looks like we called Aston's bluff - he is a crap lawyer and a bad loser

In the next article it says it bars him from playing in 2010, but if Sheffield want to argue that his inclusion in the Blackpool 9s is breaking the contract...


"I won't be out there on Sunday, it was just something that was a condition of Sheffield letting me go that was written into the contract," said Barlow, who confirmed that he was only able to play against the Eagles in last month's Northern Rail Nines final - which Fax won - after rival coach Mark Aston gave his approval.[/i

Regardless, LOSE, OR DRAW tonight, IF you played SAM BARLOW tonight, you knew you would see the Eagles in Court, so Guess what.....




SEE YOU IN COURT>>>>>>>>>>>

It will cost you a fortune, and after Stanly Gene and the Northern Rail fiasco, Oh Dear!!!!

Short memory for a Sheffield fan eh?

Aye, I'm sure the Halifax club will be bankrupt if Sam Barlow loses his case to a poxy little club like Sheffield who get scared when more than 20 fans turn up. That, as I understand it, is exactly how life indeed works

None us can be d going to court so you won't 'see us in court', we're all off to Warrington instead

No matter how many fans we have at Sheffield, we still Love our team and do everything by the books, unlike some team we know...............................................................................

See You In court hahahahahahahaha

Well done Halifax you were the better team on the night.

On the Barlow affair, as a supporter of another club I do recall reading prior to the game that the Sheffield club had told you he couldn't play due to the terms of his release. This doesn't need to be in the contract to be upheld in court as even a verbal agreement is legally binding in the eyes of the law.

As we all know the RFL have no balls whatsoever so they were never going to get too involved in this. What does surprise me is that iF Barlow had agreed not to play against Sheffield in 2010 then why didn't he have the guts, morally, to refuse to play. You may have still won and Barlow could have retained his dignity and honour.

A deal is a deal and to go against it because it's a play off game is a little low really. If you listen to Aston closely he uses terms like "integrity" and "honest" and in that he is dead right. It's well known in the game that Sheffield are a very well run club and others, including Halifax, struggle to even pay wages at times to players in full. This is not a dig at Halifax alone, more a comment on the sad state of affairs when no one has any honour any more.

At least you understand the point. I personally don't agree with Barlow's decision and rightly, even if he just said he wouldn't play, then he shouldn't have. But a lot of the Sheffield fans on here still seem to think that Halifax have done something wrong, even after asking the RFL if it was ok and them saying it was. The agreement was clearly between Barlow and Sheffield, not Halifax and Sheffield. It's not rocket science to see who is in the wrong here.

Could you imagine Wayne Bennett saying "don'y worry Sam, I don't care what you said to them you're playing". I think the Sheffield fans see Halifax as looking for a loophole to get round playing Barlow. I hope that's how they see it as I don't think for one minute that Halifax would deliberately "cheat" especially with what happened in the CC.

I think it's a moral issue really between the two clubs, although it is definitely a legal issue between Sam Barlow and Sheffield Eagles. If I was Sam's coach there is no way I would let him play if I knew he had made the agreement with Sheffield that allowed him to join my club. We try to take the moral high ground over other sports and this kind of thing just shows us to be as bad as everyone else.

I use the word "us" in the rugby league family sense.

i dont know why this is even an issue anymore

Sam Barlow is not worth a 30 point win which we got.

we played well, we deserved the win, we defended well, Sam Barlow scored a try but we were far better on the night.

from what am hearing is the RFL have given him permission to play.

Mark Aston should just drop it, theres no sense in dwelling over it as his team were out played and wouldnt have won even if Barlow hadnt of played

there will be no 'sue barlow' ... aston has bullied sam all week, total disgrace.. i hope they try sue KEN then the truth will really come out.

Thought his try celebration, the ripping up of an imaginary contract was like watching a Brazilian goal celebration, very amusing.
From a neutrals perspective I think the whole issue clearly affected Sheffield more than Fax and made no difference whatsoever to the result.

Aston trying to pull the wool over peoples eyes. He uses words like integrity and honesty yet when it comes to it he is one person who is lacking in both departments and when it comes to it Sam Barlow may just be able to prove this. We know it wont go that far because Aston wont want his name dragging in to the mud and ruining all the good work he has done at Sheffield.
Chuffed the lad didnt get intimidated by Astons bullying tactics and had a really solid game. Watching him and Worrincy score trys was worth the admission price alone.