I blame Mathers.

I couldn't agree more............................But I blame Whelan.....................or Mathers

Correct

I've no ill feeling towards any Wigan fan and the town is buzzing about the Raiders at present. The Wigan match is just the icing on the cake.

What I do take exception to is Barrow RL being called 'unprofessional' and 'insignificant' amongst other things - all because we have the audacity to want to play a home game AT HOME !!!

All in Barrow are looking forward to a Wigan invasion and a good competitive game - just like the old times. You have to remember that lower league clubs have been shafted on a grand scale with the scrapping of promotion.

An traditional, ambitious, well run club, with a large catchment area and growing fanbase seems to have no place in the sport any more.

Take a step back and appreciate what you have.

How long do we have to listen to all the lower league clubs going on and on and on about this subject? Believe it or not it's what's best for the game not for the clubs.

No promotion and relegation has so far been one of the best things to happen to RL if you want proof just look at Castleford and Catalans and how far they have come without the yo yo effect you get of coming up then straight back down again. We need stability and a very strong league and this is the best way to achieve it.

It's not like it's a closed shop forever either if you can offer what one of the clubs in SL can’t in just over two years time then you’ll be in simple as that really.

Its still Mathers fault.

Isn't everything

yeah

If you believe that RFL/SL propaganda then there really is no hope. It's really a no-brainer to understand that scrapping relegation will slowly kill of the lower leagues.

Celtic and Quins are typical examples. They could finish bottom of SL for the next 3 years, draw 2,000-3,000 crowds and fill their squads with Aussies and there's NO WAY they would be dumped out of SL.

NO WAY.

Celtics probably had the lowest number of ticks in the box of all SL applicants and yet got the gig. They could field an unlimited number of foreigners and had 800 fans but were fast-tracked up the leagues to give their selection credibility.

If you weren't part of Murdocks Circus, you'd be of exactly the same opinion as me.

SL is now a hand picked competition.

Mudocks Circus as you say is the only thing pumping money into the game so lets not bite the hand that feeds you. It makes me laugh how all the fans in the lower leagues complain about how unfair it is but yet they’d probably sell their children to get in there. A little bit hypocritical there sorry.

Would Barrow not be a massive benefactor of trying to expand the game compared to teams like Widnes or Leigh?

Still I must say I’m all for a closed shop once we get the right teams in there as very few teams currently outside of SL offer that much imo to moving the game forward.

barrow is a long way, lots of petrol needed...

moan moan moan moan

only if you have a car

not if you go by coach

dont like coaches

moan moan moan moan moan

Could someone delete this plonker permanently please?

he makes a good point thou

Of course I'd love to see Barrow in SL, but it is still a Sky led Circus, with Eddie and Stevo spouting their usual guff about 'for the good of the game' blah blah.



Then the game will die from the roots up.

Believe me, it wil.

agree jj.........bringing my name into disrepute

i love coaches.....always use coaches i do

Not going, not even for free!

I honestly don't think it will.

The way forward is a strong SL and the only way to do that is by shutting the shop up IMO once we have the right balance of teams in there.

Wigan moan man





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wigan moan man wrote: dont like coaches

moan moan moan moan moan

How do u know his real name Rodney????

How much are coaches? What company?

Mayfair Travel are probably your best for coach travel

Easiest and quickest way to do the journey is on the train, plus you can have a few pints, and not have to worry about getting clamped.

There is a train from Wigan North Western at 11.25am on the Sunday, getting you in to Barrow at 1.00pm. Return trains at 6.18pm and 8.02pm.

Usually have to change at Lancaster (easier than changing at Preston). There are also trains from Chorley and (direct) from Bolton.

I do this journey quite frequently (as a Barrow fan living in Hindley), and 99 times out of 100 there are no problems.

The station is 5-10 minutes walk from the ground, with plenty of pubs on the way.