How do you work that one out? There is only Halliwell who has played under Deaks.

The tactic of signing anyone does not always work and considering one of the mentioned players was signing for us before someone else offered more points to sh*t or bust in my book!

To gel 4 new players in is going to take some doing as is keeping the players who thought they would be playing before these were signed happy. Might be a little too much disruption. Also until recently there style of play has been succesful. Who will have to adapt? The coach or the players

Deakin got sacked from Oldham for not getting the best out of these players! Secondly if we where to play Oldham away tomorrow would we all be more confident of a win??? Just a thought!

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

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!"

well will be interesting to see if they play and how they play tomorrow, still think we will beat them,

The things folk will do to beat our reserves

barrow seem to have no salary cap, also they wont be gettin into superleague with the stadium and fan base, superleague teams are already being warned about stadiums

As each day passes Barrow's Mr Johnson is a day closer to doing a Mr Quinn

Get the impression they've just signed them to stop them from signing for other sides like Leigh who were obviously going to be in the market for new players.

Learnt off the best (Fax

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think we get the 3rd most fans for games dont dont full stats but im pritty sure oh and where not in a religation fight

You're joking, aren't you? We must have the smallest squad in the Championship (24) and no reserves.

We buy quality not quantity, we are gourmets not gourmands.

hardly surprising


the coyles and millward go together as much as cyril smith and hang gliding

5 signed rob roberts the fifth.

think we get the 3rd most fans for games dont dont full stats but im pritty sure oh and where not in a religation fight






Maybe a good idea to get yourself a dictionary,
Dic* head

i had a lot of respect for the way the raiders went about their business last season, and the first part of this season, but these signings, coming after acquiring very good players like rooney and catic, are baffling at best and stupid at worst


its all going to end in tears

Got to agree Joanne.
Heard from a source close to the action at Barrow that Dave Clark was (allegedly) very unhappy about his chairmans interference in team affairs and particularly transfer policy. Heard that (allegedly) a number of recent signings were made against his wishes.
Seems to add up doesn't it?
As soon as Clark is pushed out of the door and an apparent 'yes' man is brought in, Johnston goes berserk on transfer deadline day!

I'd still love to know how they are doing on the salary cap. Barrow fans will no doubt say they are still way under it, but I can't see how. Top players like Catic, Rooney, Bracek, Luisi, Noone, etc. will not come cheap, and neither will the 'Oldham 5', for that matter. I wonder if Barrow are gambling heavily on a GF appearance this season, (and I would have fancied them until Widnes' re-emergence) then a points deduction next season wouldn't matter, as they had alrady ticked a SL application box?

Or is it like CC, in that they are all working for Mr. Johnston, and offereing to play for Barrow 'now and again' when not required to work for him?



As for Allen not joining us, well I'm not terribly disappointed, as I can think of other positions, where we are more exposed.

Funny thing is, had you lot signed any of these players they would be the dogs knackers !! Because Barrow signed them, none of them would get in any sides in the Championship. Makes me laugh !

Are you putting all your eggs in one basket?

Yes thought so...Bye.

But that's because we're in a poor position in the league and one or two signings could be make all the difference in staying up. We're not a side challenging for the top of the tree, having already appeared in a cup final and proclaiming to do things 'the right way', only for the chairman to have a brainfart and go on an unneccesary spending spree that could cost you dearly in both the short and long term.

Barrow go sh*t or bust to reach GF, they don't Sh*t! What happens next season?
Poor coach Deakin and he's another import ie Not from Barrow, have they tried this before? Paying lads from Lancs/Yorks big money p*ssing the local players off and utimately the fans as no local lads get a game!

Its all about next season unless you win get to the GF and hopefully from Leighs point of view that will be Widnes for one as then they will already have ticked as many boxes as possible so that we can tick away happily next season with our super team


As for Barrow lets see how they do next season? A Cumbrian merger perhaps

not my views, the only one i personally rate is danny halliwell

remind me of deakins achievements as a head coach please