Excellent tonight

That's what Barnsley fans want to see from their team. Fire in the bellies, sublime skill on the ball. Getting in the face of the opposition from the first whistle to the last. Reading know they've been in a game and will be grateful they've managed to nick a point. McCourt was wonderful, tiring at the end though. Match fitness will soon sort that out. His willingness to take on that big Russian was impressive, too!
Well done lads & David Flitcroft. You did us proud this evening. More of the same, please, on Saturday. We need fear no one in this division.

 

Agree 100%

 

I agree.

 

Sounds like we're finally hitting our groove Kev? Clicking etc?

 

Agreed,

I have to admit, when I saw how we lined up, with mellis on one side and McCourt on the other, I was worried that they would batter us down the wings. However, our midfield (and all the team really) was finally in their faces, getting stuck in, giving everything that they were doing last year, it actually made Reading try and contain us. Which effectively let Mellis and McCourt do what they do best.

Overall, I am chuffed with this performance, it gives me hope (something that I was fast losing) and the only downside is we didn't get the 3 points it deserved.

one thing I am certain of, play like that, fast tempo, in their face kind of performance, we WILL win more than we lose, and...

EVERY LITTLE THING, IS GUNNA BE ALRIGHT...

Going to bed with a smile on my face tonight

Yooooo Reeeds

 

The signs are good, Paul

Last night's performance was wonderful, only a deserved victory was missing from it. Now let's adopt a similar approach to the rest of our games and I'm sure we'll be fine.

 

This Flicker out campaign, which one ? oh you mean the minority amongst the totally unrepresentative sample on this message board of about 50 or so regular posters.

I deliberately took a straw poll before the game of the people who sit around me, maybe about 15 folk, again not scientific or representative but not one suggested that Flitcroft should be relieved of his duties. So there you have it David Flitcroft has a 100% approval rating amongst the fans. Now that's just as daft as saying there's a flicker out campaign because a few on here are posting their opinions.

BTW that's not a criticism of your post it's just a comment on how daft perceived 'fan power' has become.

 

Criticise - you want him out

Defend him - happy clapper.

No grey areas here thanks.

 

Correct. I don't think he has covered himself in glory in some pf the games, but hey let's bin him and start again eh ?

To me he has shown enough good results over his tenure to deserve at least a season.

I'm a bit 50 shades of grey then ?

 

Easy tiger...

I thought 2 defeats v Reading & QPR and he'd be gone, and I wouldn't have been that bothered considering the apparent 180 from last year to this in terms of attitude and the stuff he's come out with. Think Saturday will be v interesting to see how he goes at QPR, personally don't trust him not to try a 5-4-1 again, but surely last night, the XI he started with showed enough to be given a 2nd crack at top opposition.

Really hope we continue and he finds a settled(ish) side and we carry on fighting and showing the ability we did last night. Just want Barnsley to win games.

 

If he learns ONE lesson, he needs to learn that we are better when we attack teams and it is much better to have players in the middle that the opposition have to take precautions against.

I know that that is two lessons but still. Take heed Flicker and drop the defensive containing *****.

 

All he needs to do is listen to us....

 

What did your mate think ?

 

I said earlier in another thread re the Leicester game that he had maybe learned from that game that attack is the best policy overall and was pilloried for my comment.

 

Let's be reight most around you in the Eric probably believe that Johnny Steele is still in charge.

 

That is all he has needed to do all along.

Playing Mellis and McCourt makes a huge difference. They are footballers and Reading had to mark them.

 

He was overjoyed. We did not giv eup and looked like we had come out to win teh game from the off instead of boring us all into submission. Or rather capitulation.

 

I would not have pilloried you had I read it