West Leeds Riviera 309 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 Barrow are raising £2000 to be able to go to Toronto to play their Super 8s game https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/louise-scarr?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=shares-from-email&utm_campaign=project-status-update-email-share&utm_content=louise-scarr Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scubby 10,846 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 14 minutes ago, West Leeds Riviera said: Barrow are raising £2000 to be able to go to Toronto to play their Super 8s game https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/louise-scarr?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=shares-from-email&utm_campaign=project-status-update-email-share&utm_content=louise-scarr Looks like they will crack their target. Those loyal Barrow supporters who have put their hands in their pockets deserve a much better performance this time. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Man of Kent 6,064 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 Twice in a lifetime trip, eh? It's not really on that Toronto games leave players out of pocket, especially given the likely 5k, sorry, 7k crowd... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moscow01 539 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 When we went out there last month Toronto put on a coach that collected us from the airport, took us to the stadium and back then dropped us off at the airport on the Sunday evening. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BenGilesRL 304 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 No sympathy for Barrow after their disgraceful attitude on the last trip. Complete opposite has been the case from other smaller clubs 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tre Cool 1,400 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 Barrow are surely the 2nd biggest club in the league with aspirations to be in the top half of the champs again. More unnecessary negativity coming from them which is disappointing. Rapidly becoming my least favourite RL club. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
damp squib 2,408 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 Am I being overly cynical to be thinking that they're just trying to make a point with this? Or can they genuinely not scrape together £2,000? Amazing to think that people are touting Barrow as a potential SL club in the Cumbria thread. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paulwalker71 2,303 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 This thread can't end well if the last one about them going to Toronto was any guide... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tongs ya bas 1,397 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 So they are pathetic as well as incompetent 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
East Coast Tiger 889 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 It's a nice excuse to gouge more cash from their fans but maybe they should focus on getting visas sorted. Hopefully they won't have to worry about going there ever again because Toronto will be in the higher divisions and Barrow will be where they belong, planning their trip to Workington and whinging about going to Llanelli. 3 Guyra Super Spuds website Guyra Super Spuds Facebook Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tre Cool 1,400 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 13 minutes ago, Tongs ya bas said: So they are pathetic as well as incompetent And bitter. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tongs ya bas 1,397 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Tre Cool said: And bitter. Do you mean they think others are responsible for their inadequacies? Edited August 9, 2017 by Tongs ya bas 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jpmc 499 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 Play the hand your dealt, Forfeit the game and focus on the next one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John WP Fan 718 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 17 minutes ago, jpmc said: Play the hand your dealt, Forfeit the game and focus on the next one A forfeit woukd be a disgrace. We want to see them bring their best game (and of course beat them!). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Homer 1,186 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 21 minutes ago, jpmc said: Play the hand your dealt, Forfeit the game and focus on the next one If that happened Barrow should have their results annulled for the season and possibly face expulsion from the league for 2018. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jpmc 499 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 Whats the difference between forfeiting the game and not being able to raise the funds to travel over there Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Homer 1,186 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 1 minute ago, jpmc said: Whats the difference between forfeiting the game and not being able to raise the funds to travel over there There's a pretty big difference, notably that Toronto are literally paying for the visiting team to travel over there. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lifer 117 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 (edited) This has nothing to do with the club, it's the independent supporters trust that has come up with this idea to try and help the club, with the club trying to survive on crowds of less than 1000 local fans with very little/no away support every little bit of cash raised helps the stability of the club. Edited August 9, 2017 by lifer 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jpmc 499 Report post Posted August 9, 2017 7 minutes ago, Evil Homer said: There's a pretty big difference, notably that Toronto are literally paying for the visiting team to travel over there. Fair enough if toronto are financing it like a normal league game Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Homer 1,186 Report post Posted August 10, 2017 25 minutes ago, lifer said: This has nothing to do with the club, it's the independent supporters trust that has come up with this idea to try and help the club, with the club trying to survive on crowds of less than 1000 local fans with very little/no away support every little bit of cash raised helps the stability of the club. Maybe they could use the money to pay for someone competent to organize the players' visas more than one week in advance. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lifer 117 Report post Posted August 10, 2017 (edited) in an ideal world league 1 teams would play each each other home and away and give each team a level playing field, in an ideal world the clubs fans would not have to try and raise money for their clubs as the RFL would give more to the lower leagues so that they can at least try and prosper, but it is not an ideal world and we have what we have, which is a set of supporters who are at the end of the day are only trying to help their club out. Edited August 10, 2017 by lifer 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RayCee 1,652 Report post Posted August 10, 2017 (edited) Barrow's population is listed on Wiki as 57,000 people. I don't know what the population of the catchment of surrounding districts would add in RL supporters. The last game they just played against Doncaster was 836 spectators. Based on the above figures, that's 1.47% of the population went to that game. That's a best scenario percentage. On the same basis, Keighley is 1.95%, Whitehave 2.25% and Workington 2.35% all for their last game this week gone. Of course variables I can't factor in could affect those numbers. However, I thought the Barrow total a bit low but not too bad. I guess the question coming into my mind is ...is the team an important part of the town's culture? How much profile does it have there? I ask in all sincerity as I don't know. Edited August 10, 2017 by RayCee added data My blog: https://rugbyl.blogspot.co.nz/ It takes wisdom to know when a discussion has run its course. It takes reasonableness to end that discussion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mattrhino 1,320 Report post Posted August 10, 2017 Complaining about having to meet the costs of coach transfer and food and drink that somehow came to £4000(have someone make some ham and cheese butties next time) I'm sure they don't expect to be fed and watered at any other away game or have thier coach travel paid for Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
morty 340 Report post Posted August 10, 2017 as has been said above this crowdfunding has nothing to do with the club its been done by the supporters ... so to those keyboard warriors who know nothing about the situation stop spouting garbage 1 Lee Morton Raiders have risen from the ashes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spidey 2,755 Report post Posted August 10, 2017 7 hours ago, jpmc said: Play the hand your dealt, Forfeit the game and focus on the next one Forfeit the game and Barrow may get chucked out of the league Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
