Below are the questions put to Dave by you - along with his answers.

Let us know what you think about any of the issues raised by posting your comments below, and although the live Q&A session has now finished, feel free to post any more questions you might have and we'll publish Dave's answer online over the next few days.

Richard Brame asks: Do you believe Chris Wilder will be at the helm for the start of next season?
With the abuse and lack of support he receives from the Shay faithful at times, I think his commitment and loyalty to the club can be unquestionable. However, with this factor and the financial situation, I can quite easily see Chris looking for a move to further his career.

And Shaw Goal King asks: Do you think that Chris Wilder will be at the Shay next season after the two seasons of failure at the club?

DF: My view at the moment is that he will be in charge next season.
He has had opportunities to leave the club - Cambridge 18 months ago springs to mind - but always seems to have resisted.
The manager is not happy with the level of abuse he has received, who would be?
The problem he has had over the past few years is that he is the public face - and just about the onoy voice - of the club.
He will not be at Halifax forever, but he seems determined to me to put right the wrongs of the past couple of seasons since the play-off final defeat

John Parker asks: Hi, am I correct in saying Aldershot won the league using less players than any other team in division? Under Mr Wilder we have always used upwards of 40 or more players a season, is this because players ability is not judged very well or do we fall out with them? As a supporter it is difficult keeping up with all the new faces. What is the answer to this problem?

DF: John, you could well be right with the fact that Aldershot have used fewer players than any other side this season.
Obviously a stable side is what every manager wants.
As for the turnover of players at the Shay, there are several reasons why so many have come and gone.
The fact that there is no reserve team at Town means players coming into the club can only be given a competitive game at senior level, not ideal but a fact of life.
And the likes of Andy Campbell, Rob Scott and Nathan Joynes were long term injury victims.
Others simply lose form and have to be taken out of the side.
I know that Chris Wilder wants to field a settled side, he says often enough that it is the best way to provide success.
But a leaky defence needed work on it and by the end of the season there were so many games to play that the team clearly needed changing for certain games.
The lower down the division you go the more players seem to be used by managers
It is almost as good a guage of how teams are doing as points on the board.

HxFootiefan asks: In view of the level of interest in Halifax Town - would it have been better to have dropped into the lower leagues?

DF: I realise that Saturday's crowd of 2,229 was some way above the average for the Shay this season, but showed that there remains considerable interest in the club.
If you mean dropping into the lower leagues to try to play at the top end of the table, I think it would be a risky strategy as nothing is guaranteed.
If you are suggesting that a team should drop down just because their home crowds are low, then I would ask whether Colchester or Scunthorpe deserved to be in the Championship this season.
Clearly if you are good enough on the field you deserve to be in the division you are in.

HalifaxDave aks: Do you think that we have any chance of signing any of the loanees who have been at the club this season?

DF: Of the players on loan at the end of the season, I think Anthony Griffith is probably the best bet to be a Town player next season.
Simon Heslop is still under contract at Barnsley while Adam Legzdins has a deal with Birmingham, although his chances of first team football appear slim at the moment given the competition at St Andrews.
Simon Ainge is a possibility, but I know Chris Wilder is keen on a more experienced central defender.
I cannot imagine Santos Gaia will be here in August, but you never know.

John Mann asks: What will Town be battling next season - For promotion or against relegation again?

DF: John, ideally the former!
Assuming that the takeover is completed, the consortium appears to have the top end of the table on their minds rather than the bottom.
But who can tell?
The quicker everything off the field is sorted out the better as far as player recruitment is concerned and I don't just mean the takeover, but the East Stand as well.
It will be easier to judge once the 2008-09 squad starts to take shape.

Peter Jovic asks: A report in yesterdays non league football paper, says that if Hhalifax Town AFC haven't completed the takeover of the club by May 10th and handed the paperwork into the Football Conference, that the club will be expelled and will have to start life in the Unibond League. The report also says the club have no chance in completing the takeover by the deadline of May 10th. Please can you tell me how true this report is?

DF: Peter, rumours were circulating after Saturday's game that there might be a problem.
But they remain just that - rumours.
As I undeerstand it, the club have received nothing from the Conference to suggest it is the case and the administrators are going ahead with the creditors' meeting on May 7, three days before the league agm.
If agreement is reached with the creditors things should move on, but the Football Association and Football Conference will make no decision for a further 28 days.
The whole thing seems to be a minefield.
For instance the final Thursday in March is the final day on which a club can go into administration and not have poiints deducted in the following season.
Town did that.
But there seems no way on earth that you can then emerge from administration by the agm given the amount of days that have to be allowed for people to consider their next moves.
My major fear is that in each of the previous two seasons Altrincham have escaped relegation at the expence of a club that finished above the dotted line.
And they were the team that was 'relegated' again on the final day of the season.

Billy Painter asks: Where has it all gone wrong this season? Is it the players, management, support, money?
Do you think the admission prices have been too high and killed off support?

DF: The players have, at times, underachieved, there is no question about that.
And that has made some of the decisions to bring certain players into the squad appear strange from the outside.
The supporters, quite correctly, want success.
But when it is not forthcoming they can be very quick to turn, which cannot help the players and clearly upsets the manager.
Money is vital in football nowadays and the more you have, the more likely you are to achieve.
As for admission prices, if people are not willing to pay them, it could be because they are too high.
And if they feel they are too high then fewer people are likely to watch a team that is not going to challenge for honours.
But the club has to get revenue from somewhere and with little or no commecrial activity the only real income is from gate receipts.

