have used four this season and finished third compared to third bottom last season so it can work.also i think a lot of it boils down to the respect the coaches have for each other.

The RFL and bl@@dy franchise discussions drive these home / away support discussions. Widnes have good home support for the Championship, Fax also, but not quite as good. Both clubs have great away support, particularly in proportion to their home crowds.



Both clubs would have very decent crowds if they were in SL (increased home support, plus real numbers of away support), but at the moment Widnes would attract more than Fax. If Fax were still at Thrum Hall, this may be reversed - unfortunate fact, but the nature of the Shay is that there are very few "round the corner" spectators - remember that Fax reserve games used to regularly attract 1500+ fans.



Crowd figures get distorted anyway (let's ignore the 4795 for now) - the comparison at Sheffield between the Fax game (I was there) and the Leigh game (on Sky) is laughable.

Just the one. Alex Brown. Who incidently scored two tries that won the game.

Todays score doesn't make great reading if you're a Barrow fan:



Featherstone 72 v 20 Barrow

I assume Des is doing the coaching again then.

Fev turned it on! Barrow showed only glimpses of the class they undoubtably have in their squad - enough to score 4!



Fev did what they had to today - and little else. Some days, it just happens!

Oh to be a fly on the Barrow dressing room wall after the game. Yet more words of encouragement from that master of inspirational team talks?

Dez wasn't there!!!

You arrogant sod...that is another RL club you are talking about that go through the same crap that your club does. I see no satisfaction from slagging off about a fellow club that beat you in the league and the GF last year and finished 4th in the league this year!!



you know nothing about Barrow's finances nor the BOD and I would get your facts right before spouting rubbish.

Tell me why you think Barrow are poor or don't you have an opinion of your own and follow like a sheep.



Your type dont usually wind me up but your comments have.

You really should be very careful about what you post on here...I can assure you Hendo did not leave due to any wage dispute. Again your just spouting off about things that you know nothing about.

Not being funny and I would not wish any fellow team bad luck but I can see Des getting very bored with his toy very soon and putting it in the toybox for good.

Having a wealthy benefactor who basically bankrolls a sports club is never a good idea. Look at what happened to Oldham when Bill Quinn pulled his cash out on a whim.

I remember a few years ago when I picked up the Yorkshire Evening Post and was astonished at the headline 'Multi-Millionaire to buy Bulldogs'.

Although it was all very exciting, our chairman turned down the said gentlemans offer for the club, citing that fact that he just didn't trust him.

The guy flounced out of a public meeting at Mount Pleasant and was never seen again. I believe he surfaced at Halifax Town, where once on the board he promised money and success.......

Thank God our chairman had the sense to see through the dollar bills.