What makes you think i was referring to your post

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For what its worth, a lot of your sentiments are correct, we cant just follow the lead of others though, being original and better than others is improtant too.

Obviously you weren't , you state doing stuff to get ' fair-weather ' fans back



Why ? , if all they are is fair-weather fans , you don't want them back , ignore them , they are of no use to you , that is the whole point , all too often they are the focus of clubs attention , they are a waste of money , they already know you are playing well or not , they will come down if it's good , and then disappear at the 1 st bad result

Its a valid point you make re the fairweather types but people do reserve the right to be entertained! Unfortunatley not everybody is a dyed in the wool fan and they will take their attendance elsewhere if they are not happy. The true focus for me in Halifax needs to be getting the club to forge long term and genuine links with the dozen or so local rugby clubs (Ovenden, Boothtown, Kingcross, Illingworth, Siddal, Greetland, Elland, Irish etc) sorry if i missed anyone out. I know many young lads who play for their local area team at the weekend but dont ever go to watch Halifax. Im sure that Frank Watene in his community role has links with some of the clubs mentioned but these need to be long term. Giving free tickets to these clubs and other focal areas such as schools is a start, but the community link needs to be permenant in order to achieve long term success. Feel free to correct me if this is already the case.

Schools yes , amateur clubs possibly , although my experience is that it doesn't work with junior clubs , they tend to go to SL matches



Once again , what is the purpose of your community dept ?

Have Fax been ' entertaining ' the last few years ? , did those fair-weather fans turn up ? , or did they just go to the finals and moan when you lost to Barrow , did they turn up for the Bulls match ?



They will be regulars when you are beating Leeds in SL , till that happens any time or investement on those type of fans is a complete waste of time , they are the sort that will somehow manage to get hold of a free family ticket for. Tv game and then ' brag ' about it in the pub afterwards before slagging og Faxs performance ,you know the sort , they will be waiting in the pub after the Sheffield game and ask you the score

I admire the work that regular posters on this messageboard Linda ( JFFC ), Chris ( C_S ) & Pete ( FL66 ) do in supporting our great club. I also admire the B.O.D. & have stated a few times this season I don't think they deserve the crap that some speccies dish out on here, so reading threads like this one really wind me up.

The quote about the mess Calland has been allowed, get a grip, we're in the NRC semi finals, & two consecutive GF's. I can see us going to Fev & turning them over if we're anywhere near at full strength. Our results will turn around & They choke remember.

Thanks Col. However Linda, myself the rest of the trust board and especially the club BOD don't do it to receive thanks, they do it for the love of the club and to try make sure it does the best it possibly can. I showed Tony this thread yesterday and he was very upset at things being said and he took it quite personally. However he said it would merely serve as a catalyst to prove the doubting Thomas' wrong! He told me a few thing yesterday that made me respect him and the rest if the board even more as he and the others seem to certainly have made self and financial sacrifice to ensure recent changes have happened!! Please all think before posting criticisms on here (I've had to) and hold my hand up to doing it in the past. Tony and the rest of the BOD's need embracing , not driving away. Tony, Ian and the two Mikes are great guys who from this day forward I will have the utmost respect for and so should all of us!!

agree.

Spot on mate, agree totally.

Hate criticising the club but we do seem to be going for the same old as you say, why not get out there and give out some of those freebies I complain about at other clubs like Huddersfield who have a link with the Uni and target students why not do the same at Calderdale College who we have links with?

Come on it can hook a few extra fans although it helps when you get a good game and we win!

As for the signs outside the ground they are better than nothing but we could do with much bigger ones if the Council will allow?

As I dont live in Halifax I thought that this was just a mistake that would be rectified, but as I drew up to the ground yesterday the board at the top of the hill still showed "Halifax RLFC next game Bradford Bulls". ? This is just simple basic advertising?????

Why on earth does anybody ever bother to get involved with Halifax RLFC? If you've got something useful to say why not arrange a meeting with Tony Abbott or Matt and give them your insight face to face?



Perhaps (just perhaps) you'll have something useful they could use to take the club forward.



Or maybe (nay definately) you'll have naff all to say and you'll be creeping back behind the anonymity of a message board before taking more pot shots at the club and the Directors.



There may well be a few useful ideas posted above but the post which started this thread is more than enough to stop you reading any further.



I've always thought I'd like to get involved with the club should I find myself knee deep in cash but negative comments on here would keep people like me (and several other local business people) well out of it.

So you would be influenced by less than a dozen posters on an internet MB ?