The postives come in the form of the number of chances created, had the strikers converted Town would have romped to victory. Crowe, Soames and Coldicott were all guilty of bad misses late on.
The goal came from the ever improving Ashley Sestanovich. The big man's powerful solo run saw him skip past two defenders before firing home with a cool finish just before the break.
A terrible mix up in defence saw Halifax equalise five minutes into the second half through Craig Midgley, despite Anthony Williams' efforts to keep the ball out of the net.
As the game wore on Slade introduced Steve Astworth for Sammi, with neither impressing much.
Another interesting note was Darren Mansaram spending 30/40 minutes as a left wingback, such is the lack of cover down that side.
With neither Sammi or Astworth looking worthy of a contract and Michael Reddy not risked, Mansaram could be set to start up front against Darlington with whispers of a week-to-week contract signing later this week.