: Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:07 pm  

Fax4Life wrote:

A rich one though
He must have done something right!

yeah- screwing people over and licking the backsides of others where most appropriate

: Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:18 pm  

styler wrote:

yeah- screwing people over and licking the backsides of others where most appropriate

Wooh there cowboy or maybe Breakback Mountain cowboy???

: Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:21 pm  

whats breakback mountain?

: Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:27 pm  

I have now read that news article a few times. An idiot or a genius? I would have to say an idiot.

Do rugby players want to play for someone a selfish as this man? At no point in his litle speech does he say the players should be performing better because people are paying good money to watch them, he is only bothered about the fact he is paying their wages.

Apparently, he assembled the squad (nothing to do with the coaching staff).
He is paying their wages (nothing to do with people paying money to watch them).
And he thinks the players will try harder against us to give them a chance of getting in the side for the telly game? So is he picking the team?

MC should get this put on the wall in the dressing room, what more motivation do the lads need?

: Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:31 pm  

I wonder how long this guy will continue pour cash into Barrow esp if they don't win anything, or if they don't get a franchise in a couple of years. Sounds like he's playing fantasy rugby league for real.

: Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:21 pm  

What an **** hole

How to **** off your players. They may not be the best team, but they are new to the league and top of the table and yet he's still calling them crap

: Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:24 pm  

Standidge wrote:

I have now read that news article a few times. An idiot or a genius?

Since he got involved with Barrow RL, we've gone from a team that won just 1 game in 2005, to a team that's been in the top 2 of the Championship for most of the season and in the semi's of the NR Cup.

He's a winner who doesn't tolerate losers or under-performers. Most of the players at the club have been brought in under Des' Chairmanship, so they know exactly what he's like and respect him, as do the fans.

Should be a cracking atmosphere and game on Sunday (hopefully). At least 4 full buses and dozens of cars heading over the Pennines come Sunday.

: Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:25 pm  

SRC wrote:

Should be a cracking atmosphere and game on Sunday (hopefully). At least 4 full buses and dozens of cars heading over the Pennines come Sunday.

And a lot of miserable faces on the way back hopefully

: Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:30 pm  

SRC wrote:

Since he got involved with Barrow RL, we've gone from a team that won just 1 game in 2005, to a team that's been in the top 2 of the Championship for most of the season and in the semi's of the NR Cup.

He's a winner who doesn't tolerate losers or under-performers. Most of the players at the club have been brought in under Des' Chairmanship, so they know exactly what he's like and respect him, as do the fans.

Should be a cracking atmosphere and game on Sunday (hopefully). At least 4 full buses and dozens of cars heading over the Pennines come Sunday.

No offence but that's laughable. Your current team has been put together in one pre-season and is built on one man's cash which at the end of the day is what you're players a playing for. Take that away and you're back to square one.

: Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:37 pm  

I would be very, very wary of this guy. From reading other posts it states that he is into football and is a big Man U fan.

I get the impression that he wants to be the chairman of a top level sports team to boost his obviously sizeable ego. Now, I don't know what he's worth but he would have to be mega-wealthy to buy a Premiership football club but a top level RL club comes a lot cheaper. The thing is though, in RL it isn't just about money because even at the top level players don't earn enough for it to be just about the money. Leeds have always been cash rich but underachieved for years.

It sounds to me like if he doesn't get a rapid return on his investment he will spit his dummy right across the Irish Sea.