And Widnes didn't try and target Ellis with any rough stuff did they

Nope each time Ellis touched the ball he was gently aided to the floor with a pillow at hand to lay under his head, he was then brought grapes and red wine.


What do you expect? we fookin nailed him to the floor good and proper.

If you're after a sport where aggression is not encouraged, try snooker mofo. Although the loud clattering of the balls smashing together might be a bit much for you to handle.

Admit it. You love it when a fax player legally knocks the stuffing out of a rival forward. It was a rough and tough game but most of it was above board and it was a cracking old fashioned contest.

'Cheapshot' Gannon will get his cummupence when he's comes to Craven Park.

I thought we hung in well yesterday, despite all our injuries, player unavailablility and disciplinary bans. There were 9 local players on the field yesterday (plus Holty who's been at the club for almost 10 years). The final just came at the wrong time with no chance of bringing players in to plug the gaps. Brocklehurst and Catic let the club and fans down big style.

Catic will be back (with a lot of making up to do), Rooney will be available and I believe 3 new signings are imminent. Add them to the players who turned out in the final and we should hopefully get a second wind to take us into the playoffs.

Looks to me as if Barrows bubble has burst in the last couple of weeks. Haven should see them off on Thursday and with any luck if we can sneak it in France we should be nailed on for top spot. I thought both teams looked pretty average in the final and it was pretty obvious that Widnes won the final when they beat us. Cullen has had his lottery win now but can he make lightening strike twice , time will tell.

Please point out where I stated that aggression should not be encouraged

Merely highlighted that Widnes were targeting Ellis.

I love it when any team LEGALLY knocks the stuffing out of an opponent. What I do dislike is cowardly thugs like TKL who drop the elbow on players heads when they are already tackled

What a difference a month or so makes Vikingman. Not to long ago you were baying for blood on these boards and going missing for days in your deep sulks. SRC is right in his theory. We will be a different team when we play you lot again and for the play-offs. Rooney will have settled in as will a couple of additions. Remember the last time we played you with a full strength team ? Barrows season cannot be judged on the NRC final by any means & im sure the game at our place will be an epic.

Gregflorimo - The bubble has certailnly not burst mate. We have said since the beginning of the year that our Squad was a little thin. This has turned out to be true. We have had very few games this season where we have had a strong bench and Sunday was one of those days. We have had a couple of Duff buys who have let the club down and been rightly shown the door. The bubble is well and truly still in tact and there is a long way to go. Had you said we would be where we are now last season I would have laugher my a*se off mate. I think the club has exceeded all expectation so far and had we not had disciplinary & injury problems MAYBE Sundays outcome would have been slightly different.

That's weird, I was thinking exactly the same thing about Halifax. I'd have much rather played Fax in the final because I think, like us, their form has dipped and the man that makes them tick (Black) is injured.

There'll be more players coming in the next week or so.

It's a marathon, not a sprint and we WILL get through our bad patch, just like Widnes have.

Whats all this different team lark? yes you had Rooney and Catic missing just like we had Jon Grayshon missing. Widnes did not play to there full potential on Sunday and if we did the score would have hit 50.

Would Rooney and Catic have made a difference? yes but they are not world beaters. Catic is a penalty machine but Rooney granted is a good player at this level. All this it will be different when you come to craven park etc is making you sound silly, what happens if you get beat again? oh yes it will be different next season etc etc etc blah blah blah.

Aka Rob Roberts to go with Catic in the second row (penalty machines r us

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And Superstar Sam Thompson.


Cant wait.

And if we'd have played to our potential with a full team (like Widnes away) we'd have been lifting the cup instead.

Pretty pointless arguments really. We're going through a bad spell like Widnes did for most of the first half of the season. That's all.

SRC im sure i seen you in your Barrow vest at the game.

Nice one.

I've saved the pic to my hard drive.

You'll see it used AGAINST you in August

But i dont own a Barrow vest

And if Barrow had played to our potential (like at your place) we would have whooped your ar*es. You sound silly Vikingman. You have a very short memory and as I said it wasn't to long ago you werent seen for days on end because you were sulking your ar*e off ! You will be calling for Cullen's head come the play offs I guarantee it !

Anyway you lot are raving about your awesome performance and we are saying Barrow were below par with a weakened team STILL you only managed to beat us by 14 points with a dubious forward pass and a last minute try against a very tired side. Begs the question what will happen when we do hit the ground running Vikingman ?

You were the better team on the day and I congratulate you and your team but still it is your first win against us for a few games now. Still 2 -1 for the season mate

Gary i have read the Total RL forums for weeks and judging from your posts you seem to be missing a few brain cells. Often your posts lack structure and detail so your silly statements only make me laugh. SRC on the other hand i can relate to, he does actually raise some valid points and his comments are structured if a little biased. But i can let him of with that as he's passionate about his club and will defend it to the death just like me.

No doubts the Halifax mods will be sick to death of this, so i will bid you goodnight and leave you with a lasting image my cumbrian friend.

i wish to give you my congractulations, there is no denying you were the better team on the day. However, as people have brought up, barrow had limited resources. I am not making excuses, but without catic and camphell as well as rooney, we had a weak team out there. Additionally- Ostler, Holt, Finch and Butler were all given injections to help them fight the pain. However, it didnt seem to last long with both half backs being out on their feet after 60 minutes. We had a patched up team that did well considering the odds they had agains them (especially garry huegher). We'll see you back at craven park anyway. Gannons judgement day!

think ive come on the wrong board here, thought it was fax board,,,

It's been a quiet few weeks!

We need announcements of new signings to get us back on track!

What did we lose when we had our bad spell in the first half of the season.We may of lost a few battles,but at the end of the day who as won the war and achieved what they wanted at the start of the season.I am a lot happier sitting 3rd in the league and have that box ticked than hoping we can get to another final in the future.

Good luck for the rest of the season and lets hope there are plenty of more good games that give this league we are in the recognition it deserves.

taking away promotion stopped that.

well said