Matt told us how much he loves Halifax RLFC and this just proves it especially in a day and age when Loyalty in sport is very rare you get footballers like Rio Ferdinand saying he is not paid enough on £100,000 a week and Michael Ballek saying he cant afford to live in London on £130,000 a week then you get people like Matt who does things for the love of the club especially after the stick he took off us all he is a rare bread and a true Champion.

Well I am sure he will be welcome with open arms especially if he could take the strain off their own credit cards and live and breath the club for 24/7 enabling them to spend just a little bit more time with their own families.

I think we should all have a go. One week each.



I'll take w/c 6th December please. Very busy time

I'm sure he wouldn't!

Now that Matt has gone public with this comment, let's see how many of the players follow suit.

When people were calling for Matt's head earlier in the season, the players fully backed Matt and said they were all together in this.

Now is the time for them to step forward and maybe take a pay cut to fall in line with the reduced salary cap limits.

We are the Champions and that should be a tempter for current players to re-sign and carry on their winning ways.

If SL (or NRL) come along with offers, then fair enough, but Fax should be one of the most tempting alternatives out there.

Ooohh that`s a good idea, I`ll take last week as I was ill so I will send a belated sick note in.

I will second that.





I guess people can put whatever spin they like on it and i commend Matt Calland for been willing to take a cut when he is obviously now worth more, but im not sure we should be celebrating the fact that the club is failing to honor contracts.

I wonder what the 100K is to be spent on? Or has it already been swallowed up? Matt Calland says in his interview that he had an incling that this was going to happen, i wonder why?

The courier ran an article last season where Michael Steele was quoted as saying the new salary cap wont affect us as we do not operate anywhere near the maximum amount. Then we hear that we have run at a dispensation from the RFL this season. So which one is it?

If i went in to work and my boss told me that i would have to take a pay cut, then if work was available elsewhere i like a lot of other people would be off like a shot. MC and the players have that option so good on those that choose to stay because at the end of the day you have to do right by yourself and by your family so they are showing masses of loyalty to the club when they have no need to.

Michael steel said after wining the Grand final that the 100k would not be spent on the playing budget for next season and they was going to have a meeting to decide what to do with with it. As for the players I don't think they will get better offers outside Super League and if they go to Super League like Shad then good luck to them

u would be surpised how many people who have a job r willing "to do what it takes" to hold on to it!



the job market is very flat at the moment! i know some highley qualified people in a range of sectors that whilst won't shout about it, a pay cut V the dole office is the right choice in this current climate, remember we are not talking about minimum wage peoople here!

The minimum wage as just gone up by 13p a hour

That’ll be the poxy league we haven’t won for 10 years and finished 4th and 5th in, in the last two seasons?

I guess some of our winnings have been spent on paying off Sheffield after admitting we were wrong to play Sam Barlow against them.

Let's hope that the teams performances at the back end of the season rub off in other areas of the club and we see a more professional performance off the field next season.