Barnsley Match Thread

[Stainrod]

Have to say they looked good fair play to them.
We didn't test them, they didn't let us.
Would've been interesting to see if their boss had a plan b.
But at the moment he doesn't need to, his team stifle teams, with hard work and energy.

Exactly, they went to Brentford a couple of weeks ago and did a number on them , they are good at what they do .

[Jeffqpr]

That was truly awful viewing tonight, football wasn’t played out there tonight, more like head tennis at times & hoofing it up & they was better at it than us, Barnsley wasn’t great & the football they play I despise but it’s effective & was too much for us, we just got sucked in to their play & wasn’t very good at it

[Banbury]

As always with The Rs you know the first 15 minutes if we’re “ Up for it!”....& unfortunately ....recently more often than not...we aren’t!

[Rich]

We have a manager that never adapts to any situation in game

he may as well pick the team and stay at home... did #### all to try and get back in the game at 2 1 or 3 1..

everyone could see that how we set up wasn't working or going to work with the back 5.... how about adapting or changing formation or how we were trying to effect the game.

nah he put Adomah RWB real good idea that...

Take Geoff off... go 4 4 2 and let's try and get something out the bloody game.

Barnsley did nothing great in the game bar the free kick.

they closed the ball and pressed us and we couldn't handle it thats all.

I want a manager that adapts to situations

Thank you for posting exactly what I’ve been saying since the team was announced half hours before kick off last night!

Warburton thought going back to the 11 that played in our good run was the answer. I knew against a high pressure, quick side we we’re gonna get well beat.

So at half time it’s 1-2 courtesy of a cracking free kick and I think SURELY he’s gonna change to a back 4, take Cameron off and make 2-3 changes injecting some pace to help Chair, who only looks poor because he needs the likes of Willock and Adomah around him to create and get into the rhythm of quick passing to effect the game.

However it was their manager who changed their front 3 and immediately one of them scored to kill the game off!!!

[MYU]

Fair play to Barnsley as they were the better team.

[topperharley]

As Warbs said post match, one of first couple of chances in first ten minutes go in and it's a different game. Doesn't excuse the next 80 minutes either side of the bench but chances must be taken.

If it weren't for Charlie we would be relegation fodder and the blame for that runs deep.

Move on but being realistic we are far from a team that should be expecting a win. To those that expect Warburton to change formation and structure mid game, with what personnel? Not excusing Uncle at RWB, clearly not an option, but I do not see a squad and bench of talent that can adapt against a good team during a match we a losing. Maybe I'm wrong.

Our goal this season has to be on building for next year, and in many ways this is a good match, space rockets don't get to space without blowing up a couple of times, ask Elon. The question is what is being done to make us competitive in these games in the future.

[QPRDave]

As Warbs said post match, one of first couple of chances in first ten minutes go in and it's a different game. Doesn't excuse the next 80 minutes either side of the bench but chances must be taken.

If it weren't for Charlie we would be relegation fodder and the blame for that runs deep.

Move on but being realistic we are far from a team that should be expecting a win. To those that expect Warburton to change formation and structure mid game, with what personnel? Not excusing Uncle at RWB, clearly not an option, but I do not see a squad and bench of talent that can adapt against a good team during a match we a losing. Maybe I'm wrong.

Our goal this season has to be on building for next year, and in many ways this is a good match, space rockets don't get to space without blowing up a couple of times, ask Elon. The question is what is being done to make us competitive in these games in the future.

Great post that

[Stainrod]

Thank you for posting exactly what I’ve been saying since the team was announced half hours before kick off last night!

Warburton thought going back to the 11 that played in our good run was the answer. I knew against a high pressure, quick side we we’re gonna get well beat.

So at half time it’s 1-2 courtesy of a cracking free kick and I think SURELY he’s gonna change to a back 4, take Cameron off and make 2-3 changes injecting some pace to help Chair, who only looks poor because he needs the likes of Willock and Adomah around him to create and get into the rhythm of quick passing to effect the game.

However it was their manager who changed their front 3 and immediately one of them scored to kill the game off!!!

Easy being wise after the event though , we had lost 1 game in how many matches ? Nobody posted these views prior to kick off . If Warbs had played a back 4 and we’d been comfortably beaten the knives would have been out for changing system .We were only a goal down at half time and that was having missed good chances ( Dykes /Austin ). My thoughts at half time were Barnsley can’t keep this tempo up and eventually we will get on the ball and start dictating play , unfortunately they got a third and it didn’t happen .

[dave58]

Fair play to Barnsley as they were the better team.

Exactly they were much better than us sharper quicker won every 2nd ball, our tactics of long ball i don't know where that came from, our passing was awful, we give a lot of needless free kicks in dangerous areas, especially Cameron & ball, they are a good hard working young team, a well deserved win

[Pal]

I can't believe the tactic late on of hoofing the ball up for Chair to head didn't come off, I mean it's not as if he's only 5'2"!

[72bus]

Didn't see the game so hard to comment , but age and fitness will come into it playing 2 games a week. Saw the goals on EFL show last night and the 1st was down to sloppy defending .we need to pull our socks up and give it our best on saturday

[Pal]

The commentator said last night that Barnsley has one of the youngest squads in the championship, and we had one of the most 'experienced'.
I think it showed in the fitness levels.
Whenever a team presses hard in the first half, I always think to myself that they won't be able to keep that up all game, but when the Barnsley forwards were slowing up, he just replaced them and kept up the pressing game.

[QPRDave]

Knackered Rs.
We needed to beat their press, which was more like a cavalry charge.
But you need pace and better pass accuracy.
They are a good bet to win the playoffs.
Be interesting if they play the busstoppers whether they will handle them better.

[Shania]

While we may very well face relegation. We are only 8 points above Rotherham now and we look totally shot of confidence.

[Pal]

While we may very well face relegation. We are only 8 points above Rotherham now and we look totally shot of confidence.

We are averaging 1.25 points per game, 14 games to go gives us 57.5 points. I think we'll be safe enough.
Rotherham may well get out of it, but I think either Birmingham or Coventry will take their place, both have 35 points and 12 games to go, averaging 1.02 PPG, which will net them 47 points at the end of the season.

It's not just the number of points to the third relegation place, but the number of teams that are between us and that position. All of those 5 teams will have to do better than us to drag us into the mix and we have to play 3 of them, as well as the two bottom clubs.