: Thu May 28, 2009 3:10 pm  

Graham Clay has said that he thinks the team will be made up of younger players. Look how we got Anthony Bowman back from Wigan. He could play in the team for the next 4+yrs if needed (not that he will though)

Re: New U20s Competition : Thu May 28, 2009 3:10 pm  

Taverner wrote:

All the best ones are already signed at Salford, bradford or Leeds! I think it will take a while to build a decent side with younger lads coming through the scholarship!

Im sure it will. But as we all know its not something that we expect to happen over night.

: Thu May 28, 2009 5:40 pm  

Im hoping to see some good local tallent developed through this team.

Re: New U20s Competition : Sat May 30, 2009 7:51 pm  

u21 fan wrote:

Where do the players come from ,the younger end of the u21s from last year have either walked away from the game ( due to the way fax treat people} or have joined other clubs.When will the comp start as I presume a squad for u20s has to start training well in advance of any games.Are fax going to approach Karl Fairbanks who has done a great job in the past

In response to your question, there are loads of current under 18's in the town's amateur clubs at the moment, surely those who are considered good enough and some who aren't happy at their pro clubs will be given the opportunity to have a go at Halifax.
Siddal, KXP & Elland all ran 18's this last season and all of them have 18's lads who are excelling at open age within the Pennine premier division or division 1. I would have thought that would be a good starting point. Nice to have you back on here posting BTW mate.

: Sun May 31, 2009 10:59 am  

this sends out all of the right signals about us being on a solid growth path,
another license box ticked

Re: New U20s Competition : Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:47 am  

Yob wrote:

http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/local/Halifax-RLFC-Fax-commit-to.5304847.jp

Have Karl Fairbank and Martin Gonzalez been retained within the Coaching team?

Has anyone heard anything more re the U20s ie players and coaching team

Re: New U20s Competition : Tue Jun 09, 2009 4:07 pm  

u21 fan wrote:

Has anyone heard anything more re the U20s ie players and coaching team

Given your comments after last year's demise of the U21s are you hoping your lad gets picked again or would he tell them to get lost after the way they treated him?

BTW I can't make the night out on the 19th, I'm off to New York on 18th.

Re: New U20s Competition : Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:35 pm  

Caliban wrote:

Given your comments after last year's demise of the U21s are you hoping your lad gets picked again or would he tell them to get lost after the way they treated him?

Why, was he treat any different to the other lads & coach's in the squad ?

Re: New U20s Competition : Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:31 am  

Caliban wrote:

Given your comments after last year's demise of the U21s are you hoping your lad gets picked again or would he tell them to get lost after the way they treated him?

BTW I can't make the night out on the 19th, I'm off to New York on 18th.

Not my decision, shame you cant make 19th

: Wed Jun 10, 2009 9:45 am  

If Fax treat these kids so badly why don't they just move on to other clubs, I know if my dream was to play professional RL, I would not let one club say I wasn't good enough, I'd be down to Keighley and the like and trying to push for a place at a lower level, It's about backing yourself to perform at a better standard not just running off to Siddal or wherever because you've already proved you are a big fish in that pond.

IMO the truth is if these kids were good enough they would have been retained, I was at all 3 of the U21's GF's (plus quite a few of the league games too) and the only real prospects there were Sam Barlow, Joe Hirst and Andy Bowman (one signed the others dumped us to join other teams. I still think Andy is a good year off breaking the first team, he's too individual for my liking, it's time Anthony was given a run though) In the last one we were laughed of the park by a more professional, better drilled and more highly skilled team. As was said before, Salford, Bradford et al have all our best juniors signed up and this will continue until we get back to SL.

Note in the programs last year when there was a profile of the kids in Gibbo's college course, none of the kids on it were Fax fans, all Leeds and Wigan etc, think they are going to play for Fax if they are any good? I would be surprised. We should put a clause in the scheme that says Fax have first refusal on all people who sign up for our course (if we don't already).