: Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:44 pm  

berrigans bitch wrote:

Arthur Bunting

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:46 pm  

do you rate bennet ............................. .............

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:14 pm  

littlerich wrote:

As is EXACTLY what is happening at Halifax at the moment.

I really like your strip! When I first saw pics I wasn't a big fan but it's grown on me.

I reckon come '11 we won't be talking about Widnes to be a shoe in for '12 because if they don't pull their socks up fax will be in, building a good little club from the ground up there. The only thing going against them is the amount of clubs in W. Yorkshire

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:52 pm  

Dico wrote:

I really like your strip! When I first saw pics I wasn't a big fan but it's grown on me.

I reckon come '11 we won't be talking about Widnes to be a shoe in for '12 because if they don't pull their socks up fax will be in, building a good little club from the ground up there. The only thing going against them is the amount of clubs in the north

Corrected

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:10 pm  

Dico wrote:

I really like your strip! When I first saw pics I wasn't a big fan but it's grown on me.

I reckon come '11 we won't be talking about Widnes to be a shoe in for '12 because if they don't pull their socks up fax will be in, building a good little club from the ground up there. The only thing going against them is the amount of clubs in W. Yorkshire

Whether its right or wrong, I can't see Fax getting into SL, no matter how many trophies they win over the next couple of seasons. In terms of Championship clubs, I would think Halifax would be well down the list of clubs that the RFL would want to go into SL. All it will take is for Leigh, Widnes, Toulouse, Gateshead to get to a GF or win a NRC and they'll get the nod.

Just as a seperate point, having a good team on the pitch isn't supposed to be the be all and end all - what about youth development? Fax don't even have an u18's or u21's at the moment.

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:23 pm  

vikings 4 ever wrote:

Whether its right or wrong, I can't see Fax getting into SL, no matter how many trophies they win over the next couple of seasons. In terms of Championship clubs, I would think Halifax would be well down the list of clubs that the RFL would want to go into SL. All it will take is for Leigh, Widnes, Toulouse, Gateshead to get to a GF or win a NRC and they'll get the nod.

Just as a seperate point, having a good team on the pitch isn't supposed to be the be all and end all - what about youth development? Fax don't even have an u18's or u21's at the moment.

At the moment - right now, i agree with you.

Three years is a long time though. 18 months ago, your very own club went into administration but look where you are now. For the fate of Toulouse and Gateshead - see Celtic's progress over the next 2 years. If they fail or remain as they are now, the RFL won't risk Toulouse or Gateshead without something special emerging from both (big backer, exceptional gate increases). At the moment, it's Widnes in the box seat. What will determine anyone else going up is the progress of the likes of Salford & Wakefield.

: Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:47 am  

j_hunter_hkr wrote:

Steve Linnane.

ex dragons player

: Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:50 am  

warren ryan

: Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:38 am  

Wayne Bennett
Craig Bellamy
Steve Folkes
Brian Smith
Daniel Anderson
John Lang
Tony Smith
Graham Murray

: Fri Apr 03, 2009 12:18 pm  

vinty kaalius, the man who invented fitness work as part of training.