Anti Calderdale Society asks: Chris Wilder's relationship with the fans isn't what it should be, how do you think he can improve this?

DF: Perhaps a trip to ACAS? Seriously, there have been problems between the manager and a section of supporters this season.
I think that both care passionately about the football club.
The Shay can be a difficult place to play football, for a number of reasons.
The pitch is unhelpful at the moment despite the best efforts of the groundstaff and players can be singled out for personal criticism.
Once that happens, the manager is generally pretty quick to back his squad and the fans in turn take it as criticism of them.
It's a vicious circle.
A clean slate and a bit more understanding on both sides might be the answer.


Bubba asks: Had the consortium made themselves known sooner, and played a more visible and public part in the running of the club, do you feel we would have had a better season?

DF: I am as confused as most people about the wall of silence surrounding the takeover.
I think it is just that the consortioum has no real desire to be in the limelight.
Clearly the fact that nothing has yet been sorted - although it looks like it might be imminent!! - has not helped matters on the pitch.
Uncertainty seldom does.
I am not sure how visible people who run a football club need to be.
The fact they have kept it alive thus far should be enough.
But I look forward to the first big interviews with messrs Bosomworth, Ham and Peacock rather than having to rely on statements issued through the club.

HalifaxDave asks: Do you know when the retained list will be known?

DF: Tricky one, this.
The club is not allowed to sign players while in administration so it would be a surprise if it was any time soon.
Out of contract players can, however, leave of their own free will.


Anti Calderdale Society asks Which players are contracted for next season and who do you think will be released?

DF: Anti Calderdale Society. Jon Shaw, Nathan Joynes, Adam Quinn and Thomas Harban have contracts for ther 2008-09 campaign.
As for the rest, I am not sure whether the manager has entirely settled on who will be offered new deals and who will not.
I know that since the club went into administration there have been no discussions between staff and players about new deals.
In these modern times it is not a matter of releasing players, they are free to go if they are out of contract and there will be a few who might be keen to get away.
But I would like to see Jake Wright offered a new deal as he has been outstanding throughout the second half of the season.

Shaydan, Halifax asks: It was great to see so many young people there on Saturday. What are the chances of Mr Bosomworth etc letting in U16s on free admission next season like the Ebbsfleet game?

DF: Shaydan, Obviously the club has to encourage people of all ages down to the Shay on matchdays, with an emphais on getting the youngsters into the habit of watching Town, and any incentives would clearly help.
Sadly I am not in a position to read the minds of the consortium, although I am sure they have already started to think about it.
As with so many other issues, all depends on the outcome of the creditors' meeting on May 7 when the picture will be a little clearer.
Affordability is clearly the key and it would be a shame to lose Calderdale-based football followers to Bradford City and Huddersfield Town, both of whom are offering deals on season tickets for next season.

Chris asks: Any chance we could have a Q and A session with the new administration?

DF: Chris, You will have to join the queue - I am first!
Seriously, there is no reason why we could not invite the fans' questions once the deal is done. For now, though, you will have to do with me.

LongLid asks: If we stay in the BSP, where do you think we will finish next season?

DF: If I knew I would be at the bookies right now!
I was one of the ones who missed out on 66-1 the season Town won promotion after their last day survival the previous campaign.
As I said earlier, the focus of the club will be on gaining promotion rather than battling relegation.
We will know more about the state of the squad in the coming weeks and will be in a better position to tell then.
But, assuming the takeover is completed, I do not envisage another nailbiting final day like Saturday.

James Fryer asks: Dave, I realise your reporting is meant to be impartial and you write what you see.
However are you, like the fans, occasionally baffled by some of the potentially suicidal tactical changes Chris makes during certain games?
I refer to the many occasions he appears to rearrange things into a more defensive shape and effectively invite the other team on, and try to absorb the pressure.
Chris inevitably denies that they were deliberate tactical changes, but the evidence is generally there for all to see.Cheers.

DF: James, I do indeed say what I see and, like you, watch a lot of football, not only when Halifax Town are playing.
It is common practice for teams in the lead to protect their advantage.
How much more suicidal would it be to continue to push men forward, invite the opposition on and lose a lead?
I know what you are saying, but the idea that many fans have that all of the manager's tactics are negative is something that baffles me.
For example, I spoke to a journalist at an away game in which Town were playing with three centre backs who said he had been told by a Town fan we were playing five at the back.
In actual fact it was a clear 3-4-3 and Town won the game playing some decent attacking football.
There have been occasions when the players appear to have played too deep, but has no one thought that the opposition sometimes pushes Town back in the way they sometimes push the other team back?
I agree that adding an extra defender can make the players feel they are under pressure more than they are, but in an ideal world all players would attack and all would defend.
In fact they would all be like Jon Shaw.

HalifaxDave asks: What are you going to be up to over the next few weeks now that the season is over?..Living the life of Riley for the close season?

DF: I shall be sitting in a darkened room recovering from the past eight months!
Hopefully when I emerge, Town will be out of administration, the squad will be taking shape and we can all look foward to a bright future.

Steve Rodgers asks: Dave - who was our best player this season and will he stay?

DF: Steve, Jon Shaw certainly made the biggest impact following his arrival from Burton and he will be staying because he is under contract.
Sadly, the chances of signing Simon Heslop, another of this season's stars, appear slim.

mmmark asks: Now that Radio leeds wont be covering leeds next season will we see better coverage of town?
How about online commentary like a
Aldershot had this season?

DF: Out of my hands, I am afraid.

Click here to watch our video from Saturday's game at the Shay, featuring match action and the fans' reaction after the game.