Matchday Megathread, Barnsley v Burton Albion

I do feel a bit sorry for Lofthouse. Gets infrequent run outs and when he does, it’s usually not in his best position.

The amount of times we waste crosses from good positions by not beating the first man is criminal.

 

Couldn't see from my angle in the Ponty was Phillips a pen for those watching at home?

Can see it turning toxic if Burton score today, just a sense of real frustration and anger in the ground eeire feeling around the place today

 

Not sure never. Been some equally *****

 

Lack of signings too….

 

Give over, Disco has done absolutely nothing when he's previously been in temporary charge to suggest he'd be a decent appointment.

 

lads it's Burton at home, they've won 5 games this season and have a -14 goal difference

 

Shouldn't be allowed any where near a dead ball (I've spelt Oakwell wrong)

 

We don't play through the thirds properly. The gap between our thirds is so amateurish at times, it almost beggars belief. On occasions you'll get our CDM dropping into defence to pick the ball up, look at what's Infront of him...30/40 yards of no man's land, then our other midfielders stood holding hands with the forwards....hence the aimless "floated" balls up the channels.

We're a poor quality team, coached equally poorly imo. Sorry, that's just what I'm seeing Infront of me.

 

How did he get into that situation?

Firstly, he passed directly to their player which put them on the attack. Then he got given the ball in our half and he gave it away again. Finally, third attempt he managed to find a Barnsley player. I genuinely don't get how that makes him a great player.

I'm not suggesting he's any worse than anyone else out there, but he's very similar. He's done a couple of good passes, given the ball away a few times, and passed it to the keeper a lot.

The one time he looked skillful, which you're referring to, was due to a situation entirely of his own making.,

 

Hoourihane only sets foot on the touch line when we have a set piece, then retreats to the side of the tunnel, only really interacts with Disco. Is this what he does every game or has there been a falling out with Clarke? Body language seems off, albeit from the distance of East Upper!

 

Nice to see him get 45 minutes of dross instead of his usual 5.

I'm in the Ponty End bored. It's boring.

 

A bit like his coaching ability then

 

Have you seen how many people were leaving at half time? 100s on em.

I 100% get it.

 

He knew a bit about black holes, he might have been able to to something about the ones that occasionally open up in our defence.

 

We should be 2 up and haven't been as bad as all that IMO...we've played far worse than this recently.

 

Imho...its been a decent half, with good play and lacks of concentration and errors.
Tired of quoting every week how desperate we are for a striker/s but oops I've done it again.
Looks a draw this....but both sides will see this as very winnable although we are on top, especially with chances.
Most players done ok.

 

exactly Clarke is an amateur, if you have 3 cbs one of them needs to bring it out and your midfielders should be further up, what's the point of back 3 if your wing backs are ***** and none of the cbs can pass to save their lives, just play a back 4

 

Absolutely not.