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[Derwent]

40-0 Liam Campbell

[Keith T]

75 mins Liam Campbell try now 40 - 0

[mick wilson]

agree keith.thats more of our 2nd string rather than 1st choice.and i would say theyv left 6 or 7 1st teamers out.very odd decision.and my god thats a small front line.

Why would you do that , unless they have injuries etc Surely you want to give them game time in prep for the new season .

[Keith T]

FT 40 - 0

Looking at our squad numbers we had Miller, Mossop, MacDonald, Jackson, King, Coward, Olstrum, Pedley and Holt missing today. Some are injured and some had work commitments so do we need more strength in depth?

Edited by Keith T, 16 January 2011 - 03:57 PM.

[wonky]

Why would you do that , unless they have injuries etc Surely you want to give them game time in prep for the new season .

surely there all not injured.no gus,mossop,ginge,coward,whitehead,olstrum.

[Keith T]

surely there all not injured.no gus,mossop,ginge,coward,whitehead,olstrum.

Gus and Whitehead were playing. See my post above for those not playing

[TOWN TILL I DIE]

Poor that today & to get a smashing wouldnt have done any gd with the people who went

[troutmaster]

surely there all not injured.no gus,mossop,ginge,coward,whitehead,olstrum.

I cannot see the need to get in a tizz over the result today,it was a workout for the lads who played and for the coaches to see IF! we need to strengthen.There was 5 of the players keith mentioned that are carrying injuries,not big injuries, but one's that a rest rather than playing will cure.The game today was only a friendly but you have to take a good look at the Barrow team before any of us judge the way that our lads played,barrow have got a good side in the making and playing them at home certainly doe's us know favours and the same will be for anyother team that set's foot in the ground when get to their full compliment of players who are going to sign for them,for me we have far more important games to look ahead to rather than a friendly at barrow and has i have said it's just another match fitness game to get the lads ready for the new season.I would like to think we would have a game or two at home rather than travel to barrow,why can't they come up here next year and make it just like ike's game has we do for whitehaven,but i can understand some fans will be a bit disappointed with the result and the team but i believe it will turn itself around when the real season begins.......

[Keith T]

Troutmaster, I don't think anyone is making a big thing about today's match and the thing that most people are commenting on is the actual team that played. This surprised me and a few others by the sounds of it because there hasn't been any indication in the press or on here that so many "presumed" first team players would be missing. On the whole I think the team that played did well to hold Barrow to 40 points but having said that I think it shows that we do need more depth to the squad in case we have as many injuries for future matches that do matter.

[Nero]

Troutmaster, I don't think anyone is making a big thing about today's match and the thing that most people are commenting on is the actual team that played. This surprised me and a few others by the sounds of it because there hasn't been any indication in the press or on here that so many "presumed" first team players would be missing. On the whole I think the team that played did well to hold Barrow to 40 points but having said that I think it shows that we do need more depth to the squad in case we have as many injuries for future matches that do matter.

Town played well in first half, were denied three times over the line due to some pretty good Barrow defence, but in the second half Barrow got into their stride & Town did well to contain them as much as they did. I'd like to see the penalty count though, Town gave away daft penalty after penalty which kept them on the back foot. We generally defended well, but were a bit light in the forwards & disorganised in attack. The final score is pretty much what I'd expect (but not hoped for), though Town deserved to get onto the scoresheet due to their 1st half efforts.

[town88]

Town played really well to be honest we should of had at least 2 of those tries! 2 were held up and it looked like the ball was down before he was put onto his back and the second he said it was a double movement and even the barrow players looked as though they thought it was a try. Stack was very quiet and wasnt involved in much at all. Even though we didnt score we did compete with them when we kept hold of the ball but when they brought on mark gleeson and jamie thackray was when they really started out classing us! but all in all it was quite a good game and a good run out for us.

[Barrow Phantom]

To be honest I think if Joe mkenna and little scotty had stuck to playing rugby instead of trying to be thugs and rough barrow up you would of done better, the amount of peneltys them 2 gave away between them was unreal, think that was just because it was against barrow tho so shouldn't be a problem in the season, unless Scott is getting little man syndrome.

Anyhow good luck for this season.

BP

Edited by Barrow Phantom, 18 January 2011 - 12:02 PM.

[wonky]

To be honest I think if Joe mkenna and little scotty had stuck to playing rugby instead of trying to be thugs and rough barrow up you would of done better, the amount of peneltys them 2 gave away between them was unreal, think that was just because it was against barrow tho so shouldn't be a problem in the season, unless Scott is getting little man syndrome.

Anyhow good luck for this season.

BP

as you say,it was probably because they were playing against the club they were deemed not good enough for.kaighan certainly wasnt a dirty player last year,unless ginge has been giving him tackling lessons.