Bored Of Barnsley FC

I don't see anywhere in OP that says he'll still be going regardless of where we are.

If that's the case then I take back what I said.

Anyone that supports the club, and will continue to do so if we go down, has my greatest respect.

 

I agree with Conan to some extent. I have not been near Oakwell for 2 full seasons and don't miss it one bit. Simon Davey sucked the marrow out of my support of the club, I had a brief flurry of renewed passion under Robins and then it snuffed out altogether when Hill was appointed.

I wanted Wilson back when Hill got the job and the club have got really lucky that Flitcroft has turned things around to some extent. The endless struggle with relegation is extremely wearing and I decided to take a back seat from it. I can honestly say that there is nothing the club could do, under the current regime, to get me back through the turnstile. I am under no illusions that our better players and manager will stay and, irrespective of survival, I feel they will leave.

Despite the shocking 6-0 result, Flitcroft has shown he can motivate players and I feel sure other clubs will come sniffing for his services soon. The club talks in short termism and, as another poster alluded to, there should be contingency plans in place for survival or relegation. I feel a certain inevitability to our demise this season and the 6-0 result will cost us as I feel goal difference will settle it.

Support should not be blind or tied to too much obstinacy - it should be about feeling you are getting something back for parting with hard earned cash and feeling part of a community. Flitcroft seems to have instilled some renewed connection between the crowd and players which is great but the damage is, and always will be, done by those higher up the Oakwell tree.

Cryne's silence is unacceptable (unless he cannot speak with the court case still ongoing) and his theory of madness still continues season on season. Rowing seems to be left with too much responsibility to shoulder and the club is financially out of its depth in the Championship. The madness of money in football costs the smaller clubs (and we are a small fish in a big pond) and this season has always, for me, been an added bonus as we should have gone down last season.

I don't want Barnsley FC to drop into League 1 - I just hope that if it happens they can be more competitive in that league.

 

When we were last in league 1, I would've gladly taken regular relegation battles rather than witness what was being served up in the 4 seasons we were in the Pub league. Hammered by the Pikeys for 3 seasons running, hardly any away fans, **** grounds to visit.
No thanks, give me the lower echelons of the Championship anyday.

 

He never said he wouldn't be going, though.

I know for a fact he'll be there, no matter the division. But like myself and others I assume, he's pretty fed up of it all, for whatever reason.

 

Sir, when a man is tired of Barnsley FC, he is tired of life.

Seriously, though, don't you find these things come and go? At the end of a season of struggle it's easy to feel washed out by the whole thing but somehow each new season brings renewed optimism for most, even though in our heart of hearts we know it's almost certainly unfounded. I'm not trying to preach as I'm only an occasional visitor to Oakwell these days but I would say that things might feel different in August. Or maybe you're just more rational than me.

 

If that's the case then fair enough, what I said/implied was wrong.

If you're fed up and still go, thats the sign of a reight fan. Think we've all been there at somepoint.

 

Breaking news.

Don't think anyone is arguing with your opinion, just that they already knew it and you hardly had to confirm it.

 

He maybe needed to 'get it out', or an arm round the shoulder...?

 

I needed that after Derby at home.

The silence around Oakwell was deafening.

 

Were you old enough to remember Norwich at Oakwell, the last time we got relegated?

Trust me, that was the worst I think I've felt as a supporter.

19 year old and pissed, arguing with everybody.

I think everybody hated each other. 90% of the players didn't give a ****, seemingly. Loads on the pitch shouting 'Sack The Board' etc.


Even if we lose and results pretty much make us dead and buried Saturday, at least we'll have gone down with dignity, battling for 4 months against all odds.

But then the fallout will commence. It will be a busy BBS this Summer I feel..

 

That Norwich game was the worst day ever in BFC recent history. Championship status given up without so much as a whimper.

 

And we missed a penalty

 

No I didn't. Was 11 at the time and only went to the odd few matches when my dad's mate wasn't using his season ticket.

If it happens i'm not looking forward to it at all.

Can't imagine what that must have been like though. Awful circumstances.

I just hope i'm still young (and nieve) enough to think we'll be alright.

I think we will though, even if we go down.

 

Richard Naylor ambling around the field. Paul Gibbs defending worse than Jay McEveley or Scott Wiseman on their very worst days. Gary Jones shouting a lot. Mike Flynn making Chris Morgan look like Maldini. And Richard fcukin Naylor again. To be replaced - if need be - by Tony Bedeau.

What a campaign that was.

 

Horrible day. I remember my mate who used to post on here a lot saying "it's going to get a lot worse before it gets better". I thought he was just being his usual negative self, but he was chillingly spot on. This time the club is on a much sounder footing, and if we do go down I have no doubt that we'll be very well placed to bounce back quickly.

 

Did we? I can remember Norwich missing one but I can't remember us missing one, that said I've done my best to black out that afternoon.

 

Yes, our keeper (Andy... ?) saved one after Mike cumbersome lovely person Flynn scythed down one of their lads with a tackle so late it's just arrived.

 

Marriott !

 

I was at Edgeley Park in the Wembley playoffs season, to see us beat Stockport thanks to Shipperley and Hristov.

The one recurring conversation amongst me and the lads ont way home was "how fcukin bad was that Flynn for them?"

Even Georgi out-muscled him. And Georgi used to go down if the wind changed.

When I learned of Flynn's signing a couple of years later, I was, as you can imagine, delighted.