Superphil
Dismember
Barnsley players played with enthusiasm, and showed initiative especially attacking. Our players seemed to be playing to a formula, and didn't seem to want to show any initiative.
Their second goal was great, and credit to them in that they saw the opportunity and took it. They played really well for 80 minutes and deserved to win.
However, for the first 10 minutes they looked awful. I sat there and thought 'excellent, we'll beat this lot.' And then we sat back, we didn't press them, we made casual errors and we started to fuel their confidence. You could see Barnsley grow in belief. The defence was delighted they only had one striker to deal with, and even he was only holding the ball up for non-existent runners. Their midfield was delighted that our midfield didn't exist and that Bridcutt appeared to be playing as part of a back 5. And so the seeds were sown.
Fair play to Barnsley. After 10 minutes they clearly thought that we looked laboured, disorganised and there for the taking.
Their second goal was great, and credit to them in that they saw the opportunity and took it. They played really well for 80 minutes and deserved to win.
However, for the first 10 minutes they looked awful. I sat there and thought 'excellent, we'll beat this lot.' And then we sat back, we didn't press them, we made casual errors and we started to fuel their confidence. You could see Barnsley grow in belief. The defence was delighted they only had one striker to deal with, and even he was only holding the ball up for non-existent runners. Their midfield was delighted that our midfield didn't exist and that Bridcutt appeared to be playing as part of a back 5. And so the seeds were sown.
Fair play to Barnsley. After 10 minutes they clearly thought that we looked laboured, disorganised and there for the taking.
Hello son. Sorry, i can't help clapping a good goal when i see it, they left our players on their arses. I have never booed te albion (well maybe the 1-5 v stoke) and never left before thefinal whistle has blown. I love Albion but it is only football.
Their second goal was great, and credit to them in that they saw the opportunity and took it. They played really well for 80 minutes and deserved to win.
However, for the first 10 minutes they looked awful. I sat there and thought 'excellent, we'll beat this lot.' And then we sat back, we didn't press them, we made casual errors and we started to fuel their confidence. You could see Barnsley grow in belief. The defence was delighted they only had one striker to deal with, and even he was only holding the ball up for non-existent runners. Their midfield was delighted that our midfield didn't exist and that Bridcutt appeared to be playing as part of a back 5. And so the seeds were sown.
Fair play to Barnsley. After 10 minutes they clearly thought that we looked laboured, disorganised and there for the taking.
By the way, my reply was written in a light-hearted way. No offence intended.
U clapped their goals?!?? ****
I could see exactly what was going to happen and it did. We all secretly wished that we could have someone like that who can run at defenders, beat them, shoot on target and score.
But we are not talking about the likes of Bournemouth who pressed and harried and gave us no time....we are talking about a Barnsley team who were allowed to play with growing confidence due to our ridiculous defensively biased set up and a nonchalant arrogance of pending victory. I think there is a big difference.
I stood and applauded their first goal also, becasue I could see exactly what was going to happen and it did. We all secretly wished that we could have someone like that who can run at defenders, beat them, shoot on target and score. Their conversion rate last night was fantastic and ours pathetic.