Sounds like a bit of sour grapes to me.

Congrats to Barrow they came top no matter, and Fax should have secured that a month or so ago and they didnt so dont complain, get on with it.

Diddles - Had Fax finished top you would be raving about it as a massive acheivement. Put your sour grapes away and just be sporting.

I agree that thanks to the RFL rules, Top spot might as well be 3rd bottom if we don't go on an win the GF. I fail to see how finishing top of a 20 game league doesn't tick a box when winning the choo choo cup (after scraping out of the group stages and winning the semi in the luckiest way possible) gives you that all important tick. In my opinion both the League Leaders & GF winners should have the right to apply to SL. 2 seasons ago we would be looking forward to a season in SL after finishing top !!

Would still have to win the Grand Final though

Whoops - shows how much I know about the old NL1 !!

Sshhh dont tell them - let them enjoy their "Champions" tag - even though they arent.

Like I said, Had Fax finished top you would be making a massive deal about it ! so you Shhhhhhhhh

Barrow were in it ony a few years ago and the format was the same then

I think its a great acheivment coming top of the league...but your not champions as your fellow supporters and the coach of your team has stated.

In my opinion they are, morally, the champions

on paper what they have achieved is much more impressive than being able to win a couple of playoff games

Thats your opinion.

We won't talk about that season

How times have changed, well done Barrow I am happy for the loyal fans up there after many years of hard ship. Come on Fax in the playoffs

I give my congratulations to Barrow, the rules regarding bonus points are the same for everybody and everyone knows them at the start of the season. They've got a chairman who likes to splash his cash and also open his mouth, would we complain if he was our chairman? I doubt it.

Enjoyed our trip up there early in the season and if we do the busines tommorow we'll be going again.....hopefully with the same result! They were good, honest rugby people who I met.

They've won nothing yet but I think they've done well in their first season back in this league.

***** barrow

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Barrow have done well this year. Congrats to them. As always in a league, the team that has the most points at the end deserves to win the league. That's Barrow, so well done.

Now it's time for the playoffs and anything can happen. Good luck to all the teams once that starts.

this thread should be removed.

Barrow faders haven't achieved anything so far this season, after the GF no one remembers and cares who won the league!

They have achieved the minor premiership....

Yes, but to some people, doing it in their first year with a wealthy backer is a damn cheek. I mean, that's never happened to Halifax in the past has it?

You get diddly squat for finishing top (apart from the home tie).

Take your blinkers off - Have a look where we were 2 or 3 years ago and I think you will find what Barrow have done this season is beyond amazing. Can anybody tell me the last promoted team to top any league in any sport ? I bet there isn't to many. You may quote Des's money as much as you like but I remember reading loads of posts stating that Fax & Widnes wouldn't want any of the players Des has signed this year.

Fax BLEW the league big time, get over it. Most of your supporters have posted sporting messages and you are in the narrow minded minority who get right on peoples T*ts !!

Barrow are to be commended on their achievement... you are right, a lot of fax fans considered it a 1 horse race.... but we were the hare... congrats to the tortoise!!!

Get over what? the GF is what we are after, no boxes ticked for winning league.

Good luck to the Faders, but the real business end starts now!

Faders win the GF then bring back this thread and I will be 1st to congratulate your season!

Sick of these namby pamby posts - YOU AINT WON OWT YET!

No. took us years with our wealthy backer David Brook RIP, regarding our other wealthy backer Tony Gartland we never won owt did we?

Did it? When did Brookie come on board? I thought it was 1984? If so, it took two years to rise to the top.