From Today's Barnsley Star - Devaney wings in to rescue Reds

Devaney wings in to rescue Reds


Published Date: 08 August 2008
By Simon Meeks
MARTIN Devaney has had a surprise call-up for Barnsley's Championship opener at QPR.
Manager Simon Davey has been forced to change the plan he formulated for tomorrow's match as late as yesterday when Jamal Campbell-Ryce dropped out of the squad and into casualty nursing a sore elbow.

"It was a freak training-ground accident," Davey explained.

"He was just about to cross a ball and fell. The player himself doesn't remember much about it.

"Jamal was a key player and in our starting line-up but we have a ready-made replacement."

Devaney will replace the winger, taking over on the right as Mounir El Haimour makes his debut on the left wing.

Davey is set to hand out two other debuts alongside El Haimour.

Veteran centre-back Darren Moore is set to play alongside Denis Souza while Davey has confirmed that £1.2 million striker Iain Hume will partner Jon Macken tomorrow.

Cash-rich QPR are being tipped for promotion after recruiting Real Madrid midfield starlet Dani Parejo, Italian striker Samuel Di Carmine, winger Lee Cook, goalkeeper Radek Cerny, right-back Peter Ramage and centre-back Kaspars Gorkss.

"QPR are being fancied to go up but our players have looked really sharp in training and we feel we can give them a good game," Davey declared.

It's over 50 years since Barnsley last won at Loftus Road and last season they lost 2-0 there.

"Our away form was a big problem last season and our aim is to improve it," Davey said.

"The players are aware it has got to be better.

"We will still be an attacking team this season.

"We have to be when you have the likes of Jon Macken, Iain Hume, Brian Howard and Martin Devaney in your squad.

"We will try to be more resolute, tougher and nastier away from home to pick up more points on the road."

Barnsley probable: Steele, Foster, Moore, Souza, van Homoet, Devaney, Hassell, Howard, El Haimour, Macken, Hume. Subs from: Letheren, Odejayi, Atkin-son, Butterfield, Kozluk, Mostto.

What do you think? Post your comments below.

 

kozluk will start instead of van homo

 

Clown will be on the bench before Mostto nt

 

Unless Mosstto's International Clearance comes through today, then Mosstto will not be anywhere near Shepherd's Bush tomorrow.
Waiting for Colace's clearance too, Davey is right when he says the situation is pathetic. It is. We've had these 2 signed up for ages. Those responsible for sorting these clearances out have to be answerable.

 

Be interesting if Parajo gets his as they only got him Tuesday!

 

yes. true

 

Can you imagine.........

if it was a top four club, that had bought a player from south america and not recieved international clearance after 5/6 weeks! they would be hell to pay, it's a joke. Suppose with parejo its a bit different as they are getting him from a european team, its probably argentina fa thats messing around.

 

wouldn't happen.
we all know that

 

We should make an official complaint...

...if they get theirs before we get ours !

 

RE: Can you imagine.........

You can't argue with Davey going bonkers can you?.
Same thing happened last year.
We had to wait ages to get Muller's clearance.
It's pathetic.
Ferguson and Wenger would be starting 3rd world wars, but because it's not the Premiership, it doesn't matter and yet, the prize at the end of the season is the biggest in football!

 

thought barry taylor was on the f a board, surely he ought to be looking into these things.