mall wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 10:07 am
As I said weeks ago Nige, M6BLUE is a carlisle supporter from Penrith who can't stand Barrow being in the efl.
I really don't understand the naivety of people that think the majority of carlisle fans are welcoming of Barrow as another efl club from cumbria in league2. They detest us.
Paul Simpson is another one from carlisle who couldn't bring himself to say anything nice about Barrow after the game at Holker Street. All Simpson did was slag the ground off without any recourse to the fact that we are new to the league and need time to get the required work done.
The only club locally that has been welcoming of our return was Morecambe who ironically, carlisle see as their derby rather than Barrow.
Ha ha I dont think i.ve ever seen so many inaccuracies in such a short post.
Yes i.m a Carlisle [ I would say more of a follower than a supporter these days ] i.ve never hidden that fact on here [ on this profile or in my previous incarnation ] Ive been following them since 1974. In the past i.ve spent a considerable amount of money sponsoring them, I.m proud to say I was a friend and confidant of a previous owner, Spent a lot of time opposing his successor when the majority of supporters thought he was some sort of messiah and at that point, I fell out of love with the club [ but continued to follow the team ] and during this time I started to take an interest in a number of other clubs in the area in which I now live Barrow included.
Oh and by the way i.m not from Penrith [ no idea where you get that from ] I was actually born and bred in Kendal and at 16 very nearly came to live and work in Barrow. And what's even harder to fathom out is why you think I cant stand Barrow being in the EFL when actually nothing could be further from the truth and I think that you.ll find most Carlisle fans would prefer you in rather than out. Why wouldn't they want a local derby that they haven't had for over 50 years? Yes there's been issues on a number of subjects I suppose the main one being Radio Cumbria and their refusal to simply split the frequencies properly [And them trying to say it isn't possible when just next door in Lancashire they manage it perfectly adequately where fans of all clubs agree they do a brilliant job despite then having to cover 4 times as many clubs down to the level RC do ]
As for Simpson slagging you off, he simply didn't, he criticised your changing facilities as he has also recently done the facilities for away teams at BP [and is putting his hands where his mouth is at the expense of maybe something that would benefit the home team hes having improvements made to the away dressing rooms] and having taken a strong interest in my local club, Accrington Stanley since I moved here, believe me, I know all about people criticising a clubs changing facilities. But I do understand the issues at HS given the state of flux that both the club and the ground are in.
The other thing he commented on was the accommodation given to away fans [ now please tell me you're not going to try and defend the current situation at Holker street.] which I think you.ll find every single club whos visited this season has criticised and the fact that the capacity figure was recently reduced by 15% by the SAG proves that those criticising it have a point. There was a much simpler way of doing it that could have actually doubled your income from away fans this season Let's hope that the solution that the board have come up with both improves the offering as well as increasing the allocation [ Given that over half the teams in the league next season are quite capable of bringing over a thousand away fans ] My feeling is you've missed an opportunity here Accrington were attracting large away followings [ based on visiting a ground like they used to be] and the income that brings to both the club and the town, in general, is substantial and Barrow could have done exactly the same.
And yes for the last few years Carlisle have considered Morecambe to be their derby game [ given the demise of Hartlepool and Darlington ] and they have embraced that by giving us the largest allocations possible [ well nearly, as i.ve never understood why they don't make it possible to split the Berlin wall side so away clubs with a following could make use of an area that's invariably empty ] but there a quite a few things they need to do to their ground as their away end has also had its capacity severely reduced due to the very cramped nature of the "concourse" at the rear and the stupid steps at the front and in general have welcomed us to the town with bars openly advertising that away fans were welcome etc things that Barrow as a club and a town could do which is also something that Accy have excelled in by the likes of pioneering the "away fans welcome" marquee fan zone.
So contrary to what you seem to think i.m not here to slag your club off quite the opposite in fact but I really do think your owner needs to take lessons from Andy Holt in talking to fans about things and consulting on them before they are presented as a "fait de compli" and are simply given as something thats happening and that 3 or 4 short interviews with Adam a year simply isn't good enough.
