Barrow v Carlisle match thread

[tictactoe]

I usually tend to say that managers aren’t to blame as it’s down to the players on the pitch to win a match, however, when you have a manager who doesn’t know his best team, plays players in wrong positions, makes signings in transfer windows who are no better or doesn’t play them, blames everything or everyone else but himself and who can’t get his players up for a derby game, then there’s only one person to blame. I’ve said I don’t really support cooper as I find him arrogant and imo and only my opinion not right for Barrow, and right now I’m finding it even harder. Got to go but he won’t as we can’t afford to get rid, and if he was given a 3 year contract then bigger fools the board

[Pedro]

I usually tend to say that managers aren’t to blame as it’s down to the players on the pitch to win a match, however, when you have a manager who doesn’t know his best team, plays players in wrong positions, makes signings in transfer windows who are no better or doesn’t play them, blames everything or everyone else but himself and who can’t get his players up for a derby game, then there’s only one person to blame. I’ve said I don’t really support cooper as I find him arrogant and imo and only my opinion not right for Barrow, and right now I’m finding it even harder. Got to go but he won’t as we can’t afford to get rid, and if he was given a 3 year contract then bigger fools the board

If we stay up hopefully it will because there are two teams worst tha us.
I cannot see Cooper wanting to stay here much more likely to get a few quid and tell the next club we lacked ambition and had no money

[Sonofsam]

I usually tend to say that managers aren’t to blame as it’s down to the players on the pitch to win a match, however, when you have a manager who doesn’t know his best team, plays players in wrong positions, makes signings in transfer windows who are no better or doesn’t play them, blames everything or everyone else but himself and who can’t get his players up for a derby game, then there’s only one person to blame. I’ve said I don’t really support cooper as I find him arrogant and imo and only my opinion not right for Barrow, and right now I’m finding it even harder. Got to go but he won’t as we can’t afford to get rid, and if he was given a 3 year contract then bigger fools the board

Plus he holds grudges

[Jonty]

The players have got to stand up and when that whistle goes show that passion needed to win a football match. We needed to get off to a flyer with a high tempo and straight at them to keep the fans onside and the vocal backing needed. It wasn't there. That is not Cooper.

[AugustusCorpa]

We never go for it from the off. Not this season anyway. I remember looking at my watch after 20 mins and thinking this is crap. It didn’t get any better.
Can’t be bothered watching Coopers post match interviews anymore. Sick of same old excuses.

[blumooncrab]

We never go for it from the off. Not this season anyway. I remember looking at my watch after 20 mins and thinking this is crap. It didn’t get any better.
Can’t be bothered watching Coopers post match interviews anymore. Sick of same old excuses.

Agreed

[boyliegladbach]

It's all so slow in the build up and that comes from banks and Tom the crab White.

[boyliegladbach]

The real worry is the amount of players we've already signed up for next season. I think we've already got 16 players signed up so how can we make wholesale changes ?

Agree with that and we've just gave new contracts to two of the worst players.

[AugustusCorpa]

It’s mad we gave a new contract to Luke James when we’ve got the similar not very prolific goal scoring Gordon. James definitely not up to EFL 2 standard.

[walneyroad]

Got to go but he won’t as we can’t afford to get rid, and if he was given a 3 year contract then bigger fools the board

I think the board are in a difficult position as when a managerial vacancy comes up all the agents come sniffing around, pushing their duff millionaire managers.
I take it the board draws up a shortlist, interviews them, and then chooses 'the winner'.
Trouble with this system is that the board have picked the man who comes across best in an interview, but he may not be a decent football manager.
Not sure if it happens but once their preferred candidate has been chosen, they should then carry out due diligence by delving into why he left/or was sacked, from his previous job.
That's what would happen in most other places of employment, and I hope it is the system at Barrow AFC.

[andyg]

The League table shows there ARE 2 worse teams! That IS fact, meaning its for REAL! 'Hello'.

Oldham has 1 point in last 6 games, with Sheridan (who has 'some idea' according to you) as Manager.

Amazingly Barrow has 5 points in last 6 games, because Rooney (who else) managed to score a goal.
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That Sheridan and Oldham will leap-frog Barrow is pure speculation, so it's not REAL.

I really hope you're right Sam, I really do-no one will be more pleased than me to be wrong.

Thing is as long as there are 2 worse teams than us after 46 MATCHES is the main thing. We haven't been in the bottom two all season my worst nightmare is that the only time we drop into the bottom two is after the 46th match.

also had a nightmare day getting to match from Manchester with the car only saw just over half the game (mainly first half) and I have to say I thought we were rubbish against a average to poor team. Thought Walsall were better than Carlisle. And how did Gordon miss that chance at the end of the first half? It beggared belief.

Finally got car sorted and got home in a foul mood and still am. The fires around Newby Bridge were rather worrying though.

[FanzoneFan]

I'd hate to be a member of the board - seriously at the time would you have appointed Ian Evatt - I wouldn't and look how well he did. Likewise the Dunn and Jolly appointments at the time both seemed to make sense. As did Mark Cooper - my problem with him is he says one thing one week and the next we seem to go down another route. It now looks as if Wakeling is set for a recall - great - but how come the other week we weren't risking younger players in a relegation battle.

[Burnage Bluebird]

Terrible on pitch, no desire or interest from to may players.

As for off it,
Why have we now got an extra large segregation area next to to the segregation
Why are stewards guessing peoples ages and not letting under 18s past a certain point on the Holker st end.
Why are them SIA Bouncer bullies telling stewards to go and sort kids out for banging on the cladding. (I witnessed and heard that) who's in charge?

Barrow AFC does not tolerate discrimination I heard over tannoy today,

Really?

A valid point. As myself and my 14 year old nephew George walked down the Holker End today he was approached by 2 stewards who said he could go no further. Eventually he was let through once it was established he was with me. All seemed a bit ridiculous.

[mickycarrol]

It’s mad we gave a new contract to Luke James when we’ve got the similar not very prolific goal scoring Gordon. James definitely not up to EFL 2 standard.

Likewise Gordan isn’t either, I’ve more goal threat than he has.

[Ace]

Absolutely dreadful. We are short of everything you need in a team. We are not a team at all and that’s the managers fault. If we survive we need a complete re-build, which won’t be easy as we give out long contracts to players like confetti.
I thought Farman should have saved the first as well, tried to shovel it wide and missed the ball.
It was telling when we scored our goal, there was no belief in the crowd and also more importantly in our players that we would get back into the game. Really strange feeling.