Accrington match thread

[barrowaberdeen]

I believe talks have been held with Brady, but he wanted his whole backroom staff which the club wouldnt do. That may be a money decision or it maybe a 'dont want to get rid of the boys' decision. To me, spend the money now to save it later. But it aint my money so easy for me to say

I think that's highly possible. I watched an interview with Brady and it was "we did this', 'we did that'referring to his coaching team.

And it aint our money. But we need clarity and ffs the basics doing properly from the players. Whoever that is down to.

[Rushy]

Without Paul Hornby and Tony Shearer we would not have a club..... never mind relegation to non league we would be out of business all together within weeks.

They love Barrow ,its people, and the football club. Now is the time to stand by whatever decisions they make and I for one trust them with the stewardship of this football club even if despite thier best efforts we get relegated.

Anyone who can't see the good they have done is quite frankly living in cloud cuckoo land.

Come on you Bluebirds. Keep the faith.

[barrowaberdeen]

I believe talks have been held with Brady, but he wanted his whole backroom staff which the club wouldnt do. That may be a money decision or it maybe a 'dont want to get rid of the boys' decision. To me, spend the money now to save it later. But it aint my money so easy for me to say


I think that's highly possible. I watched an interview with Brady and it was "we did this', 'we did that'referring to his coaching team.

And it aint our money. But we need clarity and ffs the basics doing properly from the players. Whoever that is down to.
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[Main Stand SeasonTct]

Without Paul Hornby and Tony Shearer we would not have a club..... never mind relegation to non league we would be out of business all together within weeks.

They love Barrow ,its people, and the football club. Now is the time to stand by whatever decisions they make and I for one trust them with the stewardship of this football club even if despite thier best efforts we get relegated.

Anyone who can't see the good they have done is quite frankly living in cloud cuckoo land.

Come on you Bluebirds. Keep the faith.

Nobody’s denying they have done a great job but all the signs this season point to them not increasing the money they put into the club whilst most other clubs in league two have increased budgets.
We need some clarity from the board imo on what the rest of this season holds for us financially and where they see themselves being regarding owners and financial input in future years.

[HenneysKnee]

I believe talks have been held with Brady, but he wanted his whole backroom staff which the club wouldnt do. That may be a money decision or it maybe a 'dont want to get rid of the boys' decision. To me, spend the money now to save it later. But it aint my money so easy for me to say

As you say it’s easy when it’s not our money but if true they have to find the money somehow. We just end up bringing in some ex coach or player as a coach anyway down the line so just let him have a full actual coaching staff

[Bigfathoss]

Me and the old bloke are season ticket holders, so the club is getting our money anyway, but we haven't been arsed enough to go the last two matches. It's gotten that bad that even people who have already paid can't be bothered to go and watch that dross. We have had two good managers since Ray Wilkie. Evatt and Wild (I don't think Daz and Dave were good managers as such, but they raised the commitment level wonderfully). Evatt went on to a higher league and an ex-prem club. Can't blame him or the board for that. I will always consider letting Wild leave this club an absolute debacle. A shocking decision (based on the things we are allowed to know). Someone else said that this next appointment is possibly the biggest in our recent history. I would agree with that. We are heading back to empty stands.

[Barrowfan92]

Me and the old bloke are season ticket holders, so the club is getting our money anyway, but we haven't been arsed enough to go the last two matches. It's gotten that bad that even people who have already paid can't be bothered to go and watch that dross. We have had two good managers since Ray Wilkie. Evatt and Wild (I don't think Daz and Dave were good managers as such, but they raised the commitment level wonderfully). Evatt went on to a higher league and an ex-prem club. Can't blame him or the board for that. I will always consider letting Wild leave this club an absolute debacle. A shocking decision (based on the things we are allowed to know). Someone else said that this next appointment is possibly the biggest in our recent history. I would agree with that. We are heading back to empty stands.

I don’t get to many games due to work or personal commitments was looking at coming on new years day but now looking to stay at home I’m also looking to move to the area in the new year and becoming a season ticket holder.

Holker street was always a fortress a place where other teams hated to come it sadly isn’t that anymore and with the drop. In supporters I just feel the atmosphere would be horrible and that’s not good the board need to come forward and be open with the fan base otherwise the stands will just stay empty

[Matty]

I believe talks have been held with Brady, but he wanted his whole backroom staff which the club wouldnt do. That may be a money decision or it maybe a 'dont want to get rid of the boys' decision. To me, spend the money now to save it later. But it aint my money so easy for me to say

As you say it’s easy when it’s not our money but if true they have to find the money somehow. We just end up bringing in some ex coach or player as a coach anyway down the line so just let him have a full actual coaching staff

One of those isn't it, it would be a huge financial outlay but a freshen up is what we need, and once it's in place you stick to your guns and back it to the hilt. If we continue as we are now, churning over in the existing setup, it'll more be more expensive in the long term.

