I'm not sure what the "rules" are about pasting from the official site so I'm not going to, but its a good read. He's done such a fantastic job this season and I really do like the bloke - can't believe there are any grounds for criticism of him with the job that he's done.
just acknowledge the copyright and hey presto! <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New"">ANDY RITCHIE EXCLUSIVE!!! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New""> </p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New"">REDS boss Andy Ritchie gave his thoughts ahead of Thursday's massive game with <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Huddersfield</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Town</placetype></place>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New"">He said "Only Matt Carbon and Neil Austin are currently suffering from injuries but apart from those two we have a full and fit squad with Reidy back from suspension as well. Paul Hayes has had two good days in training, he was disappointed to be left out on Saturday but he understood the decision, he had to have the rest he needed before Thursday's game, we didn't want to risk anything happening. Barry Conlon hasn't played many games and was on the bench on Saturday, he has been looking quite good in training and I will decide whether he will be part of the squad on Thursday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It's been a bad season for him as he's suffered both groin, and knee problems, he is back now though and is looking good".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New""> </p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New"">The lads had a great session training yesterday and this morning, and there are no nerves showing at the moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The banter in the dressing room is good and the whole team seem pretty relaxed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The squad definitely have some character which has been shown in the recent big games, Saturday for example, there were no nerves there and hopefully we can continue like this into Thursday and also on Monday in the hope that we progress to the final at the Millenium Stadium at Cardiff." </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New""> </p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New"">"I'm looking for a win tomorrow, any win will give us the psychological edge, we are capable of scoring goals but these games are usually a little bit tight and usually there's not many goals in them, if we get the advantage I'll be pleased." </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New""> </p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New"">"Peter Jackson has a bit more experience of this type of situation than me, my experience of play-offs is only watching it on TV." </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New"">"I've been speaking to a few people for some advice, one of which is Joe Royle, he has had play off experience in the past and I will be speaking to him again this afternoon. I've also had quick chats with others for some useful advice which I will take on board." </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New""> </p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New"">"It was good to see the two strikers score on Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>All the strikers are young and are still learning the game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>As a unit they've scored a lot of goals between them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We've had 20 clean sheets this season which is a record."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New""> </p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New"">"I think we are far ahead of ourselves already as to where we want to be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>This may be the biggest game that the squad play in their careers, I was lucky in my career of 25 years in football to play a couple of semi finals and finals, as a player this is what you aim for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It's a young squad here and I hope this game will give them the passion to want to be involved in these type of games every season." </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New""> </p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New"">"I'm feeling ok and a little nervous as to be expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>That's how I used to feel as a player, and I feel similar now as a Manager. Obviously I try to be as calm as I can in front of the players.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It's my first experience of a massive game since taking over at <place w:st="on">Barnsley</place>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I'm going to try and enjoy it as much as I can and also take that feeling to The Galpharm on Monday." </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New""> </p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New"">"We have had two absolutely great games against <place w:st="on">Huddersfield</place> already this season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We haven't beaten them yet but I know we can in this one. We didn't take enough chances when we visited them recently so we know we have to be better this time." </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New""> </p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New"">"Last weekend the fans at <place w:st="on">Walsall</place> were superb and never stopped singing from start to finish, I had asked for them to be the twelfth man and they were.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Tomorrow night will see a big crowd and we need their support more than ever so I ask each and every Barnsley fan to come along tomorrow night and sing your hearts out for the lads". </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New""> </p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New""><font color="#ff0000"><font size="4">All materials on this website... © Barnsley Football Club & FL Interactive </font></font></span></p>
agreed fella,he has made some mistake's but name me a manager who has'nt.impressive 1st season in charge and he has given us our pride back.top man
Good article If the lads concentrate at the back, give 100%, and don't panic in front of goal we'll do it.
Way beyond what I expected in his first season. Fair enough, at times he as rode his luck, but he as got a good young squad developing and I think next season will be another good step no matter which league we are in.
*Yawn* Would you like me to explain why Barnsley FC are in the play-offs knob cheese? Because they, sorry WE, finished 5th in the League One table, which provides you with an opportunity to get promotion to the division above through a play-off system. Clear? This is still a wind-up.
5th best manager in BFC history <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
RE: *Yawn* *Double yawn Stop sticking up for them and the manager, they are useless. They have only made the play offs because this is an exceptionally poor league and because the teams around them all cocked it up over the last month or so. Promotion, i don't think so somehow, if they manage to score a goal over the two legs then that will be an achievement in itself!!!!
i dont think that is true I would say that danny wilson's figures for example make him a much better manager at barnsley than ritchie because all of his games were spent in leagues much harder than this one.</p>
RE: i dont think that is true well yes but tou can only beat what's in front of you and some people would argue that this is a harder league to get out of than the rest
RE: *Yawn* Is it not a football fan's job to stick up for his/her team? Even though this is a wind-up I will still stick up for them on the thread, I don't care. So other teams have cocked up... not Barnsley's fault is it? With 72 points we deserve a play-off place. I still find it funny how you were 'bullied' into not being a Barnsley fan anymore ff By the way, what did you think to Thordarson, Hodges, Spackman, Parkin, Hart etc if you think Ritchie's so bad?!
