Will Barrow tick the box? : Tue Sep 07, 2010 10:08 pm  

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Re: Will Barrow tick the box? : Thu Jan 27, 2011 2:37 am  

Would love to see it happen, but I think the RFL have already chosen the club its gonna be Widnes.

Re: Will Barrow tick the box? : Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:28 am  

And its blatently obvious why..

Barrow have decent squad that are proven winners and brown envelopes..
but they also have a huge scrap yard as a ground and no youth set up

Re: Will Barrow tick the box? : Wed Feb 02, 2011 5:49 am  

Where is the proof regarding these brown envelopes? Eh! And to be honest as a Barrow fan. I pay my hard earned cash to watch rugby, not to go and sit in a stadium and admire it!
If you and the RFL are so obsessed about stadiums, I've heard the new wembley is a nice place to visit!
I personally think the RFL have gone off the beaten track and what happens on the field should count. Bring back promotion and relegation. Oh! P and R wouldn't be good for a mid table championship team like Widnes though would it!

Re: Will Barrow tick the box? : Sun Feb 06, 2011 6:20 pm  

gaz martin wrote:

Where is the proof regarding these brown envelopes? Eh! And to be honest as a Barrow fan. I pay my hard earned cash to watch rugby, not to go and sit in a stadium and admire it!
If you and the RFL are so obsessed about stadiums, I've heard the new wembley is a nice place to visit!
I personally think the RFL have gone off the beaten track and what happens on the field should count. Bring back promotion and relegation. Oh! P and R wouldn't be good for a mid table championship team like Widnes though would it!

Shoulkd never have ended, no matter what excuse the RFL have given, it was always about self preservation and not the good of the game IMO, our product is excellent, but as far as our administartors are concerned I think cycling has more to be proud of.

Re: Will Barrow tick the box? : Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:31 pm  

I personally think Widnes will be the first team to be admitted - but if your application is stronger than an already existing top 14 club, you will replace them. It is a possibility and the whole franchise thing is more open than it seems. I've another article of the intricacies of it coming soon.

Re: Will Barrow tick the box? : Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:35 pm  

hkrloyal wrote:

I personally think Widnes will be the first team to be admitted - but if your application is stronger than an already existing top 14 club, you will replace them. It is a possibility and the whole franchise thing is more open than it seems. I've another article of the intricacies of it coming soon.

'ADMITTED' bless, what a load of Bollox. SOOPER LEAGUE, a special club, when 'potential' members can apply to join every 3 years - but it's a club that's light years behind the Australian equivalent.

Re: Will Barrow tick the box? : Mon Mar 07, 2011 10:04 pm  

As a Widnes fan, I think we will get in SL come end of the month - should be a done deal as we met all of the criteria, but the RFL have not said that no other team would get in come the announcements in July so you still have hope.

Problem the RFL now have is that more than one SL team have recently entered administration and several teams don't have a 'suitable' stadium in their eyes for 2012 season - so how can they justify only kicking one team out? I can see 2 SL teams getting the boot which must leave Barrow, Fax and a possible invitation to Toulouse with a chance.

As a big lover of Cumbrian rugby, I hope you have a real chance of this. More to the point though, I hope your chairman, coach and players realise that there is much to play for.

Re: Will Barrow tick the box? : Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:45 am  

I don't think there'll be any surprises when the successful Championship license is announced but if you don't buy a ticket ........