Looks like the wheels have fallen off after their promotion high. I’m sure Steven Presley would love to see if he could find some greenshoots at barrow

Stuart McCall out at Bradford as well.

What exactly were they expecting? To piss the league?

Poor decision in my view

It was a poor decision to give him the job given his track record. He's done a fabulous job so far in trying to ensure their quick return to the NL.

Not really surprising if the way they played against us was anything to go by.

Them Southend, Bradford and Stevenage are some of the worst sides I’ve ever seen in L2.

Southend are already as good as down, clubs beginning to fear being the club that finishes 2nd bottom. No shock to see changes being made in the hope that a new manager will be able to bring in a bit of quality in January.

Just makes a change for it not to be Carlisle having the panic!

McCall got an extended contract at Bradford 3 weeks ago!

Dunn getting sacked doesn’t surprise me given the knee jerk nature of running a football club these days. It was the board who appointed him so why not stick with him and give him time?

Anyone ever see that tiffo video called the non league team that play like Barcelona that was about Barrow?

Looks like the wheels have fallen off after their promotion high. I’m sure Steven Presley would love to see if he could find some greenshoots at barrow

Would be a great appointment and would instantly move them from relegation candidates to relegation certainties.

Someone based in or around the Manchester area will get it with them training there. There not really a team from Barrow.

I think the board has panicked and acted too quick he wasn't given enough time, with all the messing about confirming if Barrow would be promoted then losing Evatt, any manager coming in should have been given till the January window to pull together their own team.

Southend are probably already gone, financially or playing wise and Stevenage are on borrowed time. So no real need to pull the pin so soon.

They have delusions of grandeur.

Let's be honest, for a village club like Barrow, 21st in tier four is a success. 22nd would also be a success for them.

They were only promoted in the first place because of Covid, who knows what may have happened if they'd finished their season?

Anyway, they should enjoy their season in the sun, sacking their manager at this juncture is suicide for them.

Dunn had the same problem as Pressley He was trying to play a brand of football the players are not capable of playing Playing out from the back

Dunn was a poor appointment - apparently they didn’t interview anyone else when he got the job.

Would rather see them stay up than the likes of Stevenage.

Some interesting names in the betting including Sam Allardyce!

David Flitcroft
Previous Team: Mansfield Town
Left: 14 May 2019
4/1

Graham Alexander
Previous Team: Salford City
Left: 12 Oct 2020
6/1

Paul Hurst
Previous Team: Scunthorpe United
Left: 29 Jan 2020
6/1

Rob Kelly
Previous Team: West Bromwich Albion
Left: 1 Jan 2015
10/1

Danny Grainger
Previous Team: None
12/1

Gary Caldwell
Previous Team: Partick Thistle
Left: 18 Sep 2019
14/1

Nigel Adkins
Previous Team: Hull City
Left: 8 Jun 2019
16/1

Gary Holt
Previous Team: Livingston
Left: 26 Nov 2020
16/1

Dino Maamria
Previous Team: Oldham Athletic
Left: 31 Jul 2020
16/1

Kevin Nolan
Previous Team: Notts County
Left: 26 Aug 2018
16/1

Phil Parkinson
Previous Team: Sunderland
Left: 29 Nov 2020
16/1

Russell Slade
Previous Team: Hereford United
Left: 20 Jan 2020
16/1

Sol Campbell
Previous Team: Southend United
Left: 30 Jun 2020
20/1

Paul Cook
Previous Team: Wigan Athletic
Left: 1 Aug 2020
20/1

Danny Cowley
Previous Team: Huddersfield Town
Left: 19 Jul 2020
20/1

Robbie Fowler
Current Team: East Bengal
Time With Team: 2 mths 5 days
20/1

Paul Heckingbottom
Previous Team: Hibernian
Left: 4 Nov 2019
20/1

Clint Hill
Previous Team: None
20/1

Paul Ince
Previous Team: Blackpool
Left: 21 Jan 2014
20/1

Michael Jolley
Previous Team: Grimsby Town
Left: 15 Nov 2019
20/1

Adrian Pennock
Previous Team: Barrow
Left: 18 May 2018
20/1

Neil Redfearn
Previous Team: Rotherham United
Left: 8 Feb 2016
20/1

David Unsworth
Previous Team: Everton
Left: 30 Nov 2017
20/1

Jonathan Woodgate
Previous Team: Middlesbrough
Left: 23 Jun 2020
20/1

Sam Allardyce
Previous Team: Everton
Left: 16 May 2018
25/1

James Beattie
Previous Team: Accrington Stanley
Left: 12 Sep 2014
25/1

Jim Bentley
Current Team: Fylde
Time With Team: 1 year 1 mth 17 days
25/1

Gary Bowyer
Previous Team: Bradford City
Left: 3 Feb 2020
25/1

Colin Calderwood
Previous Team: Cambridge United
Left: 29 Jan 2020
25/1

Darren Currie
Previous Team: Barnet
Left: 12 Aug 2020
25/1

John Eustace
Previous Team: Queens Park Rangers
Left: 8 May 2019
25/1

Luke Garrard
Current Team: Boreham Wood
Time With Team: 5 years 2 mths
25/1

Simon Grayson
Previous Team: Blackpool
Left: 12 Feb 2020
25/1

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Previous Team: Northampton Town
Left: 2 Apr 2018
25/1

