I was referring to Mr High. Full credit to Barrow for where they are now and no-one has booked their place in the GF. Going on current form and the style of rugby we're playing you can understand the optimism on this forum.

=blue**** off you =blue*****

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I don't think that's allowed on here. Expect a pm from TS

I don't think so.

haha. i only wrote that cos i cant think of a good counter argument so thought id swear instead

Yep that 76-12 home defeat by us was one of those 'ouch' moments, the turnaround by you lot has been momumental. Shows what a backer can do for a club with potential.

Toulose are one of the form teams in the league at the moment.If they carry on with this kind of form till the end of the season they will be in the mix for a good play off position.And the rfl have said that you only have to compete in a play off final to be eligable for the 2012 franchise spot.

You dont have to be a rocket scientist to relise what that would mean they had a crowd of nearly 3000 there tonight and we all know expansion is the name of the game concerning applications.

So fax could go all season unbeat and win the grand final but if the french team are there oposition in the final that would be very concerning for every other club for the next two seasons as we have seen with the crusaders the rfl dont give a didly squat who they upset when choosing the winning franchise team.

This post aint meant to pee on your parade just to give you a idea of what a sucessful Tolouse side means to the rest of us who are hoping for that goal of superleague in 2012.

Did you mean EXCEPT in a pm from TS?

I don't think anyone on here is under any illusion as to what a successful Toulouse side will mean. All we can do is try and tick as many boxes as we can - the rest is up to the God's at Red Hall.

Imagine if Toulose make the grand final, thats going to be a pretty poor crowd and atmosphere whoever they play.

My soul has been totured in a few PM's from TS but i have found him to be nothing more than a gentleman.

As far as I'm aware, you've never spent a season lower than 2nd tier and you've had several years in SL.

Think yourselves lucky.

Like we did you? Goodbye, jealous boy

We MIGHT lose 1 0r 2 games, you can't be certain we will.

Barrow probably will get better as the season progresses, theres nothing to say eveybody else won't either.

Strange comment saying you have room for 4 more players, all players will want paying different so not sure how you work out you can afford 4 more. Thats said i've no doubt you will bring some more quality in towards the business end of the season as we have done previously e.g Gleeson.

so we might lose a couple. does that mean that nobody else will?

I know I'll probably get crucified on here for posting this, but what the hell !!! ......

I don't think that Fax, Fev or Leigh will ever get into Super League under current Red Hall guidelines. They are hellbent on 'expansion' and I think they will be wanting to REDUCE the number of SL teams in Yorkshire.

Leigh are just too close to Wigan - again that wouldn't be expansion.

Widnes have an outside chance as have a Cumbria team - if anyone get's their act together sufficiently.

Toulouse would be seen as expansion, even though I don't think there'll be sufficient talent in France to sustain 2 x SL teams in the forseeable future. Therefore, a strong Aussie contingent would be ever present.

For the 2012 season (as long as qualifying rules are met by these clubs) I think that it will be either Toulouse, Widnes or a Cumbrian team.

For 2015 I can see a Scottish and an Irish team throwing their hats into the ring.

Just going on the fact we missed out on the 3 Fijians and have also sacked Ian Bell. They will all have been on a good contract.

Unless Broadbent gets injured.

if the celtic situation doesnt improve then maybe expansion wont appear such a graceful option.
even if it does get the nod, they may want to avoid entering a cumbrian team because its such a depressing place for people to visit

Bloomin 'eck everyone keeps banging on about our squad of 25, your website names 41 in the first team! Surely that's not right?

Fair enough, so you could potentially sign more than 4, or 1 'superstar'!

Why was Bell sacked, thought he was one of your best players when we played at yours.

What a muppet- they can only have the 5 Aussies they have! They can add French players but no more overseas players and really they should only be 1 like the rest of us but the RFL dont believe in fair play-Celtic Crusaders, The way SL teams are allowed more overseas players than the Championship clubs etc etc


But Fax fans are aware that we are not wanted and th we will be lucky to get near to SL. However reading the Barrow Forum most are of the opinion that Barrow should be in SL in 2012 no matter what. The thing is teams like Fax and barrow are not welcome as we are seen as small clubs in the heartlands whilst Sky/RFL want big city teams or teams from Wales or France.

That includes all the reserve team.

We now only have a 'first team' squad of 21/22. That's players with more than just 2 or 3 first team outings (mostly in the NR Cup). We need to get it upto that 25 mark. Hence the 4 players we are short.

Ah Mr Bell. A very, very bad boy is all I can say.

Barrow is a small shi-ite hole with a crappy stadium that is really a joke.The RFL have no interest in Barrow or Cumbria as there is no real potential there. If they had then they would have done more for Haven and Rugby League up there. If you seriously think the RFL and SKY want a Cumbrian team in for 2012 then you are on drugs.