harrison now if is is the new coach.

At least then players who are undecided about whether to stay or go will maybe stay with Harrison in charge next year.

At least then Bally and Noble would be free to concentrate on getting Fax as far in play offs as possible without distraction

If Karl is the new coach he would hardly want it announcing just yet as we have to play them it would put him in a dificult position to say the least.

Re: Player Contracts : Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:00 pm  

I doubt many would leave Halifax unless a SL contract was offered to them. As for Championship clubs we have no idea what the League will be and what clubs can offer as nobody has a clue how many home games etc. As for the various clubs

BARROW are in all sorts of problems and they wont be busting the Cap again and if rumours are true will be shedding players. The average crowd in 2010 was 1717 and now have fallen to 1543 so again not having that much money coming in as previous years may hurt them more than expected. Also players dont want to be trekking up their for training.

LEIGH have money problems and the future is still unclear. They will have lost Ellis and Hill which would free up some cash though. Crowds have improved from last years 2144 to 2397 but even still that has not helped them that much money wise. They may try and go for Penky and think that would be the only place he would leave us for.

FEV Probably spending near the limit and Cockayne wont be cheap. Cant see too many changes happening with the team. Their crowds have dropped from an average 1919 to just 1589 as well meaning a big drop in money coming in. They have already Finn, Kain, Dickins, Grayshon and others for next year

BATLEY & SHEFFIELD maybe could be in the market for new players but there crowd averages are around 1200 mark so not sure that either are spending the full cap

FAX a big drop in gates so far from 2509 to just 2097 but likely a good cup run helped make some money for the club. I would expect some changes with Smith & Larder retiring and hopefully a few released. I do believe Penky will stay with us. He is 30 next year and dont think he will go to SL and doubt he will go elsewhere. I also think the players would rather be at Fax than want to go elsewhere because of the recent history of us getting to a number of finals and we are stable off the field financially. I am not too concerned and know the BOD have done a great job in hard circumstances. I think that will influence people to stay as well.