Re: next years Championship : Tue Sep 12, 2017 11:51 am  

Greg Florimos Boots wrote:

I agree with that. It also the same idea that Bradford took half of our fans that also bores me to tears. At the same time if Bradford did steal any of our fans we had the same resources as them so we would have nobody to blame but ourselves if that did happen to be true. Crowds were already dropping even when we did finish 3rd and have steadily declined since despite us having some success. It probably does not help that as good a stadium we are lucky to play in, it is an absolutely awful ground for atmosphere unless it is at least half full which at the moment there is no danger of.

Unfortunately true about the stadium.

Re: next years Championship : Tue Sep 12, 2017 11:52 pm  

In terms of the Blue Sox name, I didn't mind it at all. The "Bombers" name would have (imo) been totally naff. That said, I do prefer plain old Halifax RLFC!

Regarding the stadium, Thrum Hall used to rock with 4000+ crowds, with the scrattin' shed an awesome bedlam of noise when we got going. It's all down to the roof, unfortunately with a high sloping roof meaning that stands need to be pretty full to generate any real noise.

Re: next years Championship : Wed Sep 13, 2017 11:41 am  

Just seen that Toronto have just signed Ashton Sims from Wire.