Barrow's Whing demands improvement at Colchester

Andy Whing wants a response from his Barrow players

Barrow boss Andy Whing has demanded a response from his players at Colchester on Saturday.

Whing was fuming at Barrow's performance in their defeat at Harrogate on Tuesday and wants much more from his squad.

Barrow have one win from their first four League Two games and Whing told BBC Radio Cumbria: "There has to be some accountability.

"I don't think anybody has come out with any credit - me included - in terms of taking anything from the game.

"We have to be completely blunt and honest, that's not us and the last game is not what we've been about in the first four games of the season."

Striker Rhys Healey was injured on his debut, just days after joining on loan from Huddersfield, and Whing claimed Barrow do not have the money to keep signing more players.

"We just can't bring in players," he said. "We've got a budget we need to stick to, we can't just bring players in because then we could have 24 or 25.

"Then we'll have six out of our squad, we had a bit of that last season, so we have to be mindful of that."