: Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:04 pm  

482 wrote:

Just to bring this back to topic, I can confirm he did flick the bird at the South Stand crowd. It was a little bit tragic really. He just looked like some fat bloke in a bad suit, acting like a teenager with a couple of Strongbows in him.

Funny that, cos I walked out of the ground chatting to him and he was getting in his car...

: Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:09 pm  

Brew wrote:

Funny that, cos I walked out of the ground chatting to him and he was getting in his car...

He is a drink driver too?!?!?!

: Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:13 pm  

I never saw him having a drink.

: Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:13 pm  

If he was the (nearly?) bald guy in the suit, Then I saw him actualy blow a kiss to the guys who shouted a him - nothing else.

: Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:17 pm  

FAX of Life wrote:

If he was the (nearly?) bald guy in the suit, Then I saw him actualy blow a kiss to the guys who shouted a him - nothing else.

He seemed in Good Spirits, I gave him a bit of cheek and he laughed it off and had a positive chat with me, Like I said elsewhere, he was talking his team up in the press, and maybe got a little excited. Its the way at Some Clubs (especially where the Chairman is a moneyman) for the chairman to talk to the papers as much as or more than the coach. For example, Steve O'Connor at Widnes often is quoted in the press as saying things, but you rarely hear Michael Steele's name been quoted in the build up to games. As Calland usually does that.

: Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:19 pm  

I think hes a top fella, very passionate about his club and puts his money where his mouth is, the game needs people like this.

: Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:41 pm  

billyfax wrote:

A one off game doesn't make you the best team (after all we have beaten you 3 times this year so far), just the winners of a prize. The best teams win the league in any other sport. The grand final should be like it used to be, an end of season celebration of the best selection of teams at the top.

If you lost 50% of your games all year and lifted the grand final it would be laughable to call yourselves the BEST team. However Widnes could do that this year. I won't write off the hopes of any team in a knock out competition as anyone can win a one off game of knock out.

However that is how the league is setup now, so Halifax will need to play well until after the grand final and do the double, so it limits the number of teams that can apply for franchise from this league.

So, I take it you aren't going to give Leigh credit, when we win the GF, then?!

: Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:44 pm  

Alan wrote:

So, I take it you aren't going to give Leigh credit, when we win the GF, then?!

It's a very clever ploy by your club. Victory by stealth. They'll be talking about it for many years to come.

"Just where did Leigh come from to snatch it at the end? That Rowley - clever chap".

: Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:22 pm  

littlerich wrote:

It's a very clever ploy by your club. Victory by stealth. They'll be talking about it for many years to come.

"Just where did Leigh come from to snatch it at the end? That Rowley - clever chap".

Most of us will be delirious if we can snatch Championship survival, at the end of this season!

: Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:41 pm  

I am veryfortunate in the fact that I get to meet the opposition Chairmen on matchdays. Met Des on a coupe of occasions and the man is a real character - I like him. I actually said to him that if he thinks Matt Calland's got a big mouth then what does he think of me! His response was that his comments were meant to add a bit of spice to the game and get a few more people through the turnstiles - fair play - he also agreed about my big mouth the cheeky git

He said some nice words about Halifax and he was definitely genuine in my opinion. His final comment to me was that he really hoped we get through to the Northern Rail Cup final as our fantastic fans deserved it. I know he's very passionate about his team and rightly so - the Barrow fans were a credit to their club yesterday.