Long season ahead : Sun Feb 12, 2017 4:42 pm  

Oldham are pushing fev at the big fellas, Swinton having a go at Dewsbury, there's no easy beats this season.

We've definitely taken major steps backwards since the middle 8s and have a much weaker team. Where did the cash go? Other clubs that gain lower attendances have recruited well whereas we don't appear to have recruited at all - we needed more than the two or three that came in!

Think we're gonna be battling away at the bottom but hope not - thank god Bradford have the -12 it might be closer!

I hate making posts like this, this early in the season and perhaps shouldn't have, but I don't feel we've moved since the disastrous end to last season. Any thoughts fellow Fax fans?

Re: Long season ahead : Sun Feb 12, 2017 4:50 pm  

Bradford lost to Rochdale definitely no easy teams this year. Except maybe us

Re: Long season ahead : Sun Feb 12, 2017 4:56 pm  

I've said in previous posts we'll be fighting relegation. Our recruitment has been poor. It seems pretty obvious the club has very little money.

Season Ticket sales decline year on year.
Not a good time to be a Fax fan

Re: Long season ahead : Sun Feb 12, 2017 5:00 pm  

So where did the cash go? Paying off Abbott? Paying off debts? Maybe we wouldn't have had a club if we hadn't made middles 8s!

Shouldn't speculate but it seems Abbott took his bat and ball home when he didn't get the shay....

All the clubs in the championship, bar Sheffield and Bradford, have strengthened their squads. What has happened?

Re: Long season ahead : Sun Feb 12, 2017 5:34 pm  

Morgan Punchards dad is not best pleased on Fax's Facebook page....

Re: Long season ahead : Sun Feb 12, 2017 5:42 pm  

freddies wig wrote:

So where did the cash go? Paying off Abbott? Paying off debts? Maybe we wouldn't have had a club if we hadn't made middles 8s!

Shouldn't speculate but it seems Abbott took his bat and ball home when he didn't get the shay....

All the clubs in the championship, bar Sheffield and Bradford, have strengthened their squads. What has happened?

I asked these questions about Finance and recruitment in November and I was told on a number of forums "our board know what they are doing" and "our recruit will be fine". There were even people suggesting my prediction of a top six Finnish being beyond us as "rubbish" and worse words!

We get no answers and we will now get a big appeal to get behind Fax against Sheffield. Well I will support the team, but I think fans need an explanation of what "living within our means" really looks like and where the heck funds have been spent.

Re: Long season ahead : Sun Feb 12, 2017 5:58 pm  

2nd game in and we seem to have already lost that enthusiasm that we said was missing last year but were told we had found again in the close season. Blown away by half time and if we are honest that should have happened last week as well.

I'm also not sure what we plan in training. And we just seem to go through the same motions on the field regardless of who we play. We clearly didn't have a plan for the conditions and we don't seem to watch the opposition and try to either attack their weaknesses or nullify their threats.

Re: Long season ahead : Sun Feb 12, 2017 6:11 pm  

Just to put in perspective we have just played the top two part time teams from last year. One we haven't beaten at home since 2008 in a league fixture and another who beat Leigh in their first game at home last season.
The middle 8's of 2015/16 season has long gone-we need to move on and concentrate on getting out of the hole we are currently in.
Confidence is massive in sport and I can't remember the last time Fax won a game (inc trial games) The coaching staff and players will be feeling that more than anyone.
Time to roll our sleeves up and start planning for the Sheffield game.20+ games left yet.
Plenty time to put things right.

Re: Long season ahead : Sun Feb 12, 2017 6:15 pm  

That was one of the most inept and gutless performances that I have seen from a Fax team in years. Not much more to say really.

Re: Long season ahead : Sun Feb 12, 2017 6:20 pm  

That was the worst £17 I've ever spent, frozen to the bones watching one of the most dire performances I've seen in many a year. I really thought we would be nilled. On a side issue that was a dreadful performance by the match officials. No sour grapes and had no bearing on the match, I don't think we could have done anything with the two 40/20's that was waved away. Jeeze it's going to be a long season....