Re: Board - Fans Forum : Wed Oct 26, 2022 6:58 pm  

bentleyman wrote:

Pleased that S/T prices are staying the same and i will be renewing before the deadline even though i dont know how many matches (if any) i will be able to see.
Less than impressed that Postage has gone from £1 to £4.95 !1 I know every penny counts but crikey

I can pick yours up Mick. Don't pay that.

Re: Board - Fans Forum : Thu Oct 27, 2022 7:40 am  

This is not having a go at ‘Fax Panthers, but the Halifax “we support the football team” Courier,
2 days since the ‘f f f’ and not a peep or an inch of ink devoted to it, had it been FC Halifax Town, there would have been front page, back page and maybe even a special souvenir pullout describing in great detail every word of the event.
If the Panthers want more exposure one surefire way would be to have equal parity on reporting.
Do Fax have a captain's column?, or minute by minute live reporting on each game? NO and NO they do not, Come on marketing or whoever is responsible put pressure on the Courier to give more ink space to the whole Panther family, like the cliche charity begins at home, well our home is Calderdale,

Imagine the Bulls not having space in the T&A or Huddersfield or Leeds not in their respective press?

Rant over for the moment!

Re: Board - Fans Forum : Thu Oct 27, 2022 8:55 am  

Couple of interviews conducted by seb sternik ( who I believe sub contracts to the courier) https://youtu.be/u1kLpuzD17Q https://youtu.be/_4tvtclxwEc

Couple of interviews conducted by seb sternik ( who I believe sub contracts to the courier) https://youtu.be/u1kLpuzD17Q https://youtu.be/_4tvtclxwEc

Re: Board - Fans Forum : Thu Oct 27, 2022 9:19 am  

the fax in asia wrote:

This is not having a go at ‘Fax Panthers, but the Halifax “we support the football team” Courier,
2 days since the ‘f f f’ and not a peep or an inch of ink devoted to it, had it been FC Halifax Town, there would have been front page, back page and maybe even a special souvenir pullout describing in great detail every word of the event.
If the Panthers want more exposure one surefire way would be to have equal parity on reporting.
Do Fax have a captain's column?, or minute by minute live reporting on each game? NO and NO they do not, Come on marketing or whoever is responsible put pressure on the Courier to give more ink space to the whole Panther family, like the cliche charity begins at home, well our home is Calderdale,

Imagine the Bulls not having space in the T&A or Huddersfield or Leeds not in their respective press?

Rant over for the moment!

I have talked about this before the Editor of the Courier is a massive Town fan. When he goes
On radio Peeds he talks about the football very rarely Fax. To be honest I don’t even know what amount of people read the courier nowadays. The hard copy comes out once a week so all the articles are a week old. It is a sh*te publication

Re: Board - Fans Forum : Thu Oct 27, 2022 9:27 am  

@Listenup94,, I had an email from Tom ‘fcht’ Naylor who did say as you point out Seb Sternik is sub contract as the courier are strapped for cash and cannot afford a full time RL reporter.

@Faxlore, living in Malaysia it is my only contact now with my hometown, therefore I still like to read online,

Re: Board - Fans Forum : Thu Oct 27, 2022 9:34 am  

Listenup94 wrote: Couple of interviews conducted by seb sternik ( who I believe sub contracts to the courier) https://youtu.be/u1kLpuzD17Q https://youtu.be/_4tvtclxwEc Very interesting and as always the proof of the pudding will be in the eating. Let's hope this latest initiative is the one that takes Fax back to where we all believe we belong. Up The Fax!

Listenup94 wrote: Couple of interviews conducted by seb sternik ( who I believe sub contracts to the courier) https://youtu.be/u1kLpuzD17Q https://youtu.be/_4tvtclxwEc Very interesting and as always the proof of the pudding will be in the eating. Let's hope this latest initiative is the one that takes Fax back to where we all believe we belong. Up The Fax!

Re: Board - Fans Forum : Thu Oct 27, 2022 9:35 am  

the fax in asia wrote:

This is not having a go at ‘Fax Panthers, but the Halifax “we support the football team” Courier,
2 days since the ‘f f f’ and not a peep or an inch of ink devoted to it, had it been FC Halifax Town, there would have been front page, back page and maybe even a special souvenir pullout describing in great detail every word of the event.
If the Panthers want more exposure one surefire way would be to have equal parity on reporting.
Do Fax have a captain's column?, or minute by minute live reporting on each game? NO and NO they do not, Come on marketing or whoever is responsible put pressure on the Courier to give more ink space to the whole Panther family, like the cliche charity begins at home, well our home is Calderdale,

Imagine the Bulls not having space in the T&A or Huddersfield or Leeds not in their respective press?

Rant over for the moment!

Im not quite sure what happened to the Courier. Town fans always used to complain that it was biased towards the rugby club, but I would agree that it now appears to favour FCHT. It can be days before a Panther's match report goes online whereas FCHT is on within minutes of full time.

Its a shame whats happened to the Courier. It used to be an integral part of Calderdale but I bet its a year since I read a physical copy and it took me a couple of minutes to flick through.

Re: Board - Fans Forum : Thu Oct 27, 2022 10:18 am  

I have now watched the Board Forum.

Big positives are their clear understanding of the present position and what needs to be done.

Big negatives are lack of real in-depth discussion on financial position, lack of significant upgrade in player investment for 2023 and plans on how they will achieve their goals.

For me the verdict is very much still out.

Re: Board - Fans Forum : Thu Oct 27, 2022 10:25 am  

In the short term seems like Grix will be getting a bigger playing budget than last season and considering we finished 3rd that’s a positive. It’s obviously a competitive market and as Grix said we’re not finished with our recruitment and a lot of our success will depend on getting them deals over the line . Very difficult to assess how the long term plan plays out given they’ve only been there a few weeks but they seem very ambitious and enthusiastic.

Re: Board - Fans Forum : Thu Oct 27, 2022 10:27 am  

@Dbvada, to an extent I agree with you, however it was a fan’s forum not an Annual General Meeting, also they are still only 3 weeks into the job and they did say wait until December for IMG next release, also Simon would not say who he is after if not concreted signings.