Barrow and Des have just tried buying anybody and have got lucky as Fax fecked it up. But Barrow are light years of Sl because the ground is a hellhole-that requires likely around 10-15 Million to get it up so SL Standard. They are so far off Widnes in terms of Backroom setup and academy set up is laughable. And Barrow have a complete Loon as a chairman who when you compare him to Steve O´Conner is a joke on how he runs his club and how he does things. The other problem for Barrow is that the town has no other big towns next to it say like Widnes has with Liverpool and the Wirral. What makes me laugh is the arrogance of the Barrow fans who think Barrow should be in SL and ignore how far off Barrow really are. Even Fax with no money man behind them are better run and have a Stadium that will be fit for SL by the end of the year let alone 2012. I really hope Barrow fail to make the GF due to the arrogance and bigheadedness of the Fans and the Club. I respect Widnes for example alot more-quietly do the business and properly building for SL. A couple of fans are full of crap but generally are OK and respectful of others

hes put 300k in over that last 3years said so him self a few months ago when trying to boost the lottery, i would say looking at squads more than half of that will have come in this season

catic
rooney
luisi
brockey
bell
4 from oldham

he has said he cant continue to put in that amount of money,and i cant see him waiting until 2015 for SL (as they have no chance for 2012) the rfl have said just as much

so if they get the GF tick in the box this season, i think he will reduce the money he is putting and try to bully his way into SL 2012

if they dont and it seems likley there is little chance of SL in 2012 then he may just take his ball home

regardless of what SCR and his other sickafants says ,his attitude (which is well known in cumbrian) is his main stumbling block the rfl will not want some neike him incharge of SL

What an absolute crock of cr@p. Barrow would still have lost.

Look.

I have no issue with Barrow topping the league, as i have said in other posts we threw that away ourselves and can blame no other team for that.

BUT

The bonus point is a waste of time, encourages negative play and rewards failure.

Its had its time. Its time to get rid of it.

The bonus point is negative because it offers nothing for a team to be more ruthless in defence or attack when leading by a big margin.

There is so much you could do to make it better if they were going to keep it. Such as points for so many tries or if they keep the losing by a certain margin, why not winning by a certain margin too. This also makes for great rugby.

However it would be better if they went to 3 for a win and 1 for a draw and if you lose, tough! That or 2 for a win and 1 for a draw. Getting something for taking part is for kids growing up so that they are sporting. It's not for professional sports! IF you lose, you should get nothing.

How is a win worth three draws ?

The 300K over 3 years = £100K a year, so that backs up what I said. Like I said, it's hardly Billionaire's money is it.

I wondered how long it would be before one of our green-eyed friends from up the coast would comment.

Rooney has a % of his salary paid by Wakey (and he's only played 7 games for us)
Bell was on a week ot week contract and left in April
The 4 Oldham players are only on 2/3rds of what they were on at Oldham and will probably only play 7-8 games max for the club.

Keep on deluding yourselves. This year is only the start.

I find it amusing that a Fax fan commented on Barrow's stadium when they 'borrow' a stadium every 2 weeks.

Let's face it, Fax like Fev have no chance of getting into SL unless the RFL kick a couple of Yorkshire teams out of the SL. I just can't see that happening.

so hes put the same in champioship as he did in CH1 doubt it very much

Why are Barrow fans so full of themselves and also full of crap?


Yeah of course 4 players are going to go to Barrow on a wage 33% less than what they was getting. Why? brown envelope behind the scenes?


Yeah like most clubs have a chairman who will give over 100,000 a year for 3 years. Rugby is not soccer and why its very rare to find somebody willing to throw that amount of money away (Which it is unless its for Tax purposes)

??? Many teams in SL like Wigan, Hull FC, Huddersfield, Quins, Celtic do this and usually save money long term doing it. If it was so cheap to do why do so many clubs share grounds or pay the local council to use it? CP maybe Barrows ground but it requires something around 10 million to get it to SL Standards. I doubt Des the Donkey will pay that much. And IF Des left Barrow will go backwards quick as he has built everything on sand. No upgrade of stadium or anything the club can earn much money from

Make up what you like.

Don't let the facts get in the way of a good smear campaign.

He's got a point though, why would the Oldham players sign for Barrow and travel all that way for less money?

No it doesnt - you said 300k per year.

Oh and we have much more chance than you of being in SL no matter how small that chance is.

Now go run along and ask Des for a pound for the fruit machine!