Connell in today's Chronicle

One particular quote which stands out to me.

“There’s a lot of things that have gone on behind the scenes that not everyone knows about.”

https://www.barnsleychronicle.com/a...ayers-must-take-some-of-the-blame-this-season

 

"He was obviously the set-piece coach under Darrell Clarke and I think under set-pieces we’ve done quite well"

 

Someone smacking Killip over Christmas?

 

I picked up on that in his interview with Radio Sheffield. I wonder if Clarke has maybe said something he shouldn’t have done (in Mladen’s opinion).

I thought Hourihane’s interview was decent and I’m looking forward to seeing what he can do for these couple of months.

 

Once you slag off the players in public its the beginning of the end, very rarely does it result in them turning it around. So even if its true, you have to keep it out of the press.

 

If Clarke as teld em some home truth then good on him, It's least them players deserved with some performances this season.
If the team now starts to play then it obviously the players that were cheating us fans..

 

We're middle of the table on goals scored from set pieces so I guess we're by definition, OK at them.

 

I think O'Keefe pilfered someone's football boots and shin pads then told Mladen he was a footballer.

 

Maybe more to do with who's attacking them

 

Along with Gerry Taggart's bandage. A complete imposter if ever I saw one!

 

We were ok before Christmas but been crap since. Can’t remember the last set piece goal we scored?

 

Time will tell but I don’t think who is in charge will really make any difference to the most average bunch of Barnsley players I can recall in the past 15 yrs.

 

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We've scored one solitary goal from a freekick

 

Definately. I do remember us scoring from a few well taken ones, but we do lack a few goals from headers.

 

Agreed. Even though Roberts gave the interview he did, I can’t imagine the players were too thrilled by the comments.

 

I remember thinking the same when he started down that route

 

Surely you can say that about every team though? I’d say out of our central defenders, there’s probably only Pines that looks a threat. Maybe Roberts.

They’re all okay at winning clearance headers in their own half but not so much attacking headers. Earl and MDG don’t ever look like getting on the end of a corner and heading it in. (This is me talking in MDG doing exactly this tomorrow).

 

I think it helps we've had pines Roberts and earl attacking them so we've scored a few with headers. We've scored a few well taken ones think dkd. We've also conceded through some shocking ones Huddersfield at home. Hit and miss really.