RE: Match report from QPR - an assessment of us Barnsley looked good with the ball, abysmal without it and while their recent result under Robins have been good it is clear that when new manager syndrome subsides at Oakwell he has a hell of a job on his hands to keep them in the league this season. They were punished by QPR remorselessly for trying to play an open game and I would say managers of our future opponents watching the video of this will think very seriously about packing the midfield and trying to stop us playing. Their marks are quite accurate from what I saw, although they don't include Bogdanovic who played for around 15 minutes, and I'd give him a 6, as I would Butterfield as well. Barnsley: Preece 3, Butterfield 5 (Kozluk 57, 5), Foster 6, Dickinson 4,Shotton 4, Colace 6, De Silva 7, Hammill 7, Doyle 6, Hume 7, A Gray 6 (Campbell-Ryce 76, 6) Subs Not Used: Rusling, Bogdanovic, Devaney, J Gray, Thompson Booked: Shotton (foul), De Silva (foul), Kozluk (foul) Goals: Foster 51 (assisted Hume), Andy Gray 56 (penalty)
Doyle 6 - probably generous, you're right. I agree with Preece 3, as I think he should have done much better with their second - and saved it! He gave them the 2nd and 4th. Overall, we stood off them far too easily and let them play.