Steve Lovell
Previous Team: Gillingham
Left: 26 Apr 2019
25/1

Ryan Lowe
Current Team: Plymouth Argyle
Time With Team: 1 year 6 mths 9 days
25/1

Malky Mackay
Previous Team: Wigan Athletic
Left: 6 Apr 2015
25/1

John McGreal
Previous Team: Colchester United
Left: 14 Jul 2020
25/1

Steven Pressley
Previous Team: Carlisle United
Left: 13 Nov 2019
25/1

Sam Ricketts
Previous Team: Shrewsbury Town
Left: 25 Nov 2020
25/1

Paul Simpson
Previous Team: Northwich Victoria
Left: 24 Feb 2012
25/1

Graham Westley
Previous Team: Stevenage
Left: 16 Feb 2020
25/1

John McGreal @ 25/1
Worth a punt ?

John Sheridan surely due another club soon

David Hopkin worth a punt? Left greenock Morton end of last week...

Was a strange appointmnt in the first place, known playboy around the locals of Clitheroe etc.
NS could no doubt tell us more, if he had not been obliterated.

Can you be a play boy in Clitheroe?

David Dunn’s ex bird that was on emmerdale was quite fit, I’ll give him that.

Jim Bentley would be ideal if safety is their only priority. He done it enough with Morecambe.

But that Fylde chairman is an awkward bugger so that would be unlikely unless Barrow paid big compo which is also unlikely.

Michael Jolley replaces Dunn:

That's a
mistake in my opinion. Would like them to stay up but I think they'll struggle after making that appointment.

2 and a half year deal for him.

It would be nice if our club would give our manager/head coach a 2 and a half year deal.

Aye - with a summer break clause

I think he’s solid enough to keep them up, might struggle to attract players mind as he’s less or a name than Dunn or Evatt.

Good luck to him in keeping Barrow up, it is good to have 2 Cumbrian teams in the EFL.

Not sure I’d want a sex offender as manager.

Not sure about that Nobby, but I hope James and Lummy are going to be nice to him judging by what he thought of the BBC Humberside sports journalists!

There are some thick [censored] post on this board. The girl involved lied about her age.

Jim Bentley would be ideal if safety is their only priority. He done it enough with Morecambe.

But that Fylde chairman is an awkward bugger so that would be unlikely unless Barrow paid big compo which is also unlikely.

Jim Bentley has been away from Fylde for a while for health reasons, He had a heart bypass operation earlier in December, so doubt, no matter how awkward the chairman is, he will be going anywhere soon

Jim Bentley would be ideal if safety is their only priority. He done it enough with Morecambe.

But that Fylde chairman is an awkward bugger so that would be unlikely unless Barrow paid big compo which is also unlikely.

Jim Bentley has been away from Fylde for a while for health reasons, He had a heart bypass operation earlier in December, so doubt, no matter how awkward the chairman is, he will be going anywhere soon

From personal experience - he won't be allowed back to work until at least twelve weeks after the operation. That's assuming all goes well with his recovery.

Not all is jolly at Barrow:
https://twitter.com/barrowafc/status/1363488678979514372?s=21

Jolley rogered

It was a very strange appointment any way. Some of the players Jolley didn’t fancy had been furloughed apparently!

Sheridan rumoured to be engineering a move from Swindon, he hasn’t had a new job for a while. Handy relocation point package with the Barrow job.

Poor Barrow, you wait nearly 50 years to get back into the league and now they are likely to be back in the Conference without most of the fans actually seeing a League game.

Get Curle in, knows Brough, Jones and Devitt well, not sure if Jones is crocked or not though.

Shame but it is going to be hard for them to stay up now whoever they bring in, I could see this sacking coming however as the commentator's were extremely critical of him yesterday to the point of stopping short of saying 'he doesn't know what he is doing', thought he might get a few more games mind you.

Strange to back someone with a load of new signings in the transfer window then get shot of him 3 weeks later.

That's a
mistake in my opinion. Would like them to stay up but I think they'll struggle after making that appointment.

Hopefully they make a better appointment this time. Can’t afford to get it wrong again.

They’ve already said that Rob Kelly will be Caretaker Manager until the end of the Season...

He's a strange one Jolley. Very highly qualified coach but maybe doesn't quite manage to get the respect of the players perhaps because of his background. Who knows?

His two recent managerial posts were at clubs who are now rock bottom of the EFL which doesn't look too good on the old CV.

Although you couldn't really say he had the time needed at Barrow.

I think they should have given him a few more weeks personally.

Not a big Barrow fan DB?

I thought he was doing a great job taking them back to where they belong.