I know right now that feelings are running high regarding the RFL decision not to grant us a license for 1212-1214 but can I stress that we have to try and put this behind us and move forward. The appropriate persons to deal with this are the board, and Michael Steele has admirably made his feeling very clear in the press regarding what has happened. I have also read the view of Mike Riley on another post and he rightly is frustrated and annoyed by what has happened. The BOD and many support staff at the club who are both paid and unpaid have all given more to the club than their call of duty and I am privileged to know many of them and the work and time that they have given is not to be bettered anywhere else. I’m not saying that we have to accept this decision lying down but the only way we are going to make any sense of it is with dialogue between the RFL and our BOD. It’s not Wakefield’s fault that they have been given the license we craved or indeed, arguably should have had, it’s the men in power that have unfortunately been voted in by the SL chairmen that have done this.
I’m as gutted as the next person but we have to keep our focus on Halifax RLFC. Alright! We have a few games left until the end of the season and possibly some playoff games. What we need to do is focus on this and maybe we can get to another GF, we can then start planning immediately for next season and beyond. We have a new coach to recruit, new players to bring in that the new coach will obviously want, we have to continue to raise money to support our u23`s that the supporters trust have done a magnificent job of helping to finance, we also have to look forward to increased merchandising and hopefully a new shirt for next season that the fans would like to be available before Christmas and maybe a Bulls type offer on the season tickets, anything to get us re focused on our great club. We have to try to increase our fan base and if we can achieve that or if anyone has any great ideas not yet thought of that will help then tell the club. All I’m saying really is that we have to be `glass half full` and continue to stick together regardless of outside influence that we can do little about right now, but what we can do is to keep our chin up and soldier on.
Up the Fax.

Peter.

Well said peter. See you at the quiz tomorrow.

I think we will move on very quickly in some ways like getting behind the team and club etc but that does not mean we don't give the RFL hell for their actions in the meantime.
I know men aren't known to be the best multitaskers but I think we can do both on this occasion Pete.

Yes that`s a good place to start quiz at the Ivy House from around 7-30pm.
As it`s business as usual for the Faxbuilder fund as we intend to hand over another cheque for the Under 23s at the Tolouse game . It will be our last payment ,bringing our total handed over to £25,000 and then we are going to have a chat about what we will be doing next to support our Club.
I have no intention of leting the RFL make me lose faith in rugby or the Club I have followed since 1953, so try and get there if you can.

The anger will take a while to die down. This season is pretty much dead as far as i'm concerned. A Grand Final victory would be hollow in the respect that prev iously such an appearance "ticked a box" and pushed Fax nearer to SL. What does it really mean in that regard now? Nothing, absolutely nothing. So, i now have to recondition my brain to equate a GF appearance/victory with merely pride in my club and that's it; along with the financial benefits to the club. We can win the GF and the NRC three times on the trot and i should be overwhelmed by that. But, should that happen i will at the same time witness one or two supposed SL clubs struggling, lying and cheating their way to yet another license.

It's a kick in the teeth and one of the worst kinds of elitism i've ever come across. I frequent the Sin Bin quite often on here. I see various posters decrying the Thatcher years and Tory politics yet the same two-faced posters extol the virtues of this very very "Tory-esque" eiltist club without realizing that it flies in the face of their so-called priciples. Those who laugh at our disgust today do so with a very "i'm alright Jack" attitude. They'd be the same if they had their club swept aside like ours was today.

I will always follow Halifax, that's never in doubt but my hatred for what the RFL have done today will live on forever. I hope they burn in hell.

Heavy that wasn't it?

Sorry.



Here's a cheery end ...........................................







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i will post this on every thread because i'm bored.

everytime i try to be positive i think, Crusaders are with us now and if they are back on track with there finances in 3 years they will be back in, we cant do anything about that.

infact Crusaders coming down is worse for us than Wakefield coming down, because there is no expansion team against a Heartlands team it would be just 2 heartlands side.

now its a heartlands side against a expansion side and i think we all know whos going to win that battle dont we?

I think its better for us celts went down...any kick in the whole franchise/expansion system can only help our cause surely?

The Champsionship will be even more complicated next season when we'll have two "expansion" teams exempt from relegation. So we can have the bizarre situation where Toulouse and Crusaders finish in the bottom 2, with the teams finishing 3rd and 4th from bottom getting relegated.

I suppose it'd make a great pub quiz question in 50 years time after all this insanity has bypassed us .... "In which sport did two teams get relegated which didn't finish in the bottom 2, and the bottom 2 stayed up, and no teams got promoted". The occupying 3-eyed aliens would have a right laugh at that one.

No Toulouse next year , pay attention TF

If you read all the information on Crusaders, I doubt we will see them in the Championship next year either

EH??

Why?

They are going back to the French league

There was mention of another club taking their place , but why ? , it serves no purpose other than to fill the coffers of easy jet