Barrow V Chester FC MATCH THREAD

Am I reading this right !?!? People want to retain Andy Halls !?!? He is one of the worst right backs we've ever had and that's saying something ! We have to strive for better ifwe want fans to return .

Yeah but he's done ok in Midfield when he's played there. And has been good on the pitch with the Younger lads.
Wouldnt be adverse to him being here next Season along with Anderson, Roberts and Akintunde hopefully

Bet you lot saying he should go haven't bothered going away games like today where he was MOTM.

He's been ok 2nd half of the season and fair play to him for not wanting that Contract after 30 games to help us out

not seen any of the senior players saying they want to stay so looks like they will all be off accept for Mahon

Regarding Halls, his role has changed and we’re actually playing to his strengths now. He’s not a right back anymore, he’s really quite limited on the ball and a full back needs some ability in that department as well as a bit of creativity and pace. He was almost given free reign to just go out and win the ball back breaking up play and then give it to somebody else today. He looked like he was loving just going around getting stuck in shoving and barging in to people, he was a bit of a pantomime villain in some respects. Had a right big grin on his face when he got booked taking one for the team.

Shouted 'Go on Hallsy' all afternoon which felt a bit strange, it was sarcasm the first few times!

Halls has been utterly shocking at right back most times I've seen him. I'd rather have the young lad and then recruit a proper centre midfielder in the summer. Fair play to him for waiving his contract clause, but honestly he gives me nightmares most times I see him play.

Further reflections on today.

Thought we threw in quite a decent all round performance and deserved the three points. Barrow had their moments and had their tails up when they equalised but it flattened out pretty quickly and didn’t do anywhere near enough. They’re lucky for now, not sure how long Casson will keep an interest though, certainly appears to be waning and Holker Street is the exact same scruffhole it was yonks ago.

We probably had the best of the first half but on the whole didn’t really muster much other than half chances, the goal came from a long Firth kick which found Archer racing through and he finished calmly. They equalised when Jordan White fired in an effort from just outside the box at the near post. Good strike to be fair even if the lad is a complete turd who is worse than Marouane Fellaini with his elbows. Our winner came after Crawford eventually stabbed home after Nathan Brown had set up with a dangerous ball in to the box from a deep position.

As I mentioned earlier, really good show from Andy Halls who thrived in the middle of midfield, looked like he loved being right in the thick of it getting stuck in. Crawford was good as usual and finished his goal well. Aki and Archer were a threat throughout whilst Mahon also contributed and Thomson fared admirably against much bigger lads than himself.

Only 98 of us but I will say credit to some of our younger teenage fans who although can get on my tits at times chanting on the train when I’m trying to have a kip but when faced with some Barrow fans spoiling for a fight just turned their backs and innocently kept chanting ‘We’re on our way…to the Conference North’ back down Holker Street as the Police wrestled a few ignored Barrow fans to the ground further behind.

Match highlights:

Enjoy!

Halls was superb yesterday

Much as I despise Halls as a full back, he could do a decent job in midfield. Worryingly, I've found myself warming to him recently.
Maybe he's the next Brabin or Hicks.

But I'd definitely want a clause in his contract that makes it clear that he must never play right back.

Can't seem him being here, he will have to accept reduced wages.