[Main Stand SeasonTct]

As you say it’s easy when it’s not our money but if true they have to find the money somehow. We just end up bringing in some ex coach or player as a coach anyway down the line so just let him have a full actual coaching staff

One of those isn't it, it would be a huge financial outlay but a freshen up is what we need, and once it's in place you stick to your guns and back it to the hilt. If we continue as we are now, churning over in the existing setup, it'll more be more expensive in the long term.

But do the owners see themselves being here in the long term. The silence from them is deafening not a peep since Whing left. We need some clarity from them asap

[Cromwell58]

2026 is the year of 125 of years of Barrow AFC as a football club it took us years to get back in the league the players need to understand that, we need to see the fight they had against Wigan and if they are not prepared to show that commitment then go we do not want you.

[Jonty]

Without Paul Hornby and Tony Shearer we would not have a club..... never mind relegation to non league we would be out of business all together within weeks.

They love Barrow ,its people, and the football club. Now is the time to stand by whatever decisions they make and I for one trust them with the stewardship of this football club even if despite thier best efforts we get relegated.

Anyone who can't see the good they have done is quite frankly living in cloud cuckoo land.

Come on you Bluebirds. Keep the faith.

Nobody has ever suggested they have done anything but good for the club, but, they can only do so much and we need more investment to take us to the next step. They cant run the club forever. Exploring opportunities with Team Barrow is an obvious one for me. Would like a full fan engagement on that, led by the Trust.

[Jonty]

I believe talks have been held with Brady, but he wanted his whole backroom staff which the club wouldnt do. That may be a money decision or it maybe a 'dont want to get rid of the boys' decision. To me, spend the money now to save it later. But it aint my money so easy for me to say

I think that's highly possible. I watched an interview with Brady and it was "we did this', 'we did that'referring to his coaching team.

And it aint our money. But we need clarity and ffs the basics doing properly from the players. Whoever that is down to.

It’s obvious a new Manager will want to bring in their own team. Thats how it works usually.

[Main Stand SeasonTct]

Without Paul Hornby and Tony Shearer we would not have a club..... never mind relegation to non league we would be out of business all together within weeks.

They love Barrow ,its people, and the football club. Now is the time to stand by whatever decisions they make and I for one trust them with the stewardship of this football club even if despite thier best efforts we get relegated.

Anyone who can't see the good they have done is quite frankly living in cloud cuckoo land.

Come on you Bluebirds. Keep the faith.

Nobody has ever suggested they have done anything but good for the club, but, they can only do so much and we need more investment to take us to the next step. They cant run the club forever. Exploring opportunities with Team Barrow is an obvious one for me. Would like a full fan engagement on that, led by the Trust.

I couldn’t agree more Jonty

[Jonty]

Me and the old bloke are season ticket holders, so the club is getting our money anyway, but we haven't been arsed enough to go the last two matches. It's gotten that bad that even people who have already paid can't be bothered to go and watch that dross. We have had two good managers since Ray Wilkie. Evatt and Wild (I don't think Daz and Dave were good managers as such, but they raised the commitment level wonderfully). Evatt went on to a higher league and an ex-prem club. Can't blame him or the board for that. I will always consider letting Wild leave this club an absolute debacle. A shocking decision (based on the things we are allowed to know). Someone else said that this next appointment is possibly the biggest in our recent history. I would agree with that. We are heading back to empty stands.

I don’t get to many games due to work or personal commitments was looking at coming on new years day but now looking to stay at home I’m also looking to move to the area in the new year and becoming a season ticket holder.

Holker street was always a fortress a place where other teams hated to come it sadly isn’t that anymore and with the drop. In supporters I just feel the atmosphere would be horrible and that’s not good the board need to come forward and be open with the fan base otherwise the stands will just stay empty

The atmosphere at Holker Street is non existent. Its grim. Its says something when Bluey gets the biggest cheer from the stands.

[blue nige]

Trouble we have is I look at the board ( might be wrong) but first they lack numbers, this would help to get fresh ideas etc ,I can't imagine anyone of them personally going to a training session and actually explain to the player's what's on the line here!
Wood and Joe Harvey also need to admit they got recruitment wrong big time!
We seem obsessed with signing player's with championship experience ,I don't get this Barkhuizen/ Mahoney both gifted player's put lack, passion commitment for league 2 ,they're a luxury we can't afford, even when we choose a Manager surely there has to be a plan over how we're going to play, solid, tough, robust team or trying to emulate Evatts team they were a one off ,which unless we're fortunate probably won't see again!
We have to have a plan on how ( if possible we an get out of this mess ,and then have a credible plan to move forward)
I'm not being melodramatic but we're finished if go back down to non league!
The board need to swallow their pride and appeal to the fans to turn up on New years day ! BUT we also need hope, no disrespect to Adam but Hornby talking to him isn't heard by many people,it has to go out to the fans whichever way they decide but to do nothing is an absolute scandal, as I've previously mentioned we need strong leadership on and off the pitch, let's move forward as one !