Barnsley diarist Adam Brammer - from't BBC official site

0-0-4-1-0-0-0-0. No, it&rsquo;s not a secret code, it is in fact our scoring record in the last eight League games. That means we&rsquo;ve only scored 5 goals in eight games, and 4 of those were in one match! More worryingly, only one of those 5 goals has come from a striker.</p>

I wonder why we have plummeted down the table?!</p>

Against Sheffield United we were never going to buck the non-scoring trend, in fact the 1-0 defeat meant we have failed to score a single goal in any of the four derby games this term.</p>

The game itself followed the same path as previous derby matches &ndash; two evenly matched sides who effectively cancelled each other out. There was little goalmouth action to speak of and it always looked like a single goal would clinch all three points. </p>

As per usual that goal came from the opposition &ndash; who, unlike the Reds, have a striker who is on form in Billy Sharp. He was largely anonymous until he got his opportunity, yet he did what all good strikers do and finished clinically.</p><h3>Crisis? What Crisis?</h3>

After Saturday's defeat Simon Davey was trying to project a positive demeanour despite our alarming run of form, insisting that we have too much quality to get dragged into a relegation dogfight.</p><div class="float-wrapper"><div class="image width159 body position-b">

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Yet increasingly he is beginning to look for excuses to explain our predicament. His post-match press conferences are littered with 'if's' - if we had taken that chance, if the referee had awarded a penalty, if the shot hadn&rsquo;t been cleared off the line etc.</p></div>

Our position in the table is not attributable to bad luck. The worst away record in the entire Football League is not the fault of others, and one of the lowest scoring records in the Championship is not solely due to other team's good defending. The problems lie within our own camp and Simon Davey must surely know that.</p>

 

Ritchie Out

 

Obviously.

 

Yeah but he's signed lots of players.