and furthermore..................... his overall record without the promotion season is very poor</p> <table style="WIDTH: 584pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="779" border="0" x:str=""><colgroup><col style="WIDTH: 200pt; mso-width-source: userset; mso-width-alt: 9764" width="267" /><col style="WIDTH: 48pt" span="8" width="64" /></colgroup><tbody><tr style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height="17"><td class="xl22" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 200pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" width="267" height="17" x:str="Danny Wilson 02-06-1994 07-07-1998 "><font size="2"><font face="Arial">Danny Wilson<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>02-06-1994<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>07-07-1998<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font></td><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 48pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" width="64" x:num=""><font face="Arial" size="2">201</font></td><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 48pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" width="64" x:num=""><font face="Arial" size="2">74</font></td><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 48pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" width="64" x:num=""><font face="Arial" size="2">55</font></td><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 48pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" width="64" x:num=""><font face="Arial" size="2">72</font></td><td class="xl24" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 48pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" width="64" x:num="1.3781094527363185" x:fmla="=(3*C1+D1)/B1"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">1.378</font></td><td class="xl25" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 48pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" width="64" x:num="36.815920398009951" x:fmla="=100*C1/B1"><font face="Arial" size="2">36.8</font></td><td class="xl25" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 48pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" width="64" x:num="27.363184079601989" x:fmla="=100*D1/B1"><font face="Arial" size="2">27.4</font></td><td class="xl25" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 48pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" width="64" x:num="35.820895522388057" x:fmla="=100*E1/B1"><font face="Arial" size="2">35.8</font></td></tr><tr style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height="17"><td class="xl22" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height="17"><font face="Arial" size="2">Wilson promotion</font></td><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" x:num=""><font face="Arial" size="2">46</font></td><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" x:num=""><font face="Arial" size="2">22</font></td><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" x:num=""><font face="Arial" size="2">14</font></td><td class="xl23" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" x:num=""><font face="Arial" size="2">10</font></td><td class="xl24" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" x:num="1.7391304347826086" x:fmla="=(3*C2+D2)/B2"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">1.739</font></td><td class="xl25" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" x:num="47.826086956521742" x:fmla="=100*C2/B2"><font face="Arial" size="2">47.8</font></td><td class="xl25" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" x:num="30.434782608695652" x:fmla="=100*D2/B2"><font face="Arial" size="2">30.4</font></td><td class="xl25" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" x:num="21.739130434782609" x:fmla="=100*E2/B2"><font face="Arial" size="2">21.7</font></td></tr><tr style="HEIGHT: 12.75pt" height="17"><td class="xl27" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; HEIGHT: 12.75pt; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" height="17"><font face="Arial" size="2">Wilson minus promotion season</font></td><td class="xl26" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" x:num="" x:fmla="=B1-B2"><font face="Arial" size="2">155</font></td><td class="xl26" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" x:num="" x:fmla="=C1-C2"><font face="Arial" size="2">52</font></td><td class="xl26" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" x:num="" x:fmla="=D1-D2"><font face="Arial" size="2">41</font></td><td class="xl26" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" x:num="" x:fmla="=E1-E2"><font face="Arial" size="2">62</font></td><td class="xl24" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" x:num="1.2709677419354839" x:fmla="=(3*C3+D3)/B3"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">1.271</font></td><td class="xl25" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" x:num="33.548387096774192" x:fmla="=100*C3/B3"><font face="Arial" size="2">33.5</font></td><td class="xl25" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" x:num="26.451612903225808" x:fmla="=100*D3/B3"><font face="Arial" size="2">26.5</font></td><td class="xl25" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ece9d8; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ece9d8; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" align="right" x:num="" x:fmla="=100*E3/B3"><font face="Arial" size="2">40.0</font></td></tr></tbody></table></p> only won 1/3 of his matches and lost 40%</p>
RE: *Yawn* Thordarson was a good manager who shouldn't have gone, he raised us from the dead and layed the groundwork for the clubs current 'success' Parkin was a complete and utter **** head who turned this club upside down with his appauling signings. Worst manager ever in my opinion. Spackman was alreight but had no man management skills so ultimatley failed. Hart= no comment Ritchie is just the latest in a long line of wasters who have out this club on its knees, and defeat tommorrow night will send the club back down into oblivion as Cryne will be too yitten to offer the likes of McPhail new contracts because they 'can't afford it'
RE: Thordarson Fine, so he was a twit along with the rest of them!!! Anyway i can't help my comments as i feel that they need to be said, the comments about me on this board hurt me and i want to see the people responsible suffer and the only way that can happen is for Barnsley FC to be brought to its knees tommorrow evening, as there is no excuse for such abuse!!!!
RE: Thordarson Is there an excuse for the abuse you're giving to Andy Ritchie? What's he ever done to you? You don't even care about BFC anymore - is it because he's brought some success for all us 'bullies' to enjoy?! ff