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Salary cap? what salary cap!

Struggling to get a team together for the Dewsbury game it seems. Is there anybody we can lend them?

.......They are our B team afterall . . .

good luck to them it will take time for them to get used to playing in the team,

im happy with our two new additions over all them 4

Is it just me or is Des Johnston into bulk buying quantity with little or no emphasis on quality?

I'd rather have our squad of 21 or 22 quality players than their squad of 30 or 40 on the books.
They may well have some good players but they cannot possibly have the depth of quality and hope to stay within the salary cap.

When you dine out would you rather pay for one fillet steak or a dozen big mac's? The choice is yours but I know which I would prefer to digest.

But they didn't sign those fijians, ian bell left, brocky has been sacked, blah blah blah

To add to that there is not a player in that 4 who I would want or would get in our team.

Quote "The Chronicle understands that the players were personally offered to Barrow chairman Des Johnston by Quinn earlier this week and that the wheels were set in motion as early as Wednesday morning. "

So Barrow don't go shopping for players who the coach particularly targets, they just wait until a batch are offered to them and then say "sure, we'll have 'em!"

Steve Deakin is the new coach at Barrow

and ?????

Cant argue with that, its factually correct.

was the coach at oldham.

Yes....... and your point being?

Oh, I see, he thought he'd give a few of his old mates a job?

I don't think the fact that a rapidly declining rival team has acquired 4 mediocre players should be of any great concern. As has been alluded to be others the lovely des appears to have to have adopted an amendment of the old supermarket maxim "pile 'em high sell 'em cheap"

BLAH BLAH BLAH

It's FIVE players they have signed according to their messageboard..

Rob Roberts to add to that list

....and the builders are in next week to start work........




























.......on bigger changing rooms.

Allan-Has Potential but never really done much except get caught drug taking!
Helliwell-Has failed really to do much and why he went to Oldham.
Coyle-Who? No name who has done nothing
Roberts-Can be a great player-but very ill disciplined and inconsistant
Ballard-Average Championship player at best.

To be honest not one really stands out as a good SL or Championship player. Most have potential but have never really shown that they are top quality players. Barrow or Des just seems to sign any half decent player and thinks they can do a job. The one player they have signed that is quality is Rooney and he is worth spending money on but the rest do not impress at all.

Seems to Be Big Problems at Oldham at the minute, but with Bill Quinn seemingly taking his Bat and Ball (and chequebook) home. players were bound to leave.

A rumour on .org that Quinn is going to join the board up at barrow.

Oldham will certainly miss Ballard, he's a points machine in that league for them.

Without Bill Quinns input Oldham will struggle, theyre crowds are usually around 800, And with talk of a New Stadium for the Football club they may even find themselves Homeless once again in the next few years. Tough Times ahead but the RFL won't care as they are a "Traditional Club"

Barrow 74 Leigh 6 Coyle who???? 4 try's on his debut.. Thats who!!

Those gaps he hit you could fit a double decker bus through...twice.

Oldham are now looking to bring some players in to beef up their squad before next week.

Been that Young Bowman isn't getting game time with us, why not offer him on loan?

Too late, deadline for any transfers have passed for